Reflection On Guest Speaker

During the first half of this class we have had some amazing guest speakers dedicate their time to our class. It was a great experience to have a diverse group of people share their experiences in the health field with us, and I can really appreciate it. There were some things I didn 't know that I do now, and I feel more prepared as I go into the health care field. The first guest speaker was Mike Stanley and I found him to be the most interesting as far as his life story, personality, and careers he has had. I thought it was cool that he had been working hands on in the x-ray field since it had first been discovered. Just to imagine witnessing the change in technology throughout the years, from when it first became available to now, would be mind-blowing. It appeared that he really enjoyed teaching the 20 plus years, as well. It was quite heartbreaking that he was laid off a couple times, I couldn 't imagine going through that. Especially being so experienced, I was surprised that he had been laid off so many times. It was almost inspirational though because he never has given up even after losing jobs and helping his wives battle cancer. Mr. Stanley also talked a lot about insurance policies which I thought fit well with where we were in our chapter. He mentioned DRGs which are standards set up for prices, which I didn 't know prior to the presentation. One point that he made that I strongly agree with, is that our health care and medicine is great right now but still