In addition to educating our future health care providers, Sunnybrook also employs a small group of health/business administration students. The blogs below provide the learning perspective of two of our management interns from the summer of 2012.
“As an MBA student with a Master of Science, I have spent a significant chunk of my life learning. In both academic and practical settings, my love of learning has inspired my life journey so far and is one of the reasons why I chose an internship at Sunnybrook.
Today when I think of Sunnybrook I immediately think ‘Education Matters.’ My first project at Sunnybrook was with the Office of Education Technology where I spent several weeks promoting the new Learning Management System (LMS). I was involved in many aspects of marketing this new learning initiative throughout the organization including the distribution of t-shirts with the slogan ‘Education Matters’. This was a great insight into the education portfolio. In retrospect I realize that my desire to be a learner at Sunnybrook occurred before my work as a Management Resident here.
As I explored the publicly accessible Sunnybrook website, the importance of educating all health professionals was highlighted through the balanced scorecard and the strategic plan, and showed that Sunnybrook is establishing leadership in the education of our future healthcare providers. The website also featured innovations within each clinical program and showcased the establishment of a new Vice-President of Education in the past year. It became very clear to me that the learning of all healthcare professions including administrative roles is highly valued at Sunnybrook. I thought to myself, if this is public knowledge, imagine what I would be able to learn from being a part of such a dynamic organization.
When I started working at Sunnybrook I was happy to see that the culture of the organization supported my research findings. Never before have I met so many individuals so willing to help me learn and satisfy my thirst for knowledge. The culture of learning and teaching at Sunnybrook is unparalleled and I am pleasantly impressed every day as I continue my journey here, currently in the realm of hand hygiene”.
–Jyoti Bhardwaj, MBA Candidate (Class of 2013). Schulich School of Business.
“It’s only been a month since I joined Sunnybrook. Yet, much has been done and learned in this short span of time. I joined Sunnybrook as a Management Intern, new ventures development in Business Development and Innovation, where under Martin Gurbin’s (VP Sunnybrook International and Director Business Development and Innovation) mentorship and leadership, I am creating partnerships with industry to benefit Sunnybrook’s commercial interests.
It’s safe to say that this is not a usual internship for an MBA student in Toronto and I often get asked as to what you need to do to be in this field. I’m not quite sure if I have the answer completely figured out, but what I do know is that this has been the right place for me so far and I have learned more here than most places. The familiar feeling of the word “campus” for a workplace somehow facilitates learning and makes it easier to ask questions that might need to be shrugged under the rug in other places.
Learning to navigate the unique space between Canadian healthcare and industry has been challenging but as a mentor Marty has enabled and encouraged me to interact with a diverse group of “stakeholders” who I probably would not have access to without his support. In the process, I was pleasantly surprised to meet some rather senior people at Sunnybrook who were both very kind with their time and provided constructive feedback, which has enabled me to get my work done as I learn from their unique experience.
My experience so far has already left me with another year’s worth of MBA learning. And it’s only been a month!”
–Qasim Saddique, MBA Candidate (Class of 2013). Schulich School of Business.
