Rebecca M Robinson

My experience at Universal Health Services has been very positive. I have learned a lot and met many great people including the people on my team and the other interns on different teams. I never really considered going into a health care field, but it seems like a very rewarding job and the people that work here really love what they do. I have…[Read more]

One thing I learned from my internship that I could not learn in the classroom is that even though UHS is a huge company with many different teams that contribute different things, we all need to work together to accomplish tasks. You may think that one team is completely unrelated to another one, but if you want to implement a change there is a…[Read more]

Many of the things I have learned throughout my experience at Temple I have been able to leverage during my internship. For example, in the Data Analytics course (MIS 2502) we learned SQL which has helped me because here at UHS we use something called CCL (Cerner Command Language) which is exactly like SQL. I am constantly running queries and…[Read more]

It was difficult in the beginning finding a way to balance school and work. I was not sure how the class was going to be set up, but after a few weeks I put all the assignment due dates in my calendar on my phone and also wrote them down in my planner. If I have some free time at work or sometimes on my lunch break I will try to do some school…[Read more]

I agree with Hung when he said Excel is an important skill to have. Excel is a tool my team uses constantly and the Temple excel course did prepare me, but just practicing in it has helped me improve tremendously. Also, my note taking skills have improved. I am constantly jotting things down in my notebook so I can refer back to them. This is…[Read more]

My first day at UHS, my supervisor showed me around the building, telling me where to get coffee and where the bathroom was. Fortunately the building is not that big, so it was not that difficult to get used to. One thing I was unsure about was what people do when it comes to lunch time. There is a small café on the first floor with tables, but I…[Read more]

I am interning at Universal Health Services as an Application Analyst for the Information Systems Laboratory team. I will be working with the pathology team to support the implementation of UHS clinical and business applications at their Acute Care hospitals. That includes providing end user support, application troubleshooting, and assisting in…[Read more]