Education Network

Career Support

ACHE offers Student Associates a wide range of services to help launch their careers in healthcare management:

Directory of Postgraduate Administrative Fellowships
Healthcare Executive Career Resource Center
- Services specifically for students: CareerEDGE^®–SE, Your Career as a Healthcare Executive
- Other valuable services: Resume Review/Critique, leadership and personality assessments
ACHE Employment Service: Job Center and Resume Bank
ACHE Diversity Internship
Stuart A. Wesbury Jr. Postgraduate Fellowship
Richard J. Stull Student Essay Competition in Healthcare Management – Winning entries will each receive $3,000 and the second and third place entries will receive $2,000 and $1,000 awards, respectively.

Publications and Newsletters

Student Associates receive complimentary subscriptions to ACHE’s top-notch publications and e-mail newsletters including:

Healthcare Executive
A choice of the Journal of Healthcare Management or Frontiers of Health Services Management
Student Associate Newsletter – Published four times per year.
Weekly member newsletter ACHe News

Educational Opportunities

As a benefit of membership Student Associates have access to ACHE’s premier educational programs:

The Student Track at Congress offers a significantly reduced registration fee for Student Associates.
Seminars, Webinars , Self-Study Courses and more.

Financial Assistance

Student Associates are eligible for several different types of financial assistance:

Scholarships
Reduced Dues – Student Associate dues are subsidized by full dues paying Members allowing students to pay lower dues. Students pay $75 as opposed to Members who initially pay $160.

Networking

ACHE offers many opportunities for students to stay connected with other Members:

Visit the online Chapter Directory to get information about your local chapter.
Use the ACHE Member Directory to search for Members by location, areas of expertise or special interest areas.

The Connecticut Association of Healthcare Executives (CTAHE) represents professionals who manage the business affairs of healthcare organizations throughout the state of Connecticut. No other professional association is more inclusive and essential for meeting the career needs and interests of healthcare executives in Connecticut as the healthcare industry transforms to value-based care.

Our CTAHE membership strives to be inclusive of all healthcare stakeholders spanning not only hospitals, health plans, health systems, and independent physician associations, but our universities that are educating our future healthcare administrators.

The Connecticut Association of Healthcare Executives (CTAHE) is a chapter of the American College of Healthcare Executives, which you can read more about below.

The American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE)

The American College of Healthcare Executives is an international professional society of more than 40,000 healthcare executives who lead hospitals, healthcare systems and other healthcare organizations. ACHE offers its prestigious FACHE® credential, signifying board certification in healthcare management.

ACHE’s established network of 80 chapters provides access to networking, education and career development at the local level. In addition, ACHE is known for its magazine, Healthcare Executive, and its career development and public policy programs. Through such efforts, ACHE works toward its goal of being the premier professional society for healthcare executives dedicated to improving healthcare delivery.

The Foundation of the American College of Healthcare Executives was established to further advance healthcare management excellence through education and research. The Foundation of ACHE is known for its educational programs—including the annual Congress on Healthcare Leadership, which draws more than 4,000 participants—and groundbreaking research.

Its publishing division, Health Administration Press, is one of the largest publishers of books and journals on health services management including textbooks for college and university courses. For more information about ACHE, click here.