The two universities entered into an agreement in 2010 for this dual degree program. The HCMBA provides the knowledge and skills necessary for management careers in health services organizations.<\/p>\n Other firsts for the students include, for many, traveling to the United States.<\/p>\n For all, new classroom and learning experiences are proving enjoyable.<\/p>\n \u201cAt FIU, students speak with the professor in class, work together on projects and make presentations,\u201d said Yan Li, who plans a career in hospital administration. \u201cIn China, you listen in class and then take an exam.\u201d<\/p>\n Community visits with health providers are bringing new knowledge.<\/p>\n \u201cI get to see how spacious and efficient United States hospitals are,\u201d Yingbo Cao said. \u201cMost of all, I am impressed with the humanity at the hospitals. Administrators, staff and medical personnel really care about patients.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThe SMU dual degree students\u2019 eagerness to learn about our health delivery system was apparent from the beginning,\u201d said Nancy Borkowski, director, Health Management Programs.<\/p>\n She added that in addition to visiting health providers\u2019 facilities, students also attend professional associations\u2019 networking and educational programs.<\/p>\n Students benefit from a well-rounded education.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cIn addition to providing the \u2018technical\u2019 components of the degree, we\u2019re coaching the students on their communication skills in conjunction with accent reduction classes,\u201d Borkowski said. \u201cWe\u2019re also helping them improve their writing, research and oral presentation skills.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI have even learned new table manners,\u201d said Cao, whose future plans are to be a healthcare provider entrepreneur.<\/p>\n Students expressed appreciation for how faculty and staff are helping them navigate their studies and adapt to American life.<\/p>\n \u201cProfessors are so patient with us,\u201d Li said.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Many firsts are happening for a group of Chinese health management students studying in the College of Business Administration at Florida International University (FIU). The thirteen students from Southern Medical University (SMU) in Guangzhou, ranked as one of the top medical universities in China, arrived in the fall of 2011 as the first SMU class […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":69,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[388,1069,1074,2690,2697],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15596"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/69"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15596"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15596\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29519,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15596\/revisions\/29519"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Yan](\"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Yan-Li.jpg\" "\\"Yan")
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