how d i get an internship in health administration?

Question

where do i start?

where do i start?

Answer 1

Talk with your favorite professors or TAs in your major. Otherwise, you can check the websites of the major healthcare providers and insurance companies located in the area where you wish to undertake your internship. Check the websites of, say, ten or twelve prospects. Read through what each prospect says about new developments, changes, cooperative ventures, and what-not. See what is new and interesting at those hospitals or clinics or firms; you will very likely find something going on that you would like to take part in. Then you need to contact some of the key persons involved to start a dialogue about doing an internship with that organization.

When you write to someone to ask about whether it is possible to arrange an internship, try to sound like you know what is going on and indicate SPECIFICALLY what you would like to be involved in within that organization. I can assure you that if you waste someone's time by not knowing what you want to do, no one is going to guide you along just to be nice. So get good information you can use, and present yourself as professionally and maturely as possible.

Also, make sure you know absolutely to the last detail what it is that your university or department expects you to do in order to complete an internship successfully. That way, when you talk with your internship prospects, you can tell them exactly what you must get out of it. If any of the prospects cannot meet your needs, you must learn that as soon as possible so that you do not end up wasting your time and theirs. Best of luck!

Answer 2

Contact the business departments of local hospitals, major health care plans, large rest homes, etc. and ask who handles internships. Probably they won't have an answer, but you can ask to speak to the director. Plan to "pitch" yourself. Tell them that you want to learn from them and that you will be helpful to them in any way that they can use you. Sell them on the benefits to them before you ask for exciting work for yourself.