NCAF Brochure - National Center for Healthcare Leadership

ABOUT THE NATIONAL COUNCIL
ON ADMINISTRATIVE FELLOWSHIPS
graduate students
The National Council on Administrative
What are post-graduate administrative fellowships and why are
they important to my career?
A C o l l a b o r at i o n o f
Fellowships (NCAF) is an organization
of fellowship programs and graduate
Post-graduate administrative fellowship programs are time-limited
(typically 12-24 months) full-time roles that emphasize learning
and leadership development in addition to completion of work.
Fellowships are widely viewed as a critical stepping stone for many
early careerists who aspire to senior leadership roles.
programs in healthcare management who
are working together to continuously
improve early-career development
opportunities for our next-generation
healthcare leaders.
An important part of NCAF’s work involves
creating a coordinated approach to the
CAHME
application process, as well as a set of
expectations for program applicants,
graduate program directors, and
administrative fellowships to uphold.
These expectations are spelled out in a
member-developed Code of Good Practice.
NCAF’s work is supported primarily through
membership dues, as well as underwriting
by the National Center for Healthcare
Leadership (NCHL). NCAF also benefits from
the support of the Association of University
Programs in Health Administration (AUPHA)
and the Commission on the Accreditation
of Healthcare Management Education
(CAHME).
We encourage you to learn
more about NCAF and
consider joining your peers
in this national effort. More
information about NCAF
and the Code of Good
Practice are available at
bit.ly/NCHL_NCAF.
Questions?
Contact Marie Rowland
at mrowland@nchl.org
or 312-942-7935.
Why should I encourage my graduate program leaders to
participate in NCAF?
By participating in NCAF, your graduate program is demonstrating
its commitment to a national effort to continuously improve the
administrative fellowship process and the Code of Good Practice.
This commitment is recognized and appreciated by NCAF-member
fellowship programs, who are encouraged to consider this
commitment in their own recruiting and selection efforts. As a
student from an NCAF-member graduate program, you are also
eligible to participate in NCAF’s clearinghouse program at no cost
to you.
Why should I apply to NCAF-member fellowship programs?
NCAF-member fellowship programs agree to abide by the NCAF
Code of Good Practice, which includes guidelines designed to
support your ability to make an informed choice about the
fellowship that is right for you. NCAF members have made a
commitment to provide high-quality work and developmental
experiences for your career success and to work collaboratively on
efforts to improve administrative fellowships for all involved.
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National Council
ON Administrative Fellowships
Accelerating early-career development
for our next generation of healthcare leaders
member benefits
fellowship program leaders
graduate program leaders
Organizations participating in NCAF receive the following
benefits:
Why should I hire applicants from NCAF-member
Graduate Programs?
Why should I encourage my students to apply
to NCAF-member fellowship programs?
NCAF-member graduate programs agree to abide by the
NCAF Code of Good Practice, which includes guidelines
designed to improve the value of the fellowship process
for all involved. For graduate program leaders, these
guidelines include:
NCAF-member fellowship programs agree to abide by the
Code of Good Practice, which includes guidelines designed to
improve the value of the fellowship process for all involved.
For fellowship leaders, these guidelines include:
Participation in ongoing national dialog about how to
continuously improve fellowship opportunities
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Sharing of best practices and networking with other
NCAF members
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Ensuring the fellowship upholds high-value
development opportunities through the explicit
adoption of best practices such as senior executive
involvement, regular performance feedback, and
post-fellowship job opportunity discussions
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Recognition and appreciation from:
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Member administrative fellowship programs,
who are encouraged to include NCAF graduate programs as part of their recruiting and
selection processes
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Member graduate programs, who are encouraged
to consider NCAF administrative fellowship
programs when recommending fellowship sites
to students
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Current and future fellows, who benefit from
our organizations’ commitment to excellence
and professionalism in the administrative
fellowship process
Setting priorities for future directions of NCAF, including:
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• Continuously evolving the Code of Good Practice
• Growing NCAF’s membership and support
• Expanding NCAF member learning and
sharing opportunities
• Prioritizing NCAF’s data collection and
benchmarking research efforts
Participating in a “second round” clearinghouse,
designed to assist NCAF-member fellowship programs
and students in filling open fellowship positions
available after the nationally coordinated offer period
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Actively promoting the value of administrative
fellowships to their students
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Supporting students in putting together competitive
applications for fellowship programs appropriate to
their career goals
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Providing references and transcripts of academic
credentials that clearly differentiate their top students
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Ensuring students can make informed decisions
through the standardization of reasonable application
deadlines, offer dates, and decision timeframes
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Working collaboratively on an ongoing national
effort to improve administrative fellowships for
all participants
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Promoting professional practices among their students
who are applying for fellowships
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