COM Outlook Winter 2021

36 | DR. KIRAN C. PATEL COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE The passion physicians have to provide their patients with the best care possible is immeasurable. From the time they realize medicine is their calling, to long hours spent in medical school followed by residency, the reward is well worth the effort. However, the care shown to patients also needs to be applied to a physician’s personal wellness. As future physicians, students in NSU’s Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine (KPCOM) are aware of the medical field’s necessity to make the lives of others a priority. In order to follow through with such a task, however, it’s important to take a step back and make sure one is attuned with one’s self financially, professionally, and in building healthy and supportive relationships. That’s the point second-year student Assad Ali, KPCOM Student Government Association president-elect, had in mind when creating the latest Health Professions Division (HPD) organization—Entrepreneurs in Healthcare (EIH). “Entrepreneurs in Healthcare was my way of adding that sphere of personal development to the THEY MEAN BUSINESS. ENTREPRENEURS IN HEALTHCARE FOCUSES ON PERSONAL, PROFESSIONAL WELLNESS Members of Entrepreneurs in Healthcare at Cleveland Clinic Florida, where the student organization and hospital hosted the Innovations Conference. BY JOEY GARCIA, B.S.