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Melanie Stack,
Lead Human Resources Initiatives
Melanie Stack decided to transition from frontline care to management and enrolled in the UBC’s MHA program. She credits the program for providing “valuable context to the field of health-care leadership, giving her experiences that she would not have had otherwise.”
Ikennah Browne, Thoracic Surgery Fellow
“There are a few programs across North America that are similar, but I don’t think there’s any program that quite allows for the same level of flexibility to allow busy practising clinicians to maintain their practice.”
Pritma Dhillon Chattha, VP of HealthCare Innovation
“It was important to me that every course have a healthcare focus, and UBC’s MHA provided this. With healthcare being such a vast and complex industry, I knew that I would never get bored and could never stop learning within it – it turns out, I was right!”
Marcus Blouw, Assistant Professor of Medicine
“The MHA cultivated both the broad knowledge base and the mindset required to serve as a leader in a variety of health care settings. Working with clinical teams, leading administrative groups, collaborating for research projects and serving as a board member for one of Winnipeg’s two tertiary care centres have all become part of a post-MHA weekly routine.”
Heather Bretschneider, Director, Workplace Mental Health at BC Provincial Government
“The UBC MHA program set me up to ask the right questions or ask hard questions that I might not have thought of before and thinking through things from a lot of different angles.”
Joanne Shum, Project Manager
Executive Healthcare Management Consultant
“I credit my fast-moving career to the UBC MHA program. It gave me the foundational knowledge I needed and the courage to ask the difficult questions about our health system while creating a safe space for dialogue.
Shanti Gidwani, National Senior Director
“During my two years in the MHA, I literally applied what I learned the weekend before to my current job. It was a true translation of knowledge between my education and my day-to-day.”
Shawn Sangha, Healthcare Manager and Pharmacist
“The strength of the program is in the diversity of students in the cohort.“
Jennifer Krempien, Program Manager, Inter Campus Operations
“I think what I gained from the MHA was exposure to a whole box of tools, a very deep and broad set of tools. I’m confident that I can draw on those tools to get me to a successful end.”
Baljit Singh, Manager, Clinical Operations, Fraser Health Authority
“I think the MHA gives you the skills to be a successful participant in the health-care system, no matter where you are in your journey”