Work Based Learning Student of the Month: Rylee Whatley

Junior Rylee Whatley, WGHS and employee at Athens Geriatrics is the WBL student of March. She shares how working in a health-related job will help her be more successful in the future. 
by Ansleigh Hester

Junior Rylee Whatley, WGHS and employee at Athens Geriatrics is the WBL student of March. She shares how working in a health-related job will help her be more successful in the future. 

Q: What do you enjoy about your job at Athens Geriatrics?
A: I enjoy interacting with the patients. I appreciate the people who work there, and the doctors are super nice too. 

Q: What do you believe is your future in healthcare? 
A: I plan to go to school to become a radiology technologist, so this job will prepare me for college.

Q: How do you collaborate with the people at work? 
A: We all have known each other for a little while, so we all get along. We all have things in common. We're just kind of clicking.

Q: What are your duties while working at Athens Geriatrics? 
A: Right now I'm working on doing stuff in the back, like triaging patients and labs. 

Q: How will you use the skills at your job in college or your career field (in the future)? 
A:  Working at the job I work at now will help me with college because they've already told me that I can work there and go to school at the same time, so they'll support me through my college career. This job is giving me a little bit of an advance in the healthcare system. 

Q: How do you feel about being chosen as this month’s WBL student?
A: I was shocked, but it's super excited. I am happy about it. 

Q: How does your job prepare you to be what you want to be in college? 
A: They just helped me by giving me a little bit of experience in their healthcare field. It will help me in the future with getting a job and even putting [Athens Geriatrics] on my college resume.