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So how did he fit in school? “It’s not easy,” John admits. “I try to stay very
organized and run everything by the clock. My work schedule means I do
a lot of school work at night and on the weekends. But American Sentinel’s
setup worked for me because it is 100 [percent] self-paced. You set your
own schedule, and I couldn’t have made this work without that flexibility.”
New Skills to Augment His Current Ones

As a doctor, business course work has been challenging for John,
but definitely worthwhile. “The program pushed me a lot,” he says. “I
appreciate the texts and the way they raise business management
problems and others issues that I might confront in the future.”
The professors, too, have exceeded his expectations. “All of them have
been very good. It is great to read their bios and see that I’m learning
from people who have run businesses and earned Ph.D.’s. These are
impressive individuals,” says John.

Plans for the Future

It’s been a long road with multiple deployments, but John completed his
MBA Healthcare in November 2014. He has his sights set high—his long-
term goal is to become the CEO of a major healthcare system. An MBA
Healthcare, he says, is key to him reaching that goal.

“In the United States, many hospital administrators do not have business
education, and we’re seeing more and more that major systems are being
run by MBAs without medical experience,” John says. “I believe strongly
that the best person for the job, however, is a nurse or a doctor who brings
ground-level insight. That whole-picture perspective is so important, and
it’s what motivated me to get my MBA Healthcare.”

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