Administrative Fellowship Program

Rotations

The Administrative Fellowship Program offers the flexibility to accommodate your interests within a framework of continuous learning. It consists of six to eight rotations in areas such as finance, human resources, systems and procedures, quality, research, education, hospital operations, clinical operations and general administration. Additional benefits include the following:

• Rotations are jointly developed by you and your administrative preceptor.
• Responsibilities and assignments are primarily project oriented.
• Staff mentors provide performance assessments focused on characteristics of a successful administrator, such as managerial skills, judgment, initiative, credibility, creativity and leadership.

Rotation, project and activity examples

Core rotations

Department of Finance

• Develop operational plans and budgets for clinical departments
• Assist with organizational redesign of Division of Admissions and Business Services
• Develop performance monitoring dashboard for Medical Revenue Systems
• Develop billing processes map to identify major improvement opportunities

Systems and Procedures

• Support electronic medical record project — automated patient itinerary
• Lead team in developing proposal for telecommunicating site
• Develop new procedures for Rochester Methodist Hospital patient receiving unit
• Evaluate space requirements for Gonda Vascular Center

Department of Human Resources

• Develop performance management tools
• Measure activity analysis of benefits information
• Support clinical department staff recruitment
• Assist with Administrative Fellowship Program recruitment and selection activities

Administrative Services

• National strategies interim administrator
• Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology interim administrator
• Division of Hematology interim administrator

Department of Education

• Mayo Medical School interim administrator
• Lead team in creating Mayo School of Health-Related Sciences Alumni Association
• Coordinate the first Serving the Underserved Educational Forum

Department of Research

• Develop clinical trials program business plan
• Support Department of Internal Medicine research retreat planning team

Electives rotations

Mayo Clinic in Arizona

• Thunderbird clinic space-expansion planning
• Completion of analysis and feasibility study to initiate a general pediatrics service
• Community Internal Medicine and Employee Health interim administrator

Mayo Clinic in Florida

• Develop clinical department marketing plans

Planning Services

• Analysis of for-profit segment of health care industry
• Design planning database for Mayo Clinic Health System orthopedic surgeons