Summer Enrichment Program
Welcome to the Institute’s Summer Enrichment Program (SEP). The Institute will be accepting applications for students and hospitals beginning in January 2008. Please continue to check the Institute’s Web site for additional details over the next couple of months. In the meantime, contact the Institute at institutesep@aha.org with any immediate questions that you may have. Thank you and we look forward to your participation in the 2008 SEP!
Please click HERE to access the 2008 SEP brochure.
The Institute for Diversity's Summer Enrichment Program (SEP) partners top minority scholars with leading organizations to build the next generation of diverse executives. SEP provides each participant with real-world work experience, training and mentoring that leverages interns' education with their professional strengths to advance as effective leaders in health care.
According to the 2007 Witt/Kieffer Advancing Diversity Leadership in Health Care study health care executives agree that there is a need for programs that "expose young people to healthcare careers” and “Seek ways to move individuals from college and/or healthcare jobs to hospital administration.”
Since 1994 the Institute’s SEP has served as the premier internship program for leading minority scholars in healthcare administration. The cornerstone of the Institute’s SEP is an internship open to ethnically underrepresented first- and second-year health management graduate students. This 12-week (June through August) paid internship program takes place in metropolitan areas around the country and provides participants with an introduction to working in the health care management field. Under the guidance of mentors known as preceptors, students tackle management issues facing health care executives and participate in educational didactic sessions at a local university. Since 1994, more than 500 interns have successfully completed the program.