What types of internship opportunities are available?
Why are internship programs important to the program?
Do students attend conferences in the field?

What types of internship opportunities are available?
All students complete professional practice experiences at area health care settings. Recent graduates have worked in doctors’ offices and hospitals in St. Joseph and the Kansas City area.

Why are internship programs important to the program?
Experience in the field is beneficial to each student’s education. Internships provide students with a valuable hands-on experience that is difficult to duplicate in the classroom.

Do students attend conferences in the field?
Students are encourage to attend as many meetings/conferences as possible in order to begin networking with other professionals.  In the past students have attended the Missouri Health Information Management Association annual meeting in Osage Beach, Mo. in 2004, Springfield, Mo,2005, St. Charles, MO, 2006 and 2007,and Osage Beach in 2009, and St. Charles, MO, 2010.

MWSU students are fortunate to be invited to Cancer Registry training every spring sponsored by the State Association for Cancer Registrars'. 

Students are required to become members of the American Health Information Management Association which also grants them membership in Missouri Health Information Management Association.