Blog 13 – 10 Hour Mentorship Check-In

1. Where are you doing your mentorship?
I am currently doing my mentorship at two locations:
a. Pax Pharmacy – 931 Buena Vista St #104, Duarte, CA 91010
b. Dr. Alicia Cuento – 931 Buena Vista St #100, Duarte, CA 91010

2. Who is your contact? What makes this person an expert?
a. Alicia Cuento, MD:
Dr. Alicia Cuento earned her medical degree from the University of Santo Tomas in the Philippines, completed her internship at Christ Hospital in New Jersey and completed her residency at White Memorial hospital in Los Angeles. She has over 35 years of experience in pediatrics.

b. Michel Daher, PharmD:
Dr. Michel Daher earned his pharmacy degree from Oregon Health and Science University. He completed his internship at the university's Old Town Clinic. He technically has 2 years of experience in pharmacy. He owns a pharmacy, following the footsteps of his father who was also a pharmacist and had his own pharmacy.

3. How many hours have you done during the school year? (Summer Mentorship Hours and Mentorship Hours should be reflected separately in you Senior Project Hours log located on the right hand side of your blog).
So far I have done 20 hours of mentorship.
As previously discussed with Mr. Rivas, I am also completing my Independent Component #1 hours at the pharmacy by working extra hours.


4. Succinctly summarize what you did, how well you and your mentor worked together, and how you plan to complete the remaining hours.
a. I have not done any mentorship hours so far with Dr. Alicia Cuento during the school year (I did my summer mentorship hours with her) but I plan to complete more mentorship hours with her by shadowing her and helping her with whatever I am allowed to do (over the summer it was mostly paperwork).
b. At Pax Pharmacy, I have helped prepare some medicines for patients and worked on some paperwork. Since most of the work at the pharmacy can only be done by medical professionals, I think I might continue to do the same kind of work to complete the remaining hours.




*You need 50 hours plus the original 10 in the summer by May.   The original 10 from the summer do not count toward the 50.  By the end of the year, you will have 60 hours counting that original 10.