Episode 28- Nitish Patidar: From Medicine to Management, An Unconventional Career Path

In the 28th episode of Who Are You?, Nitish Patidar, Associate Professor of Management at Quinnipiac, University shares: 🩺 How the challenges he faced early in his career as a physician led him to a career in management 🤝 The importance working as a team in a professional environment and how it impacts productivity 📚 The benefits of Quinnipiac’s Continuing Education program in helping prepare employees for changes in the healthcare and management fields Related to this episode: Quinnipiac University Lifelong Learning program Quinnipiac University’s Human Resource Management program Quinnipiac University’s Supply Management program Quinnipiac University’s Sports and Entertainment Management program Host: Joel Vanner Guest: Nitish Patidar Producers: Payton Stein & Peter Gallay 00:00 Who is Nitish Patidar? 00:59 What were your interests growing up? 03:25 Moving from a career in Medicine to Management 06:51 The types of courses Nitish teaches 07:09 How Nitish takes his work experiences into the classroom 11:34 What Continuing Education/ Lifelong Learning programs do you lead? 12:42 What can individuals who take part in your Continuing Education/ Lifelong Learning workshops take away? 14:14 How do students learn in the changing environments of Healthcare and Management? 16:30 How does the Continuing Education/ Lifelong Learning program you teach prepare students for changes in the Healthcare and Management fields?