Change has always been a constant for me. I cannot say that it is always good, but I always find my way through it.
This semester of my graduate studies, I chose to follow a path in what I believe is not only a dire need for my surroundings (state and nation), but concurrent with my reason to be. In September I returned to the health field focus in USM's Muskie School Public Health program. I mention return, since I have 7 years of experience at the outskirts of healthcare in a pharmacy.
The change is new and exciting, and I bring a fresh perspective to classes full of health professionals, starry-eyed twenty-somethings, and lab technicians. I have been a professional performer/musician/teacher for many years with an alternative scientific life and a rigorous podcast and personal research background. They see me as the wrong pea in the pod, and I see them as potential scientists stuck in the bubble of academia. I know the outside world and survival. I am not working my way in, I am testing to see if the program works with my agenda. I am not the puzzle piece of a hospital machine-- I come to make changes that will have lasting effect.
How will I do this?
One month into this program I am already excited about a few prospects. I can give away very little until these projects fully materialize.
-- Humanity + Maine USM student group: I have found an amazing friend from high school who is at USM and very much a figurehead in the Physics department. His schedule is hectic, but he will be pivotal towards starting this group and gathering funding.
--Music Therapy collaboration: I have found a colleague that shares my passion for music, psychology and health. His background in special needs education and meditation, along with mine in holistic teaching and healthcare will help us on our journey.
--Healthcare in Maine collaboration: I met a fellow researcher (currently completing his 2nd PhD in nursing studies) and we found that we shared a similar interest in the future of healthcare in Maine. We both currently have work to do, but once we get a chance to meet I expect to be aiding in his researching and pursuing a grant.
I do not doubt that I will be busy, but results are what I am working towards. May we all get the results we seek and be pleasantly surprised by the ones we don't.
This semester of my graduate studies, I chose to follow a path in what I believe is not only a dire need for my surroundings (state and nation), but concurrent with my reason to be. In September I returned to the health field focus in USM's Muskie School Public Health program. I mention return, since I have 7 years of experience at the outskirts of healthcare in a pharmacy.
The change is new and exciting, and I bring a fresh perspective to classes full of health professionals, starry-eyed twenty-somethings, and lab technicians. I have been a professional performer/musician/teacher for many years with an alternative scientific life and a rigorous podcast and personal research background. They see me as the wrong pea in the pod, and I see them as potential scientists stuck in the bubble of academia. I know the outside world and survival. I am not working my way in, I am testing to see if the program works with my agenda. I am not the puzzle piece of a hospital machine-- I come to make changes that will have lasting effect.
How will I do this?
One month into this program I am already excited about a few prospects. I can give away very little until these projects fully materialize.
-- Humanity + Maine USM student group: I have found an amazing friend from high school who is at USM and very much a figurehead in the Physics department. His schedule is hectic, but he will be pivotal towards starting this group and gathering funding.
--Music Therapy collaboration: I have found a colleague that shares my passion for music, psychology and health. His background in special needs education and meditation, along with mine in holistic teaching and healthcare will help us on our journey.
--Healthcare in Maine collaboration: I met a fellow researcher (currently completing his 2nd PhD in nursing studies) and we found that we shared a similar interest in the future of healthcare in Maine. We both currently have work to do, but once we get a chance to meet I expect to be aiding in his researching and pursuing a grant.
I do not doubt that I will be busy, but results are what I am working towards. May we all get the results we seek and be pleasantly surprised by the ones we don't.
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