Peirce Healthcare Professor Kate Watson was recently elected
to the Dental Quality Alliance, a board which votes on health policy and
professional standards of practice for healthcare providers across
dentistry. Her position is effective
immediately and will require her to travel to Chicago twice a year for Board
meetings.
Professor Watson will be able to use her experiences and
expertise in patient-centered care, cultural competency, public health, and
health policy in order to better serve the Board and to inform her own
votes. Professor Watson is excited to
learn more about the challenges of dentistry, as a subset of the healthcare
industry, and promises to share her new findings with students in the healthcare
administration program here at Peirce.
"I'm already lucky that I get to share my experience in
mental health and social services with students, but now I will be able to
share knowledge about an area of the industry that is relatively new to me,”
Professor Watson explained.
Did you know that many professional organizations are
required to have a public member on their board? A board of directors usually seeks a public
member who is outside of the profession, but who may have some experience that
would useful. For example, Professor
Watson has no experience in dentistry, so she is considered “outside of the
field.” However, Professor Watson has many
years of experience working in healthcare and analyzing healthcare policy,
making her a good candidate for this type of position.
Peirce students would also be excellent candidates for the public member position because of their experiences in business, legal studies, and healthcare. As a public member, you would be present in the board meetings, and in most cases, you would have full voting rights, with the opportunity to effect change. This is an excellent way to network and to add something unique to your resume.
Peirce students would also be excellent candidates for the public member position because of their experiences in business, legal studies, and healthcare. As a public member, you would be present in the board meetings, and in most cases, you would have full voting rights, with the opportunity to effect change. This is an excellent way to network and to add something unique to your resume.
If you're interested in sitting on the board
of a professional organization and unsure how to proceed, contact me at
kwatson@peirce.edu. For additional
resources to help you bolster your resume, click here.
