Blog 18: Answer 2

1.  What is your EQ?
            My essential question is the following: How can a pediatrician build a healthy doctor/patient relationship?

2.  What is your first answer? (In complete thesis statement format)
           In order for a pediatrician to establish a healthy doctor/patient relationship, a pediatrician must establish a partnership between him or herself and his or her patient and patient's parent(s).

3.  What is your second answer? (In complete thesis statement format)
        In order for a pediatrician to establish a healthy doctor/patient relationship, a pediatrician must establish an empathetic relationship with the parent(s) of the patients.

4.  List three reasons your answer is true with a real-world application for each.
           As I have read in many articles as well as hearing it from my own mentor, establishing an empathetic relationship with the parents of patients is incredibly important when it comes to establishing a healthy doctor/patient relationship for a pediatrician. Reason number one, knowing more about a parent makes it easier for a doctor to work with them when treating a patient during an appointment. Reason number 2, understanding a parent's background assists a doctor when it comes to understanding how a family operates. Reason number 3, by establishing an empathetic relationship, the doctor and parent(s) develop respect and trust  between one another.

5.  What printed source best supports your answer?
            A printed source that supports my answer would be my Source 43, an article published by the Fox News Network. Although the article itself states to establish an empathetic relationship between a doctor and patient, this concept is also taken into consideration between a doctor and a patient's parent(s) when it comes to pediatrics due to patients being extremely young.

6.  What other source supports your answer?
            During my interview with my mentor, I asked her how a pediatrician could establish a healthy doctor/patient relationship? She responded to me by saying that it mainly had to do with establishing a good relationship with the parents of the patients as the patients themselves are usually really young. Knowing the parents's background can help in the long-run by understanding how the family operates, which in turn helps a doctor know how to approach each patient and parent for future appointments.  

7.  Tie this together with a  concluding thought.
             It's not as easy as it looks when it comes to interacting with the patients and parents of patients. A lot of thought needs to be taken into account such as ensuring the environment for the patient is comfortable not only for the patient, but for the parents of the patient as well. It's also important to have a team to help when it comes to setting up appointments and ensuring a patient receives his or her medication.

Blog 17 - Interview 3 Reflection

1. What is the most important thing I learned from the interview?  
             The most important thing I learned from this interview was the fact that it is incredibly important to establish a good relationship with the parents of patients, as the patients themselves are usually really young. It's also important to make the patients comfortable in a non-threatening environment, and treat everyone with respect.


2.  How has your approach to interviewing changed over the course of your senior project?
               I have come to develop stronger questions over time and it's been somewhat easier to construct these questions as well. As for conducting the interview itself, I find myself a bit more confident when asking the questions and having a more professional manner.


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Blog 16: Independent Component 2 Approval

For this blog post and approval, please answer the following questions.

1.  Describe in detail what you plan to do for your 30 hours.


               I plan to construct a presentation of instructions on how to establish an empathetic relationship with the people in El Monte's community. I specifically chose El Monte due to the fact that it is the city my mentor works at.

2.  Discuss how or what you will do to meet the expectation of showing 30 hours of evidence.
              I shall keep a log of what I have done in my Senior Project Hours file. I shall also take photos of what I've done and recordings of interviews I plan to conduct.

3.  Explain how this component will help you explore your topic in more depth.
              This component shall show me the importance of understanding where my patient is coming from. Understanding a patient makes myself a better doctor.

