HIM 459 Administrative Affiliation
This course provides hands-on experiences for the Bachelor of Science students in Health Information Management. Students choose either a traditional on-site internship with a preceptor or a hybrid internship which includes working with a preceptor on an off-site project and participating in an online simulation. The Professional Practice Experience (PPE) is designed to provide students with a directed preceptor experience, which is supervised and evaluated at professional practice site(s). The PPE provides students with the opportunity to refine developed competencies and skills sets that were introduced in the Health Information Management courses and are only available for students completing the final courses in the HIM major. This is 180 hours of administrative affiliation and a capstone project is required.. Prerequisite:
HIM 339.