Dr. Renate Ilse currently serves as vice president of clinical programs at The Ottawa Hospital, where she provides operational leadership for a $300 million portfolio that includes medicine, critical care, pharmacy, endoscopy, post-acute care, and regional programs in dialysis, stroke care, geriatric care, and paramedic training. She earned her Doctor of Health Administration (DHA) at Capella University in 2014.<\/p>\n
In the following conversation, Ilse shares her experiences as a health care leader with a personal commitment to lifelong learning.<\/p>\n
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A. I was keeping a promise to myself. My goal wasn\u2019t to transform my career or change my life, but I had promised myself I\u2019d get a doctorate once my kids were grown, and that\u2019s what I did.<\/p>\n
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A. While I do have some research interests, mostly I wanted a program that would be practical and help me more effectively deal with the issues and challenges involved in running a hospital today. Capella\u2019s DHA program is focused on applying research to solve problems and develop better leaders. Learning genuinely excites me, and Capella gave me the opportunity to take my love for learning to a new level.<\/p>\n
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A. I loved it. I could pursue my interests, and the coursework was at the forefront of the industry. I was surprised by how relevant the material was to the challenges I\u2019ve encountered in my professional life, and that kept me motivated to explore all of the additional readings and applied problems.<\/p>\n
My dissertation work focused on physician engagement, which is hugely relevant today. I had a lot of fun completing this work, and it gave me the chance to have great discussions with many physicians and gain a deeper understanding of the key ways physician engagement affects the success of a hospital.<\/p>\n
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A. My presentation ties in with my Capella dissertation work on physician engagement. I\u2019ll be sharing factors that influence physician engagement by frontline managers and talking about strategies that can enable managers to drive collaboration with physician partners.<\/p>\n
I\u2019ve been exploring this topic for so long, and I\u2019m dying to talk about this research.<\/p>\n
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A. Because my main goal with this degree was to fulfill a promise to myself, I had no particular expectations for career advancement. However, even though I already had years of solid work experience as well as an MBA from one of Canada\u2019s leading universities, I was surprised by the effect of adding \u201cDr.\u201d to my resume. Several new career and speaking opportunities have come my way since completing my program\u2014including a new position as vice president of clinical programs at The Ottawa Hospital.<\/p>\n
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A. Enjoy the experience! The degree I earned has been helpful to my career, but what\u2019s more helpful is the person I\u2019ve become with this new knowledge. How much you learn is largely up to you, so keep moving forward to meet your goals, and take advantage of every opportunity you find.<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n A. Right now I\u2019m focused on delivering on expectations set out at my new job. I\u2019m applying what I\u2019ve learned in my education and using my new knowledge and skills to be a more effective thinker and leader.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Dr. Ilse will be presenting her research at the <\/em>Canadian National Health Leadership Conference<\/em><\/a>. Learn more about the process of <\/em>publishing and presenting doctoral research<\/em><\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n Explore Capella\u2019s <\/em>Doctor of Health Administration<\/em><\/a> program.<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cI was surprised by the effect of adding \u201cDr.\u201d to my resume.\u201d Dr. Renate Ilse discusses the career and speaking opportunities that have come her way post-graduation. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":81,"featured_media":5109,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[13],"tags":[67,46],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stgwww.capella.edu\/blogs\/cublog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5080"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stgwww.capella.edu\/blogs\/cublog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stgwww.capella.edu\/blogs\/cublog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stgwww.capella.edu\/blogs\/cublog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/81"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stgwww.capella.edu\/blogs\/cublog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5080"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stgwww.capella.edu\/blogs\/cublog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5080\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5081,"href":"https:\/\/stgwww.capella.edu\/blogs\/cublog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5080\/revisions\/5081"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stgwww.capella.edu\/blogs\/cublog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stgwww.capella.edu\/blogs\/cublog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stgwww.capella.edu\/blogs\/cublog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5080"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stgwww.capella.edu\/blogs\/cublog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Q. What\u2019s next for you?<\/h4>\n
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See graduation rates, median student debt, and other information at Capella Results<\/a>. <\/em><\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"