Blog 22: Senior Project Reflection

1) I am most proud of my final presentation. It is what I've been most dreading for all of my ipoly years and I finally overcame it. I am also glad I don't have to repeat it.

2a) P

b) P-

3) What worked were my interviews. They were helpful in answering my EQ, and were the only assignments I turned in all on time.

4) The blog was the worst. I wish I had taken time over the summer to learn how to use it.

5) What I gained from this experience was some friends at mentorship. I know this is odd but all the pharmacists at where I mentored all have become memorable. I hope to one day get a job there because I did shed on tear on my last day.

April Update

Hello there! I am not entering the final stretch in my senior project. My lesson template, research notes, mentorship hours, independent component hours, and project are all done and turned in. Now it's just the presentation

Blog 19: Independent Component 2

1a. I, Christian Demesa, affirm that I have completed my independent component which represents 30 hours of work.

b. Jonathan Martinez, mentor.

c. Done

d. My work at the pharmacy involved looking at patient profiles, sitting in on meetings, sitting in on patient-doctor consultations, and observing the use of palliative care.

My component helped answer my EQ because looking at patient profiles helped give me an idea of what my first answer required, the two meetings I saw gave me examples and a launch pad for research for my second answer, and observing consultations helped support my foundation.

All photos that I could include are part of my February post. I could not include more photos of patient profiles and consultations.

Blog 20: Exit Interview

1. How can a clinical pharmacist best provide quality patient consultations?

A good consultation is achieved when a clinical pharmacist prepares for a meeting with the patient in which their personal history and issues are taken into account.

A good consultation is achieved when the doctor attends ongoing professional development by regularly attending meetings.

A good consultation is achieved when the doctor incorporates palliative care.

My best answer is my first answer.

2. The process I took was Mrs. Pittman help in focusing my question down followed by extensive reach online, at my mentorship, and with a psychologist for my third interview.

3. The problem I faced is my blog. I resolved it by talking to Carlos and having my girlfriend teach me how to post blogs.

4. Medical Records by Kendra Cherry and Types of Nonverbal Behavior by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario. It helped answer what a CPP is and how patients nonverbal behavior could benefit doctors customize their consultations.

Blog 21: Mentorship

Literal

Jonathan Martinez:

(213)-253-26677 Ext. 4218 

Interpretive

From Mentorship I learned I am going to deal with a varied group of people. What I mean is that I will be facing a lot of diversity at college, medical school, and the workplace. Because I'm so shy around strangers, I tend to come off a little awkward or quiet. I learned how to approach strangers and talk to them. It also helped get over my anxiety around adults. I had to learn that the people at the hospital were both my role models and peers. It took a while for me to accept this but I'm grateful for mentorship because it gave me the chance to blossom.

Applied

I did a majority of menial tasks, but it did help understand the basis for my EQ. People think consultations are cut-and-dry, but in reality to get to that point, doctors must make time, appointments need to be made, and following consultations, pharmacists are in charge of organizing, ordering, and shipping medicine. My mentorship helped me answer my first and best answer the most because I seemed to naturally cling to it the most. I looke at a lot patient profiles, specific medication labels for blind people, sat in on consultations where a medical profile was used to help the pharmacist, double checked through all patients who had come in the last month and made sure their CPP had been updated. A lot of work but I do miss the people at the clinic.

Blog 21: Mentorship

Literal

Jonathan Martinez:

(213)-253-26677 Ext. 4218 

Interpretive

From Mentorship I learned I am going to deal with a varied group of people. What I mean is that I will be facing a lot of diversity at college, medical school, and the workplace. Because I'm so shy around strangers, I tend to come off a little awkward or quiet. I learned how to approach strangers and talk to them. It also helped get over my anxiety around adults. I had to learn that the people at the hospital were both my role models and peers. It took a while for me to accept this but I'm grateful for mentorship because it gave me the chance to blossom.

Applied

I did a majority of menial tasks, but it did help understand the basis for my EQ. People think consultations are cut-and-dry, but in reality to get to that point, doctors must make time, appointments need to be made, and following consultations, pharmacists are in charge of organizing, ordering, and shipping medicine. My mentorship helped me answer my first and best answer the most because I seemed to naturally cling to it the most. I looke at a lot patient profiles, specific medication labels for blind people, sat in on consultations where a medical profile was used to help the pharmacist, double checked through all patients who had come in the last month and made sure their CPP had been updated. A lot of work but I do miss the people at the clinic.

March Blog Update

Hi everybody! Nothing exciting has really happened and I have no pictures I can share due to confidentiality. Aside from that, mentorship is great, but finding research on my third answer is killing me!