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    My Fifth Strength

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    about leadership? Kassie responded, “I see that you stay calm during difficult situations and do not back away from a challenge.” I am the founder and president of Health Occupations Students of America. Health Occupations Students of America is a unique program that promotes leadership development and health science education through local, regional, state, and national competitions, as well as leadership conferences. At the moment ten people have joined this organization at St. Edward’s and I am planning fundraisers that will pay for expenses when conferences begin next fall. The mission of HOSA is to enhance the delivery of compassionate, quality health care by providing opportunities for knowledge, skill and leadership development of all health science education students, therefore, abetting the student meet the needs of the health care community. Moreover, I am the Captain/President for intramural sports of my residence hall. My duties include inviting people to join sports and creating flyers to advertise various sports competitions. I obtain a consensus of the sport most people want to join and create a team on imleagues.com. Additionally, I am the coach of my residence hall 's basketball, dodgeball, and volleyball team. I was elected president of American Medical Student Association at St. Edward’s University on April 28th, 2016 by previous officers based on meeting attendance, community service, contribution to the organization, and paying dues. As…

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    In elementary, my favorite part of the day was when it was time for math and science. Learning about the solar system and living organisms were quite fascinating. When I became older, it was not the same. The teacher didn’t care much and would say that most of you would never need to use science in your future. That is when I decided that if this is true then there is no point of trying to care about this subject. Later on in high school, I found the love for science. My marine biology teacher…

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    The healthcare-based organization that I chose is the American Medical Association. The American Medical Association (AMA) is an association of physicians that seeks to promote the art and science of medicine and the betterment of public health. It also is dedicated to empowering physicians to continue to provide safer, higher quality, and more efficient care to patients and communities all over the world. For many years, the AMA has had unlimited commitment to using its diverse position and…

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    are many benefits to becoming a nationally credentialed medical assistant, since more employers are requiring certification as a hiring criterion, being certified tends to make medical assistants more attractive to employers. Since certified medical assistants have demonstrated their expertise in medical assisting duties, employers see it more an assets than a non- certified ones. Some benefits of medical assistant certification include; greater employability, greater earnings potential and…

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    groups have a national level and also a state level organization. Medical Assistants organizations are going do differ from the Nursing organizations. Is it worth joining the Medical Assistants professional organization? Joining any big organization normal comes with a fee no matter if you are a student or not. At a national level the memberships dues are going to vary depending on what state you are living in at the time of joining. In the state of Wisconsin, a non-student will have to pay an…

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    AAIP Case Study

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    role in a healthy future for Native Americans is creating change. AAIP wishes to partner with you in reaching its mission, “To pursue excellence in Native American healthcare by promoting education in the medical disciplines, honoring traditional healing principles and restoring the balance of mind, body and spirit”. The Annual Meeting will be held on July 26 - 29th, 2018 at the beautiful We-Ko-Pa Resort & Conference Center in Scottsdale, Arizona. This year’s conference theme is, “Healthy…

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    AHA, American Hospital Association The AHA was established in 1899 when a group of superintendents got together to talk about their hospitals and how they could improve them. But at that point, only superintendents could join, and it was known as Association of Hospital Superintendents. The name and policies of the Association changed two more times between the years of 1899 and 1918. The association is there to make sure that the standards and expectations that the hospitals are looked to hold…

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    This interest group is a professional association. “Founded in 1847, the AMA was incorporated in 1897 and is tasked with the mission of promoting the “art and science of medicine for the betterment of public health, to advance the interests of physicians and their patients, to promote public health, to lobby for legislation favorable to physicians and patients, and to raise money for medical education” (Rawls). All of these are ways that AMA has contribute to a healthy democracy. I chose AMA…

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    play the game. The result of playing was a staggering 20.5% improvement after just two hours of self-guided play. (online edition) When students need additional practice, video games can supplement the classroom instruction and prove to be an effective time management tool. Students can learn at their own pace, review material as needed, and improve study…

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    Nursing career requirements in the US are inconvenient for students with previous educational experience and international medical graduates. Regardless of their educational credits from other colleges and universities, their previous medical knowledge and skills, besides the cultural diversity needed to take care of the growing minorities; these national and foreign nursing students face many barriers in their attempt to continue studying a professional health career in the US. One of the…

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