TOPIC PROPOSAL 

DATE: Oct. 10, 2019 

TOPIC: Healthcare Administration 
 
Since I discovered the field of Healthcare Administration, I have always had a strong 
passion for the topic. Through my studies this year, I intend to pursue and deepen my 
understanding of the daily tasks and functionality of Healthcare Administration. 
I cannot say that Healthcare Administration was my first career interest. I spent a majority 
of my childhood aspiring to pursue becoming a Pediatrician. The idea of helping kids, wearing a 
uniform, and getting highly paid was everything I wanted in a job. Although it was not until the end 
of freshman year that I decided I did not want to become a doctor. When I got to high school I 
began to research more about the medical field and it came to my attention that you have to 
complete 8 years of medical school after college. Although becoming a Pediatrician fascinated me, I 
wanted to gain first hand experience in the career field of my choice and be able to achieve an 
internship with a company immediately after college. During freshman year two of my electives 
were Medical Terminology and Business Information Management. Medical Terminology focused 
on the essential concepts of human anatomy and physiology and the common medical terms 
related to the body systems. We would learn about patient case studies that highlights the 
real-world application of medical terminology, coverage of diseases and conditions, diagnostic 
procedures, surgical and therapeutic treatments, and drug therapies. This course not only allowed 
me to gain knowledge on medical terminology and how it’s applied but it also gave me a feel for 
what medical hospitals were like and how they run. Apart from this, in Business Information 
Management strengthened my knowledge and taught me to apply technical skills to address 
business applications of emerging technologies, creating word-processing documents, develop a 
spreadsheet, formulate a database, and make an electronic presentation using appropriate 
software. These two courses fascinated me and I decided to put two in two together and 
researched career fields that incorporates the medical and management side and discovered I 
wanted to pursue Healthcare Administration. This worked out perfectly because I found that I was 
academically strong in my math and science classes and I began talking to Healthcare 
Administrators in my older friends and they appeared to have the same interests and personality 
type as me. 
According to the Myers-Briggs personality type indicator, I am a Consul and their traits 
are so strongly expressed, leading with practical sense and social vigor, the careers they find 
usually revolve around these traits. As a Healthcare Administrator being social is a key aspect of 
this career field because you have to be able to talk to doctors and occasionally patients and 
practical sense is also really important because you need to know how to make decisions on the 
spot especially when you work at a hospital. Careers as administrators are a natural fit, allowing 
Consuls to organize not just an environment, but the people in it. they need human interaction and 
emotional feedback to be truly satisfied in their line of work. This trait is significantly applicable in 
Healthcare Administration when they are budgeting, ordering medical supplies and maintaining 
employee records. Consul personalities’ comfort with busy social situations and practical 
knowledge and skills come together to create people who are not just able to be productive and 
helpful, but people who genuinely enjoy it. This is applicable to my career field interest because 
hospitals are constantly on a busy schedule and they need a team of administrators that are able to 
make quick and effective decisions by working together. Known for their social and administrative 
skills, Consuls are good at creating and maintaining a secure, stable and friendly environment for 
themselves and their loved ones. The two key aspects of Healthcare Administration are your 
management skills and being social which fall hand in hand with my personality type. Business 
Information Management has taught me numerous administrative skills and Medical Terminology 
gave me an abundance of knowledge in medical technology and terminology used in a hospital 
environment and how you are supposed to act and be social.