>> So you're going to need to gain knowledge.
And the best way to do that is begin to do practical work.
Take advantage of internship opportunities, fellowship opportunities,
even shadowing at a hospital health system or other organization.
Take the opportunity to immerse yourself into the real world and to observe, to interact,
to ask questions, and to really gain some of that practical experience.
And then when you are able to land that first job, I really encourage people to take advantage
of volunteering discretionary effort in areas, on workgroups, committees, and on initiatives
that may be outside of their direct area of responsibility.
That's going to stretch their muscles, get them out of their comfort zone,
and make them indispensable to the organization because they're going to build knowledge
in areas that, perhaps, they didn't even anticipate before.