Sample Fellowship Models

• Operations generalist: The fellow uses analytical problem-solving and leadership skills in the healthcare organization’s major departments, such as surgery, internal medicine, pediatrics, obstetrics, nursing, social service, pharmacy, etc.

• Financial management specialist: The fellow concentrates on financial analysis, accounting, capital and departmental budgeting and auditing. Some projects are overseen by generalists with an emphasis on knowledge and skills developed in university graduate programs.

• Information systems, data processing and operations research specialist: The fellow assists with planning, developing and implementing broad information systems and applying operations research techniques.

• Marketing and program planning specialist: The fellow works on projects and tasks related to market research, planning and promotion; interpretation of patient/customer/physician attitudes and values; assessment and testing of programs in clinical, operational, financial, ethical, medical and legal areas. Implementation may occur in high technology equipment areas, medical programs such as organ transplantation, burn centers and sports medicine as well as in community-based services, such as home healthcare and hospice programs.

• Communications and fundraising specialist: The fellow works with the public relations department and develops communications, assesses consumer attitudes and expectations, critiques fundraising programs and plans or implements specific activities in the annual or capital campaigns.

• Human resources development specialist: The fellow participates in the management bargaining team; analyzes salary and benefits program, works on employee grievance procedures or employee publications and helps with new employee orientation programs.

• Integrated delivery system generalist: The fellow focuses on relations between member institutions and the management of corporate structure, capital finance and system-wide strategic planning.

Other models include:

• Integrated delivery system finance specialist
• Integrated delivery system corporate strategic planning specialist
• Health policy formulation and analysis specialist
• Community agency and services coordinator
• New business development generalist or specialist (e.g., alternative healthcare delivery system, HMO, IPA, etc.)
• Medical group manager
• Nursing home and/or home health manager
• Insurance and health services finance specialist
• Multi-organization generalist (fellow participates in operations at two or more participating organizations)
• Community-based health development partnership specialist
• Quality management and value assessment specialist
• Healthcare association generalist
• Government organization and policy planning specialist