Mike Canales, Healthcare Engineering Program Director, OCTC

High Reliability, The Healthcare FM Podcast is brought to you by Gosselin/Martin Associates. Our show discusses the issues, challenges, and opportunities within the Facilities Management (FM) function. 

In this episode of High Reliability, I am joined by Mike Canales. Mike is a 27-year Healthcare Engineering Professional, including 21 years spent as a hospital facility director. In 2013 he transitioned out of the hospital into what has become for him a natural extension and enhancement of his career. He is currently the Healthcare Engineering Program Director at Owensboro Community & Technical College in Owensboro, KY. Mike established the program at OCTC in 2013 (https://owensboro.kctcs.edu).

In this episode of High Reliability, we discuss the program and Mike's career transitions, including:

• Moving from the hospital to the university environment, and the importance of recognizing your strengths (3:00);
• Figuring it out, and the 80/20 rule (10:00);
• The HCFM program, explained (19:00);
• What's it like to be a Facility Guy in an academic world?! (29:30);
• Who is the Owensboro program for? (46:00).

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