What is a Virtual Internship?
Simply put, it is a practice run through setting up and running a legal nurse consulting practice. A qualified, practicing legal nurse consultant will go through the process with you!
A step beyond mentoring, the Virtual Internship provides you with tangible experience in every facet of the business, from setting up your home office through preparing for trial. You will create marketing materials, draft discovery responses and locate experts. Throughout, you will have email contact with a qualified, practicing legal nurse consultant to answer your questions and provide feedback. Additionally, twice a month, you will have the opportunity to chat online with your consultant.
Who needs a Virtual Internship?
If you are just getting started in the legal nurse consulting field, a Virtual Internship can make the process easier and less overwhelming.
If you are already a practicing legal nurse consultant, you can brush up on your marketing or on your writing skills. Perhaps you want more clients. Or you want to move into a different area of law, such as workers compensation or social security disability. Through an internship, you can gain experience, create the necessary marketing materials and have the confidence to branch out.
How long does it take?
The Virtual Internship moves at your speed. You will be sent each section, one at a time, in order. As you complete and turn in the assigned work, you will receive feedback and move on to the next section of the internship. It is designed to take from one to four months to complete. It all depends on you!
How do I sign up?
Simply click on the "Add to Cart" button below
to purchase the Virtual Internship.
Outline of our Internship Program:
- Setting up shop: Includes information on securing a business license, sample invoice forms, business cards and more.
- Getting out there: Teaches you how to create marketing materials such as classified ads, sales letters, and suggests resources for promoting your practice.
- Your first client: Guidelines on acing the interview and securing the job. Includes a sample contract for services and questions to ask potential clients.
- Meet the plaintiff: Learn about intake interviews with individuals who were injured, with a list of what to look for, questions to ask and more.
- The merit review: All the medical records are in, now what? You will receive sample medical records for review and will write a merit report.
- Drafting the complaint: Here you will put what you are learning to work for the law firm’s client by assisting in drafting the complaint for medical malpractice. Included is a partial complaint, samples of summons and other documents important to the initiation of a lawsuit.
- Respond to discovery: Greater in-depth medical information is often sought during the discovery process. You will respond to specific questions in discovery. You will also receive a sample deposition transcript and other discovery related materials.
- Trial preparation: The case is wrapping up. You will help to put together the key elements the attorney will need to make his case at trial.
- Final project: Determined on a student by student basis.
