Scott Purucker ’16 –It is incredible to think that my internship with Tx:Team is already half way completed. I guess what they say is true, time really does fly when you are having fun. Not only am I enjoying the internship, but I also feel that I am making, as President Carroll Nelligan always says, meaningful contributions to the company and their mission of allowing everyone to live the healthiest life possible.
This summer, thanks to the generosity of the Lilly Endowment, I have the opportunity to work as the Finance and Clinical Operations Intern at Tx:Team in Indianapolis. Tx:Team is a nationwide therapy provider whose home office is located here in Indianapolis. They have therapy sites in Indiana, South Carolina, Maryland, and Mississippi. I have been fortunate enough to visit several of the sites located here in Indiana and meet many therapists who are often the face of the company. Prior to the start of my internship at Tx:Team, I had little knowledge of the therapy and healthcare industries, but thanks to the patience and knowledge of all the employees of the home office as well as copious amounts of reading, I have grown to have a much better understanding.
My daily tasks at Tx: Team includes updating several key metrics and compiling reports on these metrics, as well as attending meetings about the direction of the company in the future. In addition to these daily tasks, I have been working on several larger projects. These projects include creating a dashboard to better track the success of different therapy sites and creating a presentation regarding a new coding system that will be implemented soon. Both of these projects have allowed me to contribute meaningful work to the home office and I have learned a great deal from them. I have used quite a bit of my knowledge from classes at Wabash College for both of these projects. Most of all, my use of Microsoft Excel. Not only have I used the tools that I learned in the classroom, but I have also used critical thinking to make my way through these projects. I look forward to completing these tasks and taking on new tasks to help Tx:Team.
I am working with three fellow Wabash Men at Tx:Team, Scott Benedict ’98, Spencer Sheridan ’12, and Patrick Bryant ’16. Each of them have been very helpful in guiding me as I work and are a large reason for my incredible experience thus far.
