Xin Yi Dong (she/her)

This was not something I expected to do when I was in high school. I started exploring my interests in healthcare and potential career path after high school by doing a health admin certificate. I worked as a medical secretary in a clinic. In this job I had the opportunity to know/work with different people and careers in the healthcare sector. This included lab technicians, specialists, family physicians, and public health professionals. I spent a lot of time managing health records when I worked there. Because of this, I developed a strong interest in electronic health records. I later went to GBC for Health information management and completed my internship in hospital as data analyst. I was exposed to different systems in the hospital. I learned a lot about how administrative information and clinical data is processed and turned into useful knowledge for decision makers.