Checking in with classmates – Part 1

August 2, 2014

Filed under: Internship — carlosgieseken @ 6:03 pm

This is the first of a two-part series where I check in with classmates to see how they are doing. In this first installment, I spoke with some healthcare MBA friends who are at the beginning of their administrative residencies, which is just a glorified name for an extended internship. I spoke with Hannah Reigel, who is in Oklahoma City, Stephen Chandler, in Detroit, and Michael Faulkenberry, who is in Dallas. All three will return to Baylor for their final semester in the Spring of 2015 before graduating next May.

Stephen has really enjoyed the breadth of information he has to tackle on a daily basis. “I get a combination of strategy, marketing, finance, and operations at the same time with some of the projects I’m working on,” he said. “I work on hospital-level projects as well as system-level stuff, too. So it’s been great…For me, [the residency] has been exactly what I wanted it to be.”

Hannah picked her residency because of all the access she was promised. It has not disappointed. “I can for the most part walk into any department or meeting and I am welcome,” she said. “I’ve been the most impressed by the fact that they know that I am there short-term as I have to return to Baylor, but I still have been involved in top-secret meetings.”

Michael has enjoyed being a part of getting to plan the opening of a new trauma tower of the hospital where he is based. “There was a tremendous amount of attention paid to the slightest of details, from design and equipment to accounting practices involved,” he said. “So far, I have been exposed to a myriad of issues facing the health care industry, and I have seen just how complex it truly is. I have been challenged by leaders who want my input on issues, and that has kept me focused and proactive each day.”

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All three said their coworkers look just like this…