I said goodbye to my mentorship and started on my presentation.
Monday, June 1, 2015
Thursday, May 28, 2015
Blog 23: Senior Project Reflection
(1) Positive Statement
What are you most proud of in your block presentation and/or your senior project? Why?
During my block presentation I was surprised on how the student reacted to the actual footage and images in my presentation. They were horrified and shocked about how common oral infections can damage the teeth in a dramatic way and the procedures that have to be made in order to fix the patient's teeth back up again. It made me feel proud that at least from what they learned out of that presentation, they can use that knowledge in everyday life situations.
(2) Questions to Consider
a. What assessment would you give yourself on your block presentation (self-assessment)?
b. What assessment would you give yourself on your overall senior project (self-assessment)?
(3) What worked for you in your senior project?
Having my mentors help me throughout the entire year with my senior project by giving me ideas for activities, answers for my essential question and provided me resources for my answers.
(4) (What didn't work) If you had a time machine, what would you have done differently to improve your senior project if you could go back in time?
I would have added more facts in my presentation and point out certain key points that I have forgot to mention while I was presenting in my block presentation.
(5) Finding Value
It made me realize how much I want to be in the medical field, seeing how I can withstand the emotion stages when working on patients and knowing their tragic background. It gives me a goal in life to help others who are in need of assistance, seeing how in my mentorship how they treat their patients as part of the family and are willing to help people who are not even patients at their clinic. At my mentorship's clinic, Trance and Dental Spa, they said, "treat others like how you wanted to be treated", this is what they go by whenever a person walks into their door. It made me see how being in this type of field, it may put you through so many obstacles but at the end of the day, you made a difference in someone else's life.
What are you most proud of in your block presentation and/or your senior project? Why?
During my block presentation I was surprised on how the student reacted to the actual footage and images in my presentation. They were horrified and shocked about how common oral infections can damage the teeth in a dramatic way and the procedures that have to be made in order to fix the patient's teeth back up again. It made me feel proud that at least from what they learned out of that presentation, they can use that knowledge in everyday life situations.
(2) Questions to Consider
a. What assessment would you give yourself on your block presentation (self-assessment)?
I would give myself a P in my block presentation.
b. What assessment would you give yourself on your overall senior project (self-assessment)?
I would give myself a P in my overall senior project.
(3) What worked for you in your senior project?
Having my mentors help me throughout the entire year with my senior project by giving me ideas for activities, answers for my essential question and provided me resources for my answers.
(4) (What didn't work) If you had a time machine, what would you have done differently to improve your senior project if you could go back in time?
I would have added more facts in my presentation and point out certain key points that I have forgot to mention while I was presenting in my block presentation.
(5) Finding Value
It made me realize how much I want to be in the medical field, seeing how I can withstand the emotion stages when working on patients and knowing their tragic background. It gives me a goal in life to help others who are in need of assistance, seeing how in my mentorship how they treat their patients as part of the family and are willing to help people who are not even patients at their clinic. At my mentorship's clinic, Trance and Dental Spa, they said, "treat others like how you wanted to be treated", this is what they go by whenever a person walks into their door. It made me see how being in this type of field, it may put you through so many obstacles but at the end of the day, you made a difference in someone else's life.
Wednesday, May 13, 2015
Blog 22: Mentorship
Content:
LIA Response to blog:
Literal
- Diana Guzman, Trance and Dental Spa: Phone Number: (909) 865-8595
Interpretive
- What is the most important thing you gained from this experience? Why?
- On how much it matters to show kindness and patience when working in a dental clinic. This matters most to the dentist when they are working with their staff since the patient is main priority in the dental clinic. The dental staff must set aside any personal feelings toward the patient if they behave rudely because in the end, you want them to come back to you since they might have had an emotional day is all. For the dental staff, all it takes is one mistake to make the patients notice the how well their performance is and make a quick judgement based on their visit to the clinic.
- How has what you’ve done helped you to answer your EQ? Please explain.
