The Medical University of South Carolina has grown from a small, private medical school founded in 1824 into one of the largest academic health science centers in the country. MUSC Health is a 700-bed medical center with 6 colleges and currently serves as South Carolina's only comprehensive academic health centers providing a full range of programs. MUSC has an overall population of about 13,000 clinicians, 3,000 students, more than 1,700 full and part-time faculty, and a residency training program for more than 700 graduate health professionals. MUSC's vision is to be nationally recognized as a Premier Academic Medical Center (MUSC Health) and to be a leading and transformative Academic Health Center (University). MUSC's mission is to improve health and maximize quality of life through education, research and patient care. The values of MUSC include: integrity, trust, respect, social responsibility, fiscal responsibility, cultural competency, adaptability, and sustainability. 

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My experiences at MUSC Health as a student and an intern have been exceptional. Some of my favorite classes since beginning the Master of Health Administration program have included "Health Care Delivery Systems", "Health Information Systems", and "Quality in Healthcare." I have been given the opportunity to serve on student government on behalf of the College of Health Professionals for the greater MUSC SGA as well as the representative for my Master of Health Administration cohort. Most recently I took the Alumni Relations Representative for the College of Health Professions. I participated in the First Year Ohio State Wexner Medical Center Case Competition this past spring, where I was challenged to work with two other teammates to solve a case and provide strategic recommendations to remedy the issue presented in a very short time frame.  I have also interned within the Health System in various capacities. I did a rotational internship where I shadowed Chief Operations Officers to Med/Surge Nursing Managers and Transport Services. This lead to an internship in operations where I gained experience creating business proforma's, hospitalist staffing and manpower projects, and more. My most intensive internship was with the Strategic Services Department at MUSC. I worked on several of the following projects: 

                            - Certificate of Need (CON) Updates and Writing

                            - Heart and Vascular Market Intelligence

                            - Market Data and Service Line Analysis 

                            - Strategic Backfill and Facility Spacing Projects

                            - Entity Wide Strategic Plan Updating and Key Metrics of Success Monitoring 

                            - Market Forecasting

                            - Competitive Asset Mapping 

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