Administrative Fellowship Program

There are a number of Administrative Fellowship Programs available for those who are interested in medical management or administrative medicine.

Here's what you can expect from some of these programs:

• Directly access senior executive teams, who serve as mentors, through action learning projects;
• Observe decision making and strategy at the senior level;
• Lead and support special project that are aligned with key strategic initiatives
• Strengthen leadership & management skills by assuming full operational responsibilities in an inpatient unit, clinical practice and/or specialized shared services

Medical universities and health systems that currently offer administrative fellowship programs include:

U Penn
Emory
Harvard
Johns Hopkins
MD Anderson
Mass General
Mainline Health
Northwestern Memorial
and many others

Some medical boards provide a Special Purpose Medical License for Administrative Medicine. You may want to check with your state medical board to see if such a license is offered and/or required in order for you to practice non-clinical administrative medicine.