Making the most of your time with students via laser coaching Jennifer Vander Meer MSN/MBA RN September 12, 2014

Impact of Advising “The quality of academic advising is the single most powerful predictor of satisfaction with the campus environment at four-year schools” – NSSE 2005

Why does satisfaction matter? “The time and energy students devote to educationally purposeful activities is the single best predictor of their learning and personal development” Student Success in College: Creating Conditions That Matter (Kuh, Kinzie, Schuh & Whitt 2005) What you do matters!

Laser Coach? Expectations and Objectives Interests Needs and Concerns Activity – Pair up –

Questions to Ask What kind of problems do you like to solve? What kind of questions do you most like to help people find answers to? What knowledge of yours do you most like to display, to other people?

Questions to Ask What are your favorite hobbies or interests? What are your favorite words, that you most like to be tossing around, all day? What’s your definition of a “fascinating stranger?”

Questions to Ask What newspaper or magazine articles do you most like to read? What Internet sites do you most often gravitate to? If you watch TV, and it’s a game show, what categories do you hope the contestant will pick? If you could write a book, and it wasn’t about your own life or somebody else’s, what would be the subject of the book?

Questions to Ask- HC focus What inspires you to go into healthcare? – What answers do you expect/anticipate? – How does this help? – A calling, a purpose to fulfill How will you handle the education, training and career development? – Staying focused – Knowing the path ahead Are your skills and strengths a fit for a healthcare career? – A few common skills and personality traits that are important Interpersonal, communication, work ethic, passion for learning new things

One Question if All Else Fails If you could do whatever you wanted all day long every day, what would that one thing be? Or What will people pay you to do that you are good at?

What is Success? What does success look like? Fancy Car? Nice House? Family? Travel?

So really… How do most people become successful?

How do you become successful? Teams of 4-6 people Grab two pieces of paper and marker Work with you team to come up with some ideas of how you will be successful

Next! Figure out what is important to you- as a team, come up with a few answers for each of these: Interests- what do you like? Non-interests- what don’t you like? Values- what is important to you? Talents and Skills – what are you good at? What kind of people you like to hang out with? Your “Passions”

Find your “Passion” in your Job Choice – Yes “Choice” Match your interests and strengths (your passions)… …to jobs that are in demand and pay a good wage- let’s check out some of those jobs.

Your network is … The people you can start a conversation with The people who know you well The people who sort of know you Often it is these people who give you the best new leads church group. ministers. boss teachers. coach. team mates neighbours. hairdresser. vet barista. gas station guy doctor. chemist parents. sisters brothers. close friends classmates. aunts. uncles cousins. grandparents co-workers. fellow students club or group members

Networking example Jo wants to explore nursing as a career option family friend aunt friend (nursing home manager) doctor cousin colleague (nurse) minister colleague (nursing agency) friend (case manager) church member (social worker) Jo

Doing it right MUST DO #1 Create a positive impression of yourself Think about how you can make a good first impression appearance friendliness curiosity honesty Prepare yourself to emphasize your positive qualities People say I’m … I’ve had good feedback about …

Doing it right MUST DO # 2 Tell people about your interests and goal s You can tell people about what you are looking for without directly asking for help. This may lead you to someone who could help you. Decide what is reasonable to ask of people. How strong is your connection? How willing is the person? How much hassle is your request?

Health Care Careers

What’s a degree or certificate? – – ms/more-information-on-degrees-and-certificates/ ms/more-information-on-degrees-and-certificates/ Certificate Associate Degree – AA – AS – AAS Bachelors Degree Masters Degree Doctorate

typical completion times certificatesa few months, up to 1 year associate degrees2 years, can be more bachelors degrees3 or 4 years, can be 5 masters degrees2 years doctorates, PhDs3 years+ More for specialization for full-time study

5 Health Care Pathways THERAPEUTIC SERVICES DIAGNOSTIC SERVICES HEALTH INFORMATICS SUPPORT SERVICES BIOTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT All Health Care occupations are organized into 5 pathways.

