Students in the master programs Health Economics, Policy and Management and European Master in Health Economics are offered to do the internship course HMAN4230 in their second or third semester. The course is offered both fall and spring semester.
The main purpose of the internship course is to give the students an opportunity to learn how to apply the theoretical knowledge acquired in the master’s degree, and reflect on how the disciplines, theory, and methods are relevant.
It is emphasized that the internship, as a university course, is a learning opportunity. Interns are not to replace the ordinary staff. The work is without pay.
Qualified students contributes with new knowledge
The internship institution may be a governmental institution, a hospital, an NGO or other health related businesses or organisations. Work tasks given to the students vary.
Examples of work tasks:
- Conduct surveys and collect data
- Analyze data using mathematical models, statistical techniques, and software.
- Present research results in reports, tables, and charts.
- Design initiatives, measures and evaluation
What does an organisation gain when recruiting an intern from the Department of Health Management and Health Economics:
- New perspectives and a fresh look from our motivated and qualified students!
- New knowledge and theory (tools, methods etc.)
- Positive publicity and new connections
- Knowledge exchange between organization and the University of Oslo
Practical information
- An internship lasts for 21 days, normally three days per week in a period of seven weeks.
- The work should be unpaid.
- The student will present the internship work in an oral presentation at the end of the semester (December/May).
- Course regulations
Agreement between organization, student and the Univerity of Oslo
If you have been contacted by one of our students and wish to make an agreement, please send Kristi Brinkmann Lenander an e-mail with the following:
- Information about your organisation/insitutuion
- Information about the project or working area
- The student’s work tasks
- Contact (name, phone number, e-mail, postal address)
When the internship outline has been approved by the Department of Health Management and Health Economics, we will draft a contract.
The contract has to be signed by all three parties (organisation, UiO, student) before the first workday.
Please contact Kristi Brinkmann Lenander if you have questions regarding internships at HELED.