- It has shown me how much it takes to run a dental clinic as well as keep bringing in new patients on a daily basis. To know that it is not about the expenses of the procedures that make the clinic run smoothly but the actual experience for the patients making them want to come back because of how they were satisfied with the results of their procedures. The patients want to know that they were treated fairly and the dental staff is always at their side to teach them ways to prevent infections and diseases from spreading.
Tuesday, May 5, 2015
Exit Interview
Content:
(1) My essential question is " What is the best way to maximize retention of patients when running a dental clinic?" My first answer is the dental staff must guide the patients in the importance of maintaining a healthy mouth. My second answer is the dentist can help the patient by comparing different medical organizations that help people with financial limitations. My third answer is the dentist must make sure to have a staff that has a solid background on how to run an efficient dental clinic business. My best answer would have to be my first answer because of this is a major problem in the dental community and this would help dentists in low demographics be aware of their dental health.
(2)When I was working in my mentorship in Pomona and in Claremont, I noticed how a lot of patients are not asking so much about their dental health yet I over hear how they talk with each other asking how to treat their problem with their teeth instead of asking the dentist.
(3)I could not get a response from Claremont and could not go to work with them in their clinic, but what I did to resolve for finishing all my hours was mostly work with the Pomona dental clinic.
(4)The two most significant sources would be my mentorship in Pomona, and an article called "Demographic and Practice Characteristics of Medicaid-participating Dentists". With both of these resources, they focus on patients in low demographic areas and see why these cases of common infections are turning into severe ones.
Thursday, April 30, 2015
April Blog
This past month has been mostly doing my daily work routine with my mentors in the Pomona dental clinic, Trance and Dental Spa. They gave me ideas for different activities for my senior project as well as what could be a fun activity as a hook activity. One example for my hook activity was to ask people if they knew the correct way to brush their teeth. When it seems that everyone thinks they know, I want to test it out by having everyone take their little cups of mouthwash and see the what they have doing to wrong because the specific one I am giving stains the teeth to reveal missed spots when brushing their teeth. This is to show everyone that people in the community think they know the basics of dental care but in reality they don't. Of course in the end of the hook activity they will have another cup filled with water to take off the mouthwash.
Sunday, April 26, 2015
Independent Component 2
Content:
LITERAL
(a) I, Paulina Dominguez, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 30 hours of work.
(b) Twigg, Tim. "Common Practices Fraught with Risk." Dental Economics. PennWell Corporation, n.d. Web. 16 Apr.2015.
(d) I was able to observe and work in the Pomona dental clinic due to Claremont telling me that they were not able to take me in to work with them. But I was still able to see what the Pomona dental clinic did for their patients; this included calming the patient as well as connecting with them.
INTERPRETIVE
I focused more on how the the dental staff treated the patients. I wanted to see how they work with their patients as well as observe what the results were from how dental staff's actions affected the patients afterwards. I have a link to my 30+ hours of working on my independent component onto the right of my blog. The picture provided in this post now demonstrates a small portion of how the patients in the Pomona dental clinic respond to the performance of the staff. The rest of the pictures are on my previous independent component blog about the work atmosphere in Claremont and Pomona, as well as the technology used in these clinics.
APPLIED
With my research and observations of the Pomona dental clinic, it made me realize how important it is to connect with the patient themselves in order to have them maintain a healthy mouth. What Diana was talking to me during our time together in the Pomona dental clinic, she explained to me that while she's giving the patients advice or a quick summary of what needed to be fixed from the patient's case; the patient is focused on what she says because of how they treated them before and after the treatment was done. The patients even told them numerous times that they felt so involved and understood what the dilemma was for their case, this made them more connected to the dental staff. I even witnessed from one patient who had given his life story about him growing up rough with no parents, no house, job, and car. Since he was eligible for coverage of his financial state, the dental staff worked on him but after he was done, the staff let him stay with them for the entire rest of the day. The staff talk to him one on one and offered food and gave him shelter locations on where he can stay for the night. That patient said that dental clinics like Pomona would be hard to find since clinics like Claremont only treat you as a number when you come in and walk you out the door. With Diana telling me that dental clinics show a different personality on how they approach the patients with showing them this brand new technology but what really counts is what the dental staff does for the patient and how they respond back to the patient making them feel important. But that all ends when I witnessed patients were escorted out the clinic when they were done with them, not even letting the patients stay to talk to them since they are on a busy schedule. This is why to me it made more sense on why Pomona dental clinic told me to observe and see the difference on how the dental clinics treat their patients.
