Management Development Fellowship
This one-year fellowship is available to registered nurses who demonstrate management potential, along with at least three years of experience here at Shands at the University of Florida.
The program offers competency and skill development opportunities through the following means:
- Management development classes
- Individual learning/career development plans
- Expert guest lectures
- Shadowing experiences with hospital leaders
- Attendance at selected leadership meetings
- Coaching by a Nurse Manager mentor
- “Mock interviewing” for an identified management position
- An assigned project designed to build individual competencies
Each fellowship participant is also awarded a management development account of up to $1,000 for conference attendance, books/journals, professional membership fees and other related costs. Applications are accepted every August.