Health Care Managers as Educational Evaluators and Accreditation Support Personnel

Although health care managers and administrators are often heralded as the foundational support for multifaceted health care institutions, few have been duly credited for their role in evaluating students that they train and precept in the clinical arena. Likewise, the uses and magnitude of the evaluations are often underestimated. This article presents an overview of the traditional role of health care managers, along with their expanded role as evaluators of students in clinical settings. This article also highlights the use of the evaluations from 35 health care managers in the professional development of students and as accreditation support for a university's business college.