LITERAL
(a) I, Paulina Dominguez, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 30 hours of work.
(b) Twigg, Tim. "Common Practices Fraught with Risk." Dental Economics. PennWell Corporation, n.d. Web. 16 Apr.2015.
(d) I was able to observe and work in the Pomona dental clinic due to Claremont telling me that they were not able to take me in to work with them. But I was still able to see what the Pomona dental clinic did for their patients; this included calming the patient as well as connecting with them.
INTERPRETIVE
I focused more on how the the dental staff treated the patients. I wanted to see how they work with their patients as well as observe what the results were from how dental staff's actions affected the patients afterwards. I have a link to my 30+ hours of working on my independent component onto the right of my blog. The picture provided in this post now demonstrates a small portion of how the patients in the Pomona dental clinic respond to the performance of the staff. The rest of the pictures are on my previous independent component blog about the work atmosphere in Claremont and Pomona, as well as the technology used in these clinics.
APPLIED
With my research and observations of the Pomona dental clinic, it made me realize how important it is to connect with the patient themselves in order to have them maintain a healthy mouth. What Diana was talking to me during our time together in the Pomona dental clinic, she explained to me that while she's giving the patients advice or a quick summary of what needed to be fixed from the patient's case; the patient is focused on what she says because of how they treated them before and after the treatment was done. The patients even told them numerous times that they felt so involved and understood what the dilemma was for their case, this made them more connected to the dental staff. I even witnessed from one patient who had given his life story about him growing up rough with no parents, no house, job, and car. Since he was eligible for coverage of his financial state, the dental staff worked on him but after he was done, the staff let him stay with them for the entire rest of the day. The staff talk to him one on one and offered food and gave him shelter locations on where he can stay for the night. That patient said that dental clinics like Pomona would be hard to find since clinics like Claremont only treat you as a number when you come in and walk you out the door. With Diana telling me that dental clinics show a different personality on how they approach the patients with showing them this brand new technology but what really counts is what the dental staff does for the patient and how they respond back to the patient making them feel important. But that all ends when I witnessed patients were escorted out the clinic when they were done with them, not even letting the patients stay to talk to them since they are on a busy schedule. This is why to me it made more sense on why Pomona dental clinic told me to observe and see the difference on how the dental clinics treat their patients.
Tuesday, March 31, 2015
March Blog
Claremont Dental Clinic
I have been trying to contact my second mentorship in Claremont and they have been giving me the same answer every time. When the secretary picks up, I ask her if I could come in to work and she tells me that they are either busy, which does not make sense since that is a good thing for me to see what it is like being in a busy schedule at a dental clinic. Another thing that upsets me is that since the beginning of march, I have left messages at the front desk about sending in my interview questions by email or try to make a quick appointment with the doctor but I have not received one call or email about any scheduled appointment to make the interview still. I am planning on going to the dental clinic at speak with them in person because this has gone way to far to set up ONE appointment.
Wednesday, March 11, 2015
Fourth Interview Questions
1. What is your philosophy that you set in your dental clinic?
2. How do you support your patients that are outside of your location?
3. What type of patient based do you treat in your clinic?
4. What are the most common types of treatments that you do in your dental clinic?
5. Have you ever been changing your practice over the past few years?
6. What kind of technology do you use and do you renew your devices every few years?
7. What are your marketing techniques that grab the people’s attention that make them come to your dental clinic?
8. What were some issues when working with patients over the course of your practice?
9. How do you handle patients who have a fear of visiting the dentists?
10. What were your important specifications when you were