4.  Post a log in your Senior Project Hours link and label it "Independent Component 2" log.

It has been done

Independent Component 1

• LITERAL
  (a) Write:“I, José Hugo Moreno, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 30 1/2 hours of work.”
  (b) Cite your source regarding who or what article or book helped you complete the independent component.
•  Simpson, Jeanette. "7 Qualities of Excellent Pediatric Waiting Rooms: Does Yours Measure Up?." kidspaceinteriors.com. KidSpace Interiors Residential And Commercial Design For Children's Spaces, June 2011. Web. 10 Jan. 2016.
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  (c) Update your hours in your Senior Project Hours link. Make sure it is clearly labeled with hours for individual sessions as well as total hours. Found Here
• (d) Explain what you completed.    
• I created a scale model of the Health Care Partners Clinic that I mentor at. The model includes the opening of the clinic and the pediatric section of the clinic itself. The model of the pediatric section itself contains the waiting rooms for both kids and elders, my mentor's office, examination rooms for the patients, the area where I work at, the bathrooms, a couple of the offices of some of the employees, the area where the nurses & medical assistants answer calls/schedule appointments, as well as the check-in area.
• INTERPRETIVE 
  Defend your work and explain its significance to your project and how it demonstrates 30 hours of work.   Provide evidence (photos, transcript, art work, videos, etc) of the 30 hours of work.  
• According to the article I read from Ms. Simpson,  first impressions are incredibly important when it comes to a pediatrician and his or her patients and patients' parents. A pediatrician's waiting room is the first impression a patient and patient's parents have on the pediatrician's skills. If a waiting room is comforting and inviting, then the patients and parents, especially the parents, see how serious the pediatrician takes their job and how well they perform. Upon acquiring this knowledge, I decided to add my own contribution to make the waiting room more inviting. I created a model set of the Health Care Partners Pediatric Area out of Legos for the patients and parents to see. It brings a more caring environment for the patients. What kid doesn't love Legos?
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• APPLIED
  How did the component help you understand the foundation of your topic better?  Please include specific examples to illustrate this. 
• My component helped me understand a method that never crossed my mind before hand of being a pediatrician. I knew first impressions were everything when it came to introducing myself to new people, and it's even more important if those first impressions revolve around my patients. However, I did not realize that those first impressions actually begins with the waiting room itself. I now know that the waiting room plays an important part of first impressions. According to real-life events, the most complaints parents have come from the way the waiting room is presented. An example of such a complaint is, “The toys aren't kept clean. The books are beat up and germy. The little Tykes Play House, play rugs and little tykes chairs started out new, cute and clean, but need to be replaced on a frequent basis. 2 years and they look like a mess. Books need to be replaced monthly. They need to be cleaned and turned over like a day care. There needs to be a larger sick kid area. More boxes of kleenex. More physical separation between family seating groups. More hand sanitizer. Bathroom off of the waiting area with full view. A step stool at the water fountain or NO waterfountain with a cooler and cups...spit and mouths all over it..ick. Colors need to be calm rather than invigorating. Chalk boards sound like a good idea, but they are a mess and the kids suck on the erasers. Kids mouth things." This quote was from a survey recorded by Ms. Simpson and presented in her example. The waiting room is incredibly important, and now that I know this piece of knowledge, I will incorporate it once I obtain my medical degree.

Lesson 2 Reflection

1.What are you most proud of in your Lesson 2 Presentation and why?

           I am most proud of my hook and energy of my presentation. I believed my hook was clever, and enough people understood my reference. I believed I was energetic and for the most part enunciated.

2. a.     What assessment would you give yourself on your Lesson 2 Presentation (self-assessment)?

       AE-/P+

     b.     Explain why you deserve that grade using evidence from the Lesson 2 component contract.

       I believe I presented well. However, I let my nerves get the best of me so I rushed through my presentation at some points instead of taking my time, and my activity could've been better.

3. What worked for you in your Lesson 2?

       Having a presentation overall worked for me in my Lesson 2 and having a supportive audience.

4. What didn't work? If you had a time machine, what would you have done differently to improve your Lesson 2?

             I'd say my activity didn't work as well as I would've liked. If given the opportunity to improve my Lesson 2, I would improve my activity to make it longer, and I would include my mentor ship in my presentation as well.

5. What do you think your answer #2 is going to be?

           My answer #2 is providing a comfortable environment for the patient and patient's parents.