{"id":18121,"date":"2021-10-01T16:48:24","date_gmt":"2021-10-01T20:48:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/?p=18121"},"modified":"2021-10-05T11:49:16","modified_gmt":"2021-10-05T15:49:16","slug":"liberal-arts-outlook-helps-transylvania-alumnus-find-natural-fit-in-psychiatry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/2021\/10\/liberal-arts-outlook-helps-transylvania-alumnus-find-natural-fit-in-psychiatry\/","title":{"rendered":"Liberal arts outlook helps Transylvania alumnus find &#8216;natural fit&#8217; in psychiatry"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/10\/transylvania_graduate-profile-715x810.jpg\" alt=\"Shane Rau headshot\" class=\"wp-image-18122\" width=\"607\" height=\"687\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/10\/transylvania_graduate-profile-715x810.jpg 715w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/10\/transylvania_graduate-profile-309x350.jpg 309w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/10\/transylvania_graduate-profile-645x730.jpg 645w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/10\/transylvania_graduate-profile-768x870.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/10\/transylvania_graduate-profile-265x300.jpg 265w, https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/1780\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2021\/10\/transylvania_graduate-profile.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 607px) 100vw, 607px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>A liberal arts education allows students to explore new sides of themselves and their interests, as well as prepares them for when things don\u2019t go as planned. Dr. Shane Rau, a 1995 Transylvania University graduate, used his education to pivot as his plans for the future changed in big ways.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rau came to Transylvania with a specific destination in mind \u2014 after graduation he wanted to become a neurologist. During his time at the university, he enjoyed the way the liberal arts education allowed him to explore different areas besides those of his major. He was encouraged and able to nurture and explore a lot of himself and his interests, as opposed to focusing only on one aspect of his life.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While attending Transy, he also learned an important lesson that helped him down the path he is on today. \u201cYou never really know what your destination is going to be, no matter how much you think you\u2019ve planned for it,\u201d Rau said. \u201cSo, it\u2019s important to be able to pivot and make changes in your plan, and I think Transy really taught me how to do that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After graduating with a major in biology and minor in psychology, Rau attended the University of Kentucky College of Medicine MD\/PhD Program. He put together a plan of where he wanted to go, deciding on becoming a neurologist with hopes of combining basic and clinical science into a career.&nbsp; However, when he got to the sixth year of this seven-year program and went through the neurology rotation, everything changed.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rau found clinical neurology wasn\u2019t what he expected, and it didn\u2019t feel like a good fit. Luckily, the next month was the psychiatry rotation, and he fell in love with the field. Hearing the stories of the patients allowed him to look more into the person, as opposed to the diagnosis, which allowed him to easily engage with the patients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt just was so much more fascinating for me, and I\u2019ve been really lucky that I made that decision because it turns out, I think, I\u2019m pretty good at it,\u201d Rau said. \u201cI feel like I can really engage with patients easily, meet them where they are. So, it hasn\u2019t been a difficult field for me to be in; it feels like a natural fit, and there\u2019s just so many opportunities \u2014 it\u2019s such a growing field and it\u2019s been a lot of fun to explore.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After starting out in an academic department and moving on to inpatient work, Rau was looking for something to help with his work-life balance. Then, after looking into telepsychiatry, he joined a company called Regroup, which later merged with Insight, becoming Array Behavioral Care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During his first two years with Array, Rau was 100% doing clinical work, seeing patients, prescribing medications, providing counseling \u2014 everything an in-person, outpatient psychiatrist would do, but his &#8220;clinic&#8221; was virtual. Then, six months ago, he applied for and obtained a promotion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rau is now a vice president of Array and is one of the four associate medical directors. 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He enjoys \u201clooking at that data, figuring out how to improve the processes and make sure that we\u2019re doing the best that we can for the patients that we see,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Looking back at his time at Transy, Rau sees how his liberal arts education&nbsp;helped broaden his perspectives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI am able to think about problems in a way that\u2019s very different from a lot of my colleagues because I had that really broad base of knowledge and experience coming from a liberal arts education,\u201d Rau said. \u201cI think that&#8217;s what Transy really delivers and what I\u2019ve been able to use throughout my life.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rau believes that being able to broaden your perspective as much as possible is one of the best ways to get the most out of a Transy education \u2014 take classes outside your comfort zone or join a sport or club, even if you are only somewhat interested in it. 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