Career Development Program
Overview
The MHA Program provides multiple opportunities for career exploration through its Career Development Program. In the first two quarters, a three-day program orientation with panel discussions led by local health care professionals is followed by several career introduction activities. These activities include informal opportunities to hear local alumni describe their career paths and the choices they made.
The mentor program begins in winter term and is a chance for a student to be matched with a local health care leader, one-on-one. Students are supported by a faculty advising program that supports career development and leadership development throughout their involvement in the MHA Program.
The MHA Program offers summer internships during the summer between the two years of academic study. Positions are offered within the Seattle health care community. Continuing in the second year of the program, students work on course-specific student projects solicited from local hospitals and health care businesses. These projects culminate with the Capstone Seminar as an integrated keystone in the final quarter.
Additional brown bags, advisor meetings and specialized seminars pull these experiences together over the course of the two-year program.