>> I always suggest that you -- an HPA is a great way to start.
You should get some financial experience.
Anywhere you work in healthcare, that's never going to not serve you well
because of the extreme financial pressures we have right now.
A lot of times I'm able to help physicians and nurses craft the proposals
for the clinical needs that they have in a way that makes it a financially viable proposition
for those who are authorizing funding.
So the finance side of it is important.
And if you get an HPA or an MHA or an MBA, I don't necessarily think that, you know,
either route -- you have to go either or either route but you do need
to eventually go and pursue your masters.
I do think that you have to network.
If you get a job in a hospital and you're young, you need to network.
You need to meet other people.
You have to become involved in the rest of the organization not just the operating room.
I participate in our hospital incident command system that handles all of our emergencies,
whether it be a, you know, we've dealt with Ebola.
We have dealt with, you know, snowstorms, things like that.
That gives you an opportunity to meet other people in the hospital
that you wouldn't necessarily meet and network with them.