ATSU-SHM blends online and residential
Posted: February 3, 2012
ATSU-SHM students at first Residential Learning Institute
Four Master of Health Administration students at ATSU’s School of Health Management (ATSU-SHM) attended the first-ever Residential Learning Institute, held Jan. 26-28.
The three-day institutes are offered four times a year, twice on ATSU’s Mesa, Ariz., campus and twice on ATSU’s Kirksville, Mo., campus. Students are required to attend four sessions during their program. Each institute will have two intensive sessions focusing on a range of topics. January’s session topics were leadership/team building and conflict resolution/negotiation. Upcoming topics include marketing and public relations, healthcare reform, and emergency preparedness.
“It gives the online students an opportunity to meet face to face and with faculty,” said Kathy Adler, D.H.A., FACHE, program chair and associate professor, health administration. “It was so well-received. The students really embraced it; it’s totally new for our online program.”
The institutes are a new component to the M.H.A. program. They were designed to meet the residential requirement needed for the program to receive CAHME accreditation. All students in attendance reported being 100 percent satisfied with the experience.
“I thought that this experience was great,” said one attendee. “The way we were able to interact with everyone in a professional and classroom setting as well as a social setting really helped us get to know one another. The lesson plan was great, and I walked away learning more than I thought I would. I was so excited to come home and talk about what I learned and met some great people in the process.”
The next session is scheduled for April 26-28 and can be followed via Twitter by using #SHMRLI12.