Blog 10 – Interview 2 Reflection

NB: Questions answered here are referring to my second mentor, Michel Daher PharmD.
Link to interview: https://soundcloud.com/mila-therese-reyes/interview-2-michel-daher

1. Please explain how you are spending your mentorship time (Is it at a workplace or somewhere else? Are you shadowing? Are you able to do tasks that are meaningfully related to the topic? If so, what? Are there other people who are experts in the location? Etc...)
During my mentorship, I ask questions and occasionally help out in his pharmacy by sorting through medications, printing out stubs (the ones you stick to the bottles), and keeping the medicine area sterile.


2. How did you find your mentor? How did you convince this person to help you?
I found my mentor at one place that I volunteered at. After finding out that I am interested in the medical field, the head of the volunteers suggested I talk to the new pharmacist in the building. It was originally planned that I would just shadow him to get a feel of pharmacy is truly what I would like to do but when I found out about senior project, I decided to ask him to be my mentor.
I didn't really need to convince him to help me. All I did was asked and then *boom* he became my mentor.

3. How would you rate your comfort level with your mentor at this point in your relationship? How does this relate to the time you've spent so far at mentorship with this person?
I would say that we are pretty comfortable with each other. Since I never got to talk to him very often, there are still some moments when I clam up and feel a little awkward. He is a really fun guy to be around with, though.
The time I've spent with him so far has seemed very valuable. He gives a lot of information while he works. When he isn't working (downtime) he shows off his funny and entertaining side. This keeps my attention and makes me want to become a pharmacist even more.

4. What went well in this interview? Why do you think so? What do you still need to improve? How do you know? How will you go about it?
My interview went well in that he was able to answer my questions in a concise manner. I need to improve on getting more in-depth answers. However, it's possible that he gave short answers since he inadvertently already answered them when I first met him.

Blog 9 – Advisory Prep 3

1. State whether or not you currently have a mentor, and what the status of your interview is with that person.
I currently have a mentor and have not yet scheduled the interview.

2. At this point, your research is probably guiding your studies toward more specific areas within your topic. Name the area or two you find most promising and explain your reasons.
Since my topic is health, the area that I find most promising is medicine – the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease of a patient. Although there is so much research that can be done in medicine (patient adherence, communication, actual medication, etc.), I have been concentrating mostly on researching what a "good doctor" is and how patients can be best treated.

3. What kinds of sources do you think will help you in the next month to gain more research depth? Where will you go to get them?
I think I can gain more research depth by searching the CalPoly database. My last few research checks already contain more depth as I got my sources from the CalPoly database.


4. Write down a possible EQ. Please don't worry about wording other than ensuring that it provides the option for multiple correct answers. At this point, the senior team is most interested in understanding your thought process.
How can a medical professional best ensure the health and well-being of a patient?

Blog 8 – Independent Component 1 Proposal

1. Describe in detail what you plan to do for your 30 hours.
Since, my topic for my senior project is medicine, I plan to accompany Dr. Robert Barron on a few of his medical missions to Tecate, Mexico to complete my 30 hours.

2. Discuss how or what you will do to meet the expectation of showing 30 hours of evidence.
During my 30 hours, I plan to observe and travel with Dr. Barron to try to get the full experience of how it is to be a doctor on medical missions. I also hope to take pictures and write a small documentation of what I participated in as proof of my independent component.

3. Explain how what you will be doing will help you explore your topic in more depth.
This experience will help me explore my topic in more depth in that I will be able to get more insight into the field of medicine. Also, this experience will help me develop two of my answers to my essential question (analysis & diagnosis and patient-centered care).

4. Update your Senior Project Hours log.
My Senior Project Hours is updated. Click here to view it.