Greetings!  I'm Jayna Sheffield at the business desk and I too am back after a well deserved vacation.
I'd like to start by briefly discussing some trends presently taking place in our health industry.  It appears that more and more women are choosing to enter the health industry and at the same time more of our women are choosing to stay away from business schools.  In contrast, more and more men are choosing to opt out of our medical schools choosing instead to enter business schools.
Way back in 1969 there were very few female health professionals but by 2010 it is estimated that over 61% of graduating medical professionals are going to be women.  This means that whereas in former years whenever we visited our doctor's office were almost always met a male doctor in a few years were are going to be met by more and more female doctors. 
Many experts are predicting that if this trend continues we would probably start to see a changing health industry that may be more caring, compassionate, and gentle.  At the same time we would have to make accommodation for our female doctors who are desirous of raising families so whereas before we would have expected our male doctors to have long and uninterrupted careers, our female doctors would probably have careers that are occasionally interrupted by maternity leaves of absence. 
Interesting times lie ahead for our health industry.  Some good, some challenging, and some maybe rocky.  Whatever the situation, it appears that there is going to be a growing need for more and more female health professionals across North America.  There is a very interesting article in this month's issue of the free online magazine put out by www.sterlingcreations.ca.  Check it out if you can.  I found it very interesting and you may too.