An article in today’s BusinessWeek (Health Care: Rx for MBA Job Blues) gushes over the opportunities for MBAs in the healthcare industry; “I feel like a kid in a candy shop” is the quote they selected from an aspiring MBA student.
My advice to new MBAs as someone who works in healthcare and has one: get some clinical experience, have a passion for it, and make sure you maintain a network. The healthcare “system” isn’t a system without people, and it’s going to be a difficult journey in the next decade without social support.