Blog 14: Interview 3 Preparation

1.  Who do you plan to interview?  What is this person's area of expertise?
         I plan to interview to interview my mentor one last time. My mentor is the pediatrician at the Health Care Partners Clinic in El Monte and has been for the past 28 years. She is also a graduate from Harvard's medical school.

2.  Verify that you have called your interviewee to schedule an interview.  What is the date and time of the interview?
         I have set up an interview date with my mentor for next week, January 19, 2016 sometime between 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., as the time of the interview will ultimately have to be when there are no patients.

3.  Phrase an open-ended question that will help you find research resources that would help to answer the EQ.
         Do you by any chance know any articles that can help explain some ways a pediatrician can build a healthy doctor/patient relationship?

4.  Phrase an open-ended question that will help you think about other useful activities you might do to help you answer the EQ (IC2, possible experts to talk to, etc).
        By any chance, do you know any other individuals I could possibly talk to regarding a healthy doctor/patient relationship for pediatricians or just a healthy doctor/patient relationship in general?

5.  Phrase two open-ended questions that help you to understand your interviewee's perspective on an aspect of your EQ.
       1. As a pediatrician, what are some ways to establish a healthy doctor/patient relationship?

       2.  What would you suggest are some ways that improve a doctor/patient relationship for a pediatrician?

Blog 13: 10 Hour Mentorship Check-In

1.   Where are you doing your mentorship?

          I am doing my mentorship at the Health Care Partners in El Monte. It is a couple of blocks away from the El Monte Bus Station. The exact location is 3144 Santa Anita Ave, El Monte.

2.   Who is your contact?  What makes this person an expert?

        My contact is Dr. Mayra Rosado, the pediatrician of the Health Care Partners team in El Monte. She is an expert due to the fact she has been the pediatrician at the Health Care Partners in El Monte for the past 28 years and is a graduate of Harvard's Medical School.

3.   How many  hours have you done during the school year? (Summer Mentorship Hours and Mentorship Hours should be reflected separately in your Senior Project Hours log located on the right hand side of your blog).

      During my school year I have currently done 32 hours and 20 minutes of volunteer hours. During the summer time I earned 28 volunteer hours.    

4.   Succinctly summarize what you did, how well you and your mentor worked together, and how you plan to complete the remaining hours.

       Essentially, I shadow Dr. Rosado, my mentor, as she works with her patients. Sometimes I shadow Ms. Hernandez, Dr. Rosado's medical assistant, as she gathers information about the patients for Dr. Rosado. However, I have limitations on who I can see with Dr. Rosado. I am restricted toward seeing only 10 year olds and younger as the adolescents and preadolescents needed privacy. On some accounts, I will make copies of articles that Dr. Rosado hands out to patients. Dr. Rosado and I work well together as we've both known each other for a long time as Dr. Rosado is in fact my pediatrician as well. I plan to complete the remaining hours by continuing to shadow Dr. Rosado and helping out around the clinic.

Blog 12: Holiday Project Update

1.  It is important to consistently work on your senior project, whether it is break or we are in school.  What did you do over the break with your senior project?

      I spent some time volunteering at the Health Care Partners Clinic during my winter break, shadowing my mentor as she worked with her patients. I also did some research on possible ways to have a patient enjoy their appointment and feel comfortable during it.

2.  What was the most important thing you learned from what you did, and why?  What was the source of what you learned?

      During my time at the clinic, I learned that it can sometimes be extremely busy in the mornings. A patient's health and well-being is also the number one priority to the medical staff especially to  the doctor of that patient. I learned this during my time at the clinic, as I witnessed my mentor take time out of her lunch break to ensure a patient was healthy enough to leave the clinic. This shows me that the job of a doctor is a very serious one, whether it be for adults or youth.

3.  Your third interview will be a 10 question interview related to possible answers for your EQ. Who do you plan to talk to and why?

       I plan to interview my mentor once again, for the second time, for my third interview. If I am unable to interview her, then I will interview Ms. Hernandez, one of Dr. Rosado's medical assistants, due to the fact I've shadowed her as well during my time volunteering at Health Care Partners, and the next person who would know the best ways to make a patient's trip to the doctor's enjoyable and comfortable would be the doctor's medical assistants.