Connecting for Growth in Healthcare: Strategic Relationship Building for Career Enhancement

KatieSummit Professional Education instructor · Published Mar 10, 2025 8:00:00 PM

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Despite the challenges posed by the current healthcare infrastructure, our knowledge, experience, and expertise remain invaluable. Join us for a candid discussion on thinking outside the box to effectively utilize our skills and degrees while fostering a supportive community. We’ll explore how to continue making a difference for our clients and stay true to the passions that inspired our careers.

*CE credits are not available for this course

One constant thought among practitioners at all levels is that healthcare is not what it once was, or what many of us envisioned when we entered the field. Despite the challenges posed by the current healthcare infrastructure, our knowledge, experience, and expertise remain invaluable. Join us for a candid discussion on thinking outside the box to effectively utilize our skills and degrees while fostering a supportive community. We’ll explore how to continue making a difference for our clients and stay true to the passions that inspired our careers.

Benefits To Watching:

Collaborate with like-minded individuals who are looking to grow in their professional roles, expand their business, and create a community of lifelong mentorship
Strategies for developing meaningful connections within the healthcare space and how to nurture these over their careers

Katie O’Shea, PT, DPT, MBA, GCS, CDP, CCRP graduated from Thomas Jefferson University in 2006 with her master’s and in 2008 with her doctorate. From there, Katie pursued her Master of Business Administration graduating in 2010 from Holy Family University. Katie has clinical experience in acute care, inpatient rehabilitation, long-term care, home care, and outpatient settings. She found her clinical passion in working with the geriatric population and is a Board Certified Geriatric Clinical Specialist (GCS) by the American Board of Physical Therapy Specialists, and a Certified Dementia Practitioner (CDP) as appointed by the National Council of Certified Dementia Practitioners and a Certified Canine Rehabilitation Professional (CCRP).

Katie is also a Third Degree Reiki Master and certified eSpeaker. Katie has spent several years of her career in management and leadership development. She has been involved from ground-up facility operations to overseeing established rehabilitation programs. Katie has extensive experience in program development, marketing, staff training, and performance improvement. She currently operates her company, Therapy Edge Consulting, where she brings integrative healing expertise to our modern healthcare world through public speaking engagements and reiki training.

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