Professionals
How to Participate
TL:DR;
We are looking for digital health professionals who have a story to tell, impressive and diverse backgrounds, and value giving back to the next generation at scale.
Participating is simple. All you need to do is:
- Pick a date, provide a headshot, and 3 sentence bio via a form.
- Spend a total of 1 hour and 15 minutes of your time to prep and speak at an event.
Please reach out to healthtechhunches@gmail.com for a form.
Background:
Many MBA and MD students are interested in entering digital health, but it can be difficult for students to identify and access professionals in the space for mentorship and connections. They don’t know who will be open to sharing advice and may miss identifying potential career paths.
Think back to when you were graduating from undergrad and grad school… how did you get career advice and exposure to different paths?
We built healthtech hunches (hh) to bridge students and early professionals interested in digital health with experienced professionals in the space. We are currently focused on MBA and MD students.
- We host weekly “Ask Me Anything” sessions via Zoom where students can connect with professionals and hear their advice.
- We traditionally record these sessions and provide them on our website for “on demand” consumption. Note: You may request for your session to not be recorded.
- Speakers may also offer to meet with students 1:1.
Benefits for students:
- Develop connections with experienced professionals in the space and receive career advice.
- Navigate career advancement using readily available videos, from trustworthy sources.
Benefits for speakers:
- Scale your impact giving back to the next generation and identify top talent for recruiting.
- If you receive frequent informational interview requests with similar questions, you can answer these q’s during your event and direct students to the recordings to address first order questions in the future. This way phone calls can be leveraged for more personalized second order topics.
Criteria for Speakers
- Have a story to tell, the ability to inspire, and excited to share their views on digital health.
- Have impressive and diverse backgrounds in digital health.
- Value giving back and supporting the next generation at scale.
What participation entails:
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- Share your career experience and advice during an “Ask Me Anything” session. These are typically held on Wednesday evenings weekly. Prep from 4:45-5pm PT, session from 5-6pm PT.
- If you agree for your session to be recorded, we will add video recordings from your event to a personalized page on hh (Carolyn’s as an example), and in a searchable video library so that folks can access the content after the event. Note: Starting in Fall 2021, we will be posting full-length recordings of our AMA sessions in our video library rather than shorter videos split by question.
- Optional: Include a survey on your page for students to request a 1:1 with you.
Detailed Logistics
- Please reach out to healthtechhunches@gmail.com for a registration form to provide the following and complete your registration:
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- Confirm a date for their session. Sessions are usually held on Wednesdays (4:45-6pm PT).
- Provide a high-res headshot
- Provide a 3-4 sentence bio for inclusion in the event marketing. Examples here.
- Indicate if you would like to be available for 1:1s with students after the event.
- 2-3 weeks prior to the event: hh will market your event to MBA and MD programs. You are welcome to invite attendees.
- 1 week prior to the event: hh will:
- Identify a student moderator
- Propose a digital health topic for you to cover as an educational component (3-5 min)
- Ask if you would like to specify the initial q’s OR have the moderator propose q’s.
- If you receive frequent informational interview requests, you may want to provide the q’s you receive most frequently to ensure that they are recorded. You can then refer students/alums to the recordings in the future, and spend your time on calls for second order questions.
- Email you detailed logistics for the event
- Email you a draft hh page site page to house your videos after the event
- Day of event:
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- Prep from 4:45-5pm PT. The event runs from 5-6pm PT.
- Please email hh right after the event that evening if you would like to omit any questions from the recording. Otherwise the entire event will be posted on the site.
- Within 2 weeks of the event:
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- A page will be generated for you within hh including your event recording (if you agreed for your event to be recorded). Your page will be publicized via the hh weekly email blast.
- If your event was recorded, your event recording will be added to the filterable video library on the site.
FAQs:
- Best practices? Keep advice company agnostic – eliminates need for employer approval.
- Is hh a business? No, this site is currently a project, but It may become a business in the future.
- How is the site structured? It may evolve, however, you will always have a dedicated page.
- Can I add content or remove content later? Yes! You can add or remove content at any time, just ask us to make the update. We may also choose to remove content at any time.
- Where will the content be hosted? The content for healthtech hunches will be hosted on the site and/or a youtube channel – this may evolve as we learn how to best engage our audience!
- Where will this site be publicized? Through you and the other industry professionals. Through university career centers and health care clubs – you are welcome to send it to your alma mater! LinkedIn as this site matures, so we should be prepared for traffic.
Thank you for participating!
Questions? Please reach out to healthtechhunches@gmail.com
Contact: healthtechhunches@gmail.com