Our Residency Program
Apply your growing expertise in the workplace |
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Many Master of Health Administration (MHA) students select our program for its unique and well-established residency component. During a 4-month job placement, students gain real-world experience, career insight, workplace references, a network of contacts and one or more mentors. It’s impossible to overstate the value of the experience.
Most students receive a stipend for their residency work. Placements can be anywhere in Canada. It’s a chance to test out a new career direction. For some students, their residency leads directly to employment.
During the residency, students will:
- be exposed to administrative challenges and health service agency operations
- receive personal coaching from respected practicing health services administrators
- apply administrative concepts in a practical setting
- develop administrative skills, techniques and perspectives
How it works |
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Beginning as soon as you arrive on campus in September of your first year, you will work with the residency coordinator to set your residency goals and create a shortlist of preferred placements. The residency coordinator will then submit your requests.
The application and negotiation process can take time. About half of our students have a residency in place by the end of first term for the upcoming spring/summer.
Residencies are usually easiest to arrange for students who are willing to accept placements outside of Halifax, and who have strong English-language interview and communication skills.
Flexible options for part-time students |
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Various residency options are available for part-time students. While in the MHA program, some students have been promoted into a new management position, which can become a residency in whole or in part, if approved by the graduate coordinator.
Other students complete their residency part-time over 18 months. Occasionally, a parental or workplace responsibility will mean the residency is completed during 2 months of the first spring/summer and a second 2 months during the next spring/summer. Talk to us! We’ll work with you to find an effective and satisfying arrangement.