Livin la Vida Loca

 

The song that I think best describes my life at SHM is DEFNITELY "Livin la Vida Loca" by Ricky Martin. The English translation (which most of you guys are smart enough to figure out) is "Livin the crazy life."

I feel like this song is appropriate because most days are very chaotic for me especially with handling registration for the annual meeting. I get millions of phone calls a day in regards to anything and everything that involves the annual meeting, AHA, or QSEA. Most of the time people are friendly but not ALL of the time. It can get really nuts when I get multiple phone calls and they involve going in and out of someone's registration trying to adjust their fees. Anytime I deal with money my heart rate sky rockets because money is extremely intimidating, especially when that money is someone else's.

 





 

Sooooo, yeah that is my life here at SHM in a nutshell. Adios!

The song I feel describes me at SHM is Do Better by Say Anything.  Now, I really need to explain because I’m sure I seem very negative right now.

This song is about a band that is doing fairly well and has a lot of talent.  However, they feel that there is more room for them to grow.  I feel this song connects to my work at SHM because although I am doing a good job (at least I think so), there is still room for me to do better.  I am given so much responsibility and opportunities at SHM and I want to make sure I take advantage of the chances I am given.  I want perform at my highest level possible, so that I can reach my full potential.

We don't even have to try, it's always a good time.
 

 Good Time by Owl City is one of my favorite songs, and is probably the only song that I can think of that could even somewhat represent my time here at SHM.

Though it may be overly simplistic, I feel like it fairly accurately describes my time spent here. It seems as if everything that I've enjoyed here at SHM - mostly being the people and relationships I've built over the past 4 months has not been based upon my doings or efforts, but rather that of everyone else here! I definitely feel very blessed to have developed the friendships that I have here, and am so glad that it's always a good time here at SHM! :)

I'm So Appalled!

A song lyric that describes me and I live by and have stated in a post before is “Success is what you make it, take it how come”-Pusha T on So Appalled by Kanye West feat. Jay-Z, CyHi the Prynce, Pusha T, RZA and Swizz Beatz (You can see I am a huge hip hop fan hahaha)

The reason I would say this describes my time at SHM is because I truly believe success is what you make of it. To be successful is an individual’s choice, no one is going to push you to do something or make you work hard. As a person, you have to have that desire to succeed and do what you want. At SHM, I believe we are given the tools to succeed every day because the people here want to see us thrive and be successful. However, that is only step one as I believe how successful I am here at SHM, no matter how much Brendon or Ashley push me will not garner me success. I have to run with the ball and take it and really work to do what I want to do. My success is made at SHM for example by asking questions about different things in the communications department or marketing department. Another way I make my own success is by trying to learn and grow every day and speaking with Brendon on ways I can enhance this experience, not just in these six months but over my career. To succeed you really have to have the motivation and determination to fight for what you want and I believe it is said best when Pusha T says “Success is what you make it. Take it how it comes”. 

PS: If you did not notice So Appalled links to the song if you want to listen hahaha The line I am talking about is at 3 min mark!

Jordan never answered last week's question, so Jordan: you know the drill. Make sure you answer that question and this week's as well. THANKS! 

This week:

What is a song or specific song lyric that describes you/your life at SHM and why?! 

Enjoy !

JANUARY ALREADY?!

 

I can't believe it is JANUARY. This co-op has been flying by! I think what I have been enjoying the most is getting to know everyone around the office as well as getting to know the company better in regards to what actually goes on at the different conferences and all the jargon that gets used around here. I hate to sound cliche, but I have really been learning A LOT about the health/medical industry these past three months and why SHM is such an important organization. Knowing more about SHM also helps me assist the millions (not actually millions I'm being dramatic) of people I talk to about registration everyday. I like being able to confidently answer questions and assist people. I used to get super nervous ("I get super flexible when I'm nervous" -Andy Bernard) whenever my phone would ring, but now that I know the registration system (Experient) and SHM a little better, I have been successfully helping people leaving me feeling like this:

 

 

 

 

Instead of like this:

 

  

 

For the rest of my time at SHM I would like to observe how the annual meeting unfolds. I just find it really interesting to see what all goes into planning a huge conference like this. I REALLY WISH I would get to go, I do a lot of the registration for it so it would be cool to actually get to see what it's like. I am also anxious to get this Exhibitor project really moving, it has been one of my favorite projects so far. Soooooooooooooooooooo, that's it. :-)

 

 

 



What have you really enjoyed so far? What do you hope to do more of in the last half?

It feels like we've been here for so long, but at the same time, it feels as if our first day was only just a few weeks ago. One of the things I've really enjoyed here at SHM is the conversations we've had about preventable medical errors in the hospital setting. Even though they are only articles, the stories we read and discussed about serve as a constant reminder of exactly what we're doing here in the Center, and the ultimate goal and purpose behind weeks and weeks of data entry.

I've also really enjoyed the current project I'm working on for MARQUIS, which involves matching the IDs for over 3,000 medications. Though it is indeed very tedious, it constantly amazes me how there can be so many medications in existence, and what types of drugs people often put into their body. The Medication Database has definitely been very educational in terms of learning what every drug does and the effect it has on our body. My unexpected self-taught study of pharmacology coupled with my data entry for patient medications allows me to see exactly what kind of patients take what kind of medications, as well as the alarming number of medications each patient intakes on a daily basis. Some patients take an upwards number of 30 medications at the same time.

In the last half of the co-op, I hope I am able to continue learning more about what patients go through (even if it's only behind the scenes), and to be able to at least contribute to some of the research and changes to be made for patient quality improvement. Moreover, I hope I am able to take part in more of the calls that go on for some of the committees and subcommittees for SHM - for example, the pediatric committee that Ann had mentioned before. I really wish our co-op extended for a longer period of time so that I would be able to attend HM13 and be able to further communicate with many of the physicians and healthcare professionals about their experiences in the hospital setting, as well as attend the many sessions offered at HM13.