Selection and Training
Selection of the Applicant
The selection of the applicant will be determined by the Summer Intern Selection Committee comprised of a maximum of five individuals, at least three of whom are professional staff members.
Internship Training Schedule
The activities of the intern will be coordinated through the Management Institute/Student Affairs Division. Other NCPA departments may be asked to work with or may request time with the intern.
- The intern will participate in a one-week orientation rotation through all of the following headquarters departments:
- Accounting
- Communication
- Conventions and Meetings
- Executive Office
- Government Affairs
- Home Health Care/Long-Term Care
- Industry Affairs
- Management Institute
- NCPA Foundation
- National Home Infusion Association
- Professional Affairs
- National Institute for Pharmacist Care Outcomes (NIPCO)
(NOTE: Schedule is flexible depending on interests of intern)
- The training schedule shall consist of a minimum of 350 hours extending over a period of 10 working weeks.
- Following the orientation rotation, the intern will be assigned a mutually agreed upon project(s) within the Management Institute. During the fifth and tenth week of the program, a review will be conducted, i.e. the intern reviews the program and the preceptor reviews the intern.
- The intern will attend relevant meetings of the Management Institute, and meetings external to the Management Institute as deemed to be appropriate.
Emphasis will be given to the on-the-job training aspects of the internship. The training schedule will be patterned to permit the intern to pursue, in-depth, those activities within the Management Institute which he/she is most interested.