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Joseph Brown, Davenport University chair for allied health and HIM, advises tailoring assignments to students' abilities and strengths rather than using traditional exams in multigenerational learning environments.

Changemaker Award recipient Dr. Deepti Pandita of UCI Health urges anyone working in healthcare to get involved with HIMSS and specifically recommends that clinicians use HIMSS' Physician Informatics Research Hub.

Julie Luengas, DNP, RN, Stony Brook Medicine CNIO and HIMSS Changemaker awardee, recommends that healthcare IT newcomers stay flexible and "take on every role possible" to learn about different processes and understand best practices.

Cedric Truss, Georgia State University educator and HIMSS Changemaker awardee, says that partnerships between healthcare organizations and academic institutions can ensure that students are better prepared to enter the industry post-graduation.

Creating strong healthcare IT teams, according to Dr. Jonathan Sternlieb, Epic Emeritus CMIO, comes from being willing to learn from others and from building communication, trust and respect with colleagues.

HIMSS Life Fellow and National University professor Linda Travis Macomber, RN, talks about her career in AI and how data continuity, AI-powered decision support and virtual care can drive the next wave of healthcare transformation.

The University of Chicago's Julie Johnson shares an example of a recent collaboration on an AMIA presentation to illustrate how patient data can help identify health disparities and suggest how to resolve them.

Krystal Schramm of the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services advises those starting out in health IT to build diverse connections, share their ideas and create their own paths to success.

Based on learnings from a HIMSS CIO Connect session, Lateefah Agunbiade of Roanoke Chowan Community Health Center was able to collaborate with her organization's CFO to gain support for a digital modernization initiative.

Surya Shenoy, regional clinical informatics consultant at Kaiser Permanente and Changemaker Award recipient, recommends that newcomers to the field follow their passion and be willing to pivot when necessary.