HONOLULU -- Tripler Army Medical Center is serving as home for the next generation of Army health care administrators.
In August, two graduate students, Maj. Philip Durando and Capt. Charles Wyatt, from the Army-Baylor University Masters of Health and Business Administration (MHA/MBA), began their one-year administrative residency program at TAMC.
Since 1947, the Army-Baylor University program has led the development of leaders through the executive health care program.
The Army-Baylor MHA program is a nationally accredited program that is ranked seventh in the nation and is known for its grueling pace: 57 credit hours MHA track or 78 credit hours combined MHA/MBA track and an oral examination to be completed in 12 months.
"The Army-Baylor residency is a dynamic leadership developmental internship that provides military and civilian residents with the opportunity to become immersed in the Military Health Care System," said Lt. Col. Eli Lozano, Army-Baylor alumni and current executive officer for Regional Health Command-Pacific (Provisional).
"More importantly, this unique residency prepares individuals to become informed and competent health care administrators, able to lead and negotiate the complex business processes involved in delivering highly reliable health care to those we are honored to serve," added Lozano.
TAMC, a teaching hospital, allows MHA students an opportunity to learn, hands-on, the administrative side of hospital administration.
Durando and Wyatt are both assigned to TAMC's A Company as graduate students, part of their requirement for completing the MHA.
The importance of the residency year was recently noted.
"I am proof the TAMC Army-Baylor residency sets students up for success," said Dr. Larry Johnson, Army-Baylor alumni and current professor in the Army-Baylor University Program.
During their residency year, Durando and Wyatt are dedicated to the everyday application of course work theories, concepts and practices.
Further experience will be gained by the rotation through every department and division of TAMC to gather information to further the hospital's mission.
This research will provide a two-fold benefit by experiencing first-hand the hospital's everyday function and mission while also gaining necessary competence needed to complete their graduate portfolio.
Their mission as graduate students serves hospital priorities of reducing the costs associated with delivering high quality, safe and effective health care while increasing the quality and the experience of patient care.
The Army-Baylor MHA program has a strong alumni network of over 2,600 members, which represent every level of executive leadership in both the military and civilian health care sectors.
Tripler officials indicate they are proud to be a continued supporter of the Army-Baylor residency program.
(Editor's note: Maj. Philip Durando contributed to this article.)
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