The philosophy of administrative fellowships

The administrative fellowship, which has its roots in the origins of health administration education, had gone by the wayside as the programs became more oriented to the university setting, rather than the practice setting. The author makes the case that restoring the administrative fellowship to the standard course of study would close the gap he sees between practice and academia. He then states that opportunities to learn on the job in fields such as hospital consulting have dwindled and that administrative fellowships would help program graduates get the exposure to problems and the decision-making skills necessary to be competitive in the job market.