Anesthesiologist Assistant Art/Music/Dance Therapist(s) Athletic Trainer Audiologist Certified Nursing Assistant Chiropractor Dental Assistant Dental Hygienist Dental Lab Technician Dentist Dietician EMT/ Paramedic Home Health Aide Licensed Practical Nurse Massage Therapist Medical Assistant Mortician Occupational Therapist Occupational Therapy Asst Optometrist Pharmacist Pharmacy Technician Physical Therapist Physical Therapy Assistant Physician (MD/DO) Physician’s Assistant Psychologist Recreation Therapist Registered Nurse Respiratory Therapist Social Worker Speech Language Pathologist Surgical Technician Veterinarian Veterinarian Technician Cardiovascular Technologist Clinical Lab Technician Computer Tomography (CT) Technologist Diagnostic Medical Sonographers Electrocardiographic (ECG) Technician Electronic Diagnostic (EEG) Technologist Exercise Physiologist Magnetic Resonance (MR) Technologist Mammographer Medical Technologist/ Clinical Laboratory Scientist Nuclear Medicine Technologist Nutritionist Orthotist/Prosthetist Pathologist Pathology Assistant Phlebotomist Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Technologist Radiologic Technologist/Radiograph er Radiologist Admitting Clerk Applied Researcher Community Services Specialists Data Analyst Epidemiologist Ethicist Health Educator Health Information Coder Health Information Services Healthcare Administrator Medical Assistant Medical Biller/Patient Financial Services Medical Information Technologist Medical Librarian/Cybrarian Patient Advocates Public Health Educator Reimbursement Specialist (HFMA) Risk Management Social Worker Transcriptionist Unit Coordinator Utilization Manager Biomedical / Clinical Engineer Biomedical / Clinical Technician Central Services Environmental Health and Safety Environmental Services Facilities Manager Food Services Hospital Maintenance Engineer Industrial Hygienist Materials Management Transport Technician Biochemist Bioinformatics Associate Bioinformatics Scientist Bioinformatics Specialist Biomedical Chemist Biostatistician Cell Biologist Clinical Trials Research Associate Clinical Trials Research Coordinator Geneticist Lab Assistant-Genetics Lab Technician Microbiologist Molecular Biologist Pharmaceutical Scientist Quality Assurance Technician Quality Control Technician Regulatory Affairs Specialist Research Assistant Research Associate Research Scientist Toxicologist Therapeutic ServicesDiagnostic ServicesHealth Informatics Support Services Biotechnology Research & Development

THERAPEUTIC SERVICES SAMPLE CAREERS: EMT/Paramedic Nursing – Certified Nursing Assisting – Licensed Practical Nurse – Registered Nurse Medical Assistant Optometrist Physician or Doctor Cardiovascular Technologist Surgical Technician Maintain or change the health status of the patient over time.

DIAGNOSTIC SERVICES Create a picture of patient health at a single point of time. SAMPLE CAREERS: Clinical Laboratory Technician Exercise Physiologist Orthotist/Prosthetist Pathologist Phlebotomist Radiologic Technicians

HEALTH INFORMATICS SAMPLE CAREERS: Admitting Clerk Coder Epidemiologist Community Health Specialist Ethicist Health Care Administrator Health Educator Transcriptionist Provide functions that support and document patient care

SUPPORT SERVICES SAMPLE CAREERS: Biomedical Engineer Central Services Technician Dietician Facilities Manager Food Services Purchasing Agent Transport Technician Provide a therapeutic environment for the delivery of health care.

BIOTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT SAMPLE CAREERS: Biomedical Chemist Biostatistician Geneticist Molecular Biologist Pharmacist Quality Control Technician Toxicologist Use scientific and technical advancements to enhance diagnostic and therapeutic abilities in health care

Laser Coach Student-centered Interests- what do you like? Values- what is important to you? Skills – what are you good at? What kind of people you like to hang out with? Other discussion? Follow-up Website with presentation, links with-students-via-laser-coaching.htmlhttp://hccareer.weebly.com/making-the-most-of-your-time- with-students-via-laser-coaching.html