HAPSA
Health Administration and Policy Student Association
First meeting: September 27, 2011
Agenda
1. Introduction: Meet the Execs
2. Introduce Faculty Member(s) Present Tonight
3. What is HAPSA?
4. The Benefits of Health Administration and Policy
5. Future Meeting and Speakers
6. Wrap-Up: Thanks for coming!
HAPSA Exec Members
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President: Asialee Drews
VP of Marketing & Administration: Bailey Hare
VP of Membership: Lauren Wong
VP of Programming: Regin Mathew
VP of Finance: Ashley Lehman
VP of Information Technology: Allie Corrigan
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Judith Kissell
Feel free to facebook, e-mail, or talk to any of us!!
Asialee Drews: President
asialeedrews@creighton.edu
Major: Theology
Minor: Health Administration and Policy
Ambition: Post-Grad Volunteering
&
Public Health Graduate
School
Favorite Quote: "Be the change you
wish to see in the world." - Gandhi
Asialee Drews: President
asialeedrews@creighton.edu
Why I love Health Administration and
Policy:
1. A Change of Passions
2. Opportunities: Independent Research
3. Internship
4. Applicable, small classes and Faculty
Bailey Hare: VP of Marketing and Administration
baileyhare@creighton.edu
Major: Health Administration and Policy
Minor: Business Administration
and Public Health
Graduate School MHA
Interested in Non-Profit administration
Lauren Wong: VP of Membership
laurenwong@creighton.edu
Major: Health
Administration & Policy
Minor: Business and Public
Health
Plan: Attend Graduate
School for my MHA
or MBA
Long-term Goal: Become
an administrator back in
Hawaii for one of the
Healthcare Systems
Lauren Wong: VP of Membership
laurenwong@creighton.edu
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Why I'm passionate about Health Administration:
Various Career Choices
Growing industry
Networking and Internships
Interaction with peers
Areas to always improve and implement your own ideas
Suits my personality and aspirations in life
Regin Mathew: VP of Programming
reginmathew@creighton.edu
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Major: Health Administration & Policy
Minor: Public Health
Post Grad Plans:
Grad School For MHA or MPH
Open to working first
Regin Mathew: VP of Programming
reginmathew@creighton.edu
Why I Enjoy Health Administration and Policy:
1. Growing field
2. Stay within Healthcare
3. Knowledgeable faculty
4. Unique Program
Ashley Lehman: VP of Finance
ashleylehman@creighton.edu
Major: Health Administration
and Policy
Minor: Business Administration
Plan: Attend Graduate School
for my MHA
Goal: Administrator at a
Children's Hospital or at a
Nursing Home/Assisted
Living Facility
Ashley Lehman: VP of Finance
ashleylehman@creighton.edu
Why I like Health Administration and Policy:
A Career within the Healthcare Field
Numerous Career Opportunities within the Field
Knowledgeable and Extremely Helpful Faculty
Allie Corrigan: VP of Information Technology
allisoncorrigan@creighton.edu
Major: Health Administration and
Policy
Pre-Occupational Therapy
Plan: Volunteer Post-Grad 1-2
years, then attend Occupational
Therapy School
Future: Combine OT &
knowledge of HAP to create
opportunities for clients, i.e.
wellness center
What is HAPSA?
Lingo:
• HAPSA = Health Administration and Policy Student Association
• HAP = Health Administration and Policy
Check out the HAPSA website!
http://www.creighton.edu/ccas/healthadminpolicy/
Join our facebook group!
1. Speakers
2. Networking
The Logistics
1. No membership dues
2. Monthly meetings, speakers, and events
3. E-mail updates about HAP and Public Health events
on
campus and other opportunities
4. ACHE Conference in Chicago
• Dates: March 19-22, 2012
• Location: Hyatt Regency Chicago
• Education and networking event for health care
management
• More than 4,500 health care executives from 25 countries
attend the conference.
Previous Speakers
• Glen Fosdick: Nebraska Medical Center CEO
• SLU Graduate Admissions Representative
• Laurie K. Baedke and Natalie Dalton
Lamberton: ACHE Early Careerist Presentation
Networking
1. Community
2. Peers from HAP, Public Health, Pre-Health, and
Nursing
studies
3. Graduate Schools: We have a list of contacts for you if you
join HAPSA!
Why Major/Minor in Health Administration
and Policy?
1. Internships!
• Required internship for the HAP major
• Network with HAP major upperclassman and find the best possible
internship for you!
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Classes
HAP200: Intro to background of the health field
Class credit for the Dominican Republic Study Abroad Program
Flexible class credits
Top Graduate Programs
1. University of
Michigan: Ann Arbor
2. University of Minnesota:
Twin Cities
3. University of North
Carolina: Chapel Hill
4. University of Penn:
Wharton (MBA)
5. Tied: University of
Alabama: Birmingham
6. Virginia
Commonwealth University
7. Northwestern University
(Kellogg)
8. University of Washington
9. Tied: Rush University
& St. Louis University
10. Boston University; John
Hopkins University & U.S.
Army/Baylor University.
Future Careers in
Health Administration & Policy
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CEO, COO, CFO
Administrators
Public Health Researchers
Consultants
Insurance Companies
Medical, Dental, or Further PHD programs
o Start your own private practice!
• Law
• Non-Profit Organizations
• The World Health Organization
• And so many more!
Thank You for Coming!
Please don't hesitate to ask us any
questions
Reminder
Speaker Vikram Acharya
Lucile Packard Children's Hosptial at
Stanford
Wednesday, October 5th
5:30 pm
Hixon Lied 361