Essay Questions

Please respond to the following questions. Prepare your answers as an attached document (please be sure your responses are numbered or lettered to correspond to the question posed. Please visit our online application form or email them to Tom Brown at here. Supported file formats for emailed essays include Rich Text (RTF), Word 2007 and earlier for Windows or Macintosh, and OpenOffice.

1. Describe your current employment situation. Be sure to discuss the type of organization, your scope of responsibility, and any supervisory or management experience you have had.
2. Given the demands of the Physician Executive MBA, job responsibilities, and family needs, how have you involved others in your decision to attend and how will you balance these commitments?
3. Throughout the year, you will be engaged in what we call an Organizational Action Project (OAP) as part of the requirements for your degree. This project is typically a complex problem within your host institution that you diagnose and suggest improvements, or an opportunity that you analyze as a Business Plan for a new venture. Prior OAP topics include the following examples.
   
   
   • Emergency Department Patient Flow Analysis and Improvement
   • Using Best Practice Guidelines To Enhance Market Share By Improving Patient Satisfaction and Competing on Quality
   • A Strategic Business Plan for Hima Humacao Hospital
   • Value of Electronic Medical Records in Quality and Performance in a Pediatric Surgical Practice
   • A Business Plan for Gyn Disposables

What are some of your initial thoughts about the focus of your OAP?

4. Before writing the following essays, consider the questions carefully in light of your particular circumstances and the environment in which your organization operates. Then prepare brief responses to each of the following four questions.
   
   
   • Describe contribution(s) that you are making in your organization that you consider to be valuable and/or unique.
   • Describe aspect(s) of your current job that you find to be most enjoyable and rewarding.
   • What is the toughest challenge that confronts you?
   • How can PEMBA help you be more effective for your current and future challenges?

 

 

 

 

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