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Internship Opportunities

BOS Internship Program Model

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Contact:

Martha Edmonds
(410) 786-3183
Martha.Edmonds@cms.hhs.gov

The Health Care industry is one of the United States major growth industry for new jobs and opportunities. The Center for Medicare & Medicade Services (CMS) under the Federal Health and Human Services Department is responsible for managing the national Medicare and Medicade programs. The Business Operations (BOS) works with national Medicare programs.

BOS’s training department develops national training materials for the Medicare program and plan providers. Training is typically done as webinars or video conferences. The training developer works with subject matter experts (SME) to conduct needs assessments, develop training materials including job aids and to evaluate the effectivness of all trainings and training materials.

Goal:
BOS is interested in partnering with local universities to provide a professional learning environment and an on-the-job training opportunity for an Instructional Design Graduate student.

This free internship would provide an intern the opportunity to work in the health care industry and learn the skills necessary to develop national training materials for the federal government.

Internship objectives:
The intern will participate in a 4-month unpaid internship program. The internship will help the student to:
 Develop communication skills by working with subject matter experts to research and develop training programs
 Create a technology based training environment using Adobe Connect webinar technology
 Develop and conduct a virtual training session
 Develop a comprehensive Curriculum Design Document including timeline and learning objectives
 Write curriculum content materials in cooperation with subject matter experts
 Develop training using the web authoring tool, Adobe Captivate
 Develop curriculum using the Ruth Clark information ISD model
 Design practice exercises and tests
Develop an evaluation tool to assess training effectiveness
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