Internships

Full-time students complete an approved 10-week, 400-hour internship in a health sector organization during the summer between the first and second years of the program. The organization can be in any part of the health sector, depending on the educational and career interest of the student.

The internship is a core part of the educational experience, a key element in student résumés, and often a doorway to future employment.

Recent Internship Placements

• Pharmacia Corporation, Peapack, NJ
  Intern conducted market research in the area of Global Business and evaluated the market factors that influence the pharmaceutical environment.
  

• General Electric Corporation, Fairfield, CT
  Intern worked at GE's Six Sigma Health Service delivery program, integrating data from marketing, management, and previous initiatives; and participated in the development and production of a training manual kit, a marketing video, a data collection information system, and various survey tools.

• Boston Scientific Corporation, Natick, MA
  Intern assessed market opportunities and development of a new product. A thorough analysis of the competitive environment and other products was conducted.

• Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
  Intern participated in an operating efficiency project for the Emergency Department. A complete evaluation of staffing processes, led the intern to make substantial recommendations to improve the department's workflow.

• Shanghai Roche Pharmaceuticals, Shanghai, China
  Intern gained a global perspective of the pharmaceutical industry in China through the market research that was conducted. The intern analyzed product positioning, message testing, competition and pricing strategies.

• Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
  Intern worked on a volume and gross revenue project, budgeting and analyzing trends in outpatient visits, discharges, discharge days, and average length of stay to make forecasts for the upcoming fiscal year.

• National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD
  Intern assessed the commercial potential of licensing inventions to private industry and helped develop, promote, and implement related marketing strategies.
  

• Massachusetts Division of Health Care Finance & Policy, Boston, MA
  Intern was responsible for providing the Administration and Legislature with data on key financial rations of individual hospitals in order to develop benchmark measures for overhead, ancillary, and routine inpatient and outpatient cost centers.

• Center for Health Care Strategies, Inc., Lawrenceville, NJ
  Intern participated in a strategy assessment of the public welfare system for several state agencies. Additionally, the intern assisted with the pilot and implementation of a new quality improvement model among two health plans.

• Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
  Intern created and administered a survey gauging the satisfaction of a target population of referring physicians for patient services.