Administration Instructions for Program Listing

If your organization offers a postgraduate administrative experience, consider listing it in the Online Directory of Fellowships in Health Services Administration. The program listing form can be found on the next page.

Your program should meet all of the following criteria:

• The program should be a post-master's degree practical experience.
• The program should consist of at least one year experiential learning and postgraduate training.
• The program should be designed with the expectation that the fellow or management associate is accountable for contributing to the organization by completing specific assignments and by fulfilling defined responsibilities. The experience should also provide opportunities for growth.

ACHE and health administration program directors whose many graduates have benefited from such experiences, urge sponsors to adopt the following recommended application and selection procedures:

• The due date for fellowship applications should be either January 1 or six months in advance of the starting date for the fellowship experience.
• The date for announcing the selection of the fellow should be March 1 or 60 days following the application due date.
• The actual starting date for fellowships should be considered negotiable between the selected applicant and the sponsoring organization.
• The basic information an applicant should provide in an application should include:
  • a statement of interest explaining the applicant's qualifications and objectives for the fellowship, and explaining how the experience will advance the intended career.
  • a current resume
  • a letter of recommendation from the applicant's program director and at least one other professional recommendation; and
  • photocopies of undergraduate and most recent graduate school transcripts.

By adopting these recommendations, fellowship sponsors will obtain timely and comparable information to use in reaching selection decisions. Faculty and students will also benefit in two important ways. First, it will reduce unproductive variation in the time consuming-work of preparing applications. Second, it will provide unsuccessful applicants with sufficient notice to pursue other career-entry alternatives while faculty assistance is readily available.