Annotated Bibs

Annotated Bibliography #4

"Leadership Team." US Department of Veteran Affairs: Chalmers P. Wylie VA Ambulatory Care

Center. VA Health Care, 19 Aug 2013. Web. 10 Sep 2013. http://www.columbus.va.gov/about/leadership.asp. 

There are 4 head executives in the VA Ambulatory Care Center. Mr. Keith Sullivan is the Medical Center Director. He was appointed as Director of the Columbus VA Ambulatory Care Center on July 29, 2013. During his tenure at the Chillicothe VA Medical Center, he served as the Budget Analyst; Assistant Chief, Fiscal Service; Acting Chief, Fiscal Service; Medical Center Planner; and Special Assistant to the Medical Center Director.
Mr. Sullivan is a 1975 graduate of Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, with a Baccalaureate Degree in Accounting. He is a Diplomate in the American College of Healthcare Executives; a member and past president of the Federal Executive Association of Southeastern Ohio; a member of the Greater Ohio Healthcare Leadership Forum (GOHLF), and a member of the Healthcare Financial Management Association. Laura Ruzick is the Associate Director of the Columbus VA Ambulatory Care Center. Prior to joining the VA Healthcare System of Ohio in 2008 as a Health Systems Specialist in the VISN office, Ms. Ruzick was the Clinical Nurse Manager of the Surgical Intensive Care Unit at the Hines VA Medical Center. Before coming to the VA, she worked as a Cardiovascular Service Coordinator and Practice Manager at private facilities in Illinois. Ms. Ruzick is a member of the VHA Executive Career Field Development Candidate Class of 2010. She is a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives. She has Bachelor of Science degrees from Xavier University and Lewis University and a Master's in Business Administration from Lewis University. Dr. Cooperman is the Chief of Staff. He completed his general surgery residency at The Ohio State University (OSU), and then transitioned into full-time faculty in the OSU School of Medicine. Dr. Cooperman has authored and/or co-authored over 60 publications in the field of general surgery, and maintained a general surgery private practice for 17 years. Still heavily involved in teaching while running his private practice, Dr. Cooperman helped develop a Level I Trauma Center at St. Anthony Medical Center. He arrived at the Columbus VA ACC in 2002 as a staff physician and was named Chief of Specialty and Acute Care at the Columbus VA ACC in 2008. Virginia L. Rayburn, RN, MSN is the Nurse Executive. Ms. Rayburn began her VA career in 2005 as a staff nurse in Home-Based Primary Care at the Columbus VAACC. Before working for VA, Ms. Rayburn held various managerial and educational positions at Mount Carmel Health System and the Columbus Health Department. Ms. Rayburn graduated from Pennsylvania State University with a Bachelor's Degree in Nursing in 1973, and Capital University with a Master's in Nursing in 2005. Additionally, she served 28 years in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps both on active and reserve duty.

This resource is reliable because it is the hospitals website. This source is useful because it is helping me decide who to interview for my project. It addresses my essential question because it shows me who the important people of the hospital are. After reading this article, I still have questions about what do I need to do to get ahold of these people and schedule an interview.

 

 

 

 

 

 Annotated Bibliography #6

"How to Conduct an Interview: Research, preparation are the keys to interviewing like a pro."

Scholastic News. Scholastic, n.d. Web. 10 Sep 2013. <http://www.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=3752516>.

The first step is to research. Good questions come from knowing everything there is to know about your subject. Step 2 is to contact the person you wish to interview. Ask when a good time would be to do the interview. Be polite. Try to set up the interview in person. If this isn't possible, then set up a phone or email interview. Step 3 is to read over your research and brainstorm a list of 15 questions. Think of complex questions that cannot be answered with a yes or no. Be sure to write all your questions down in a notebook, then practice asking them. Become very familiar with your questions before you go into the interview. The fourth step is to be prepared. Take a pencil or pen, a notebook, list of questions, and a recording device (always ask permission before recording an interview). Be on time (translation: arrive early!!!!). While conducting your interview remember to 1) Be courteous to your subject, 2) Always take time to ask for an explanation about things you don't understand, 3) maintain eye contact, 4) listen carefully, and 5) ask more questions you come up with. Also take notes. It shows that you are paying attention.  At home, expand your notes by following up on things you learned in your interview with more research!  The final step is to review your research and your interview notes. Circle or highlight quotations that you think will be good for your paper.

This article is a reliable source. It is a useful source because it gives me information about how I should conduct my interviews. It will be important because I hope to learn about how these people came to choose a medical career and what they do on a day to day basis. This is a large portion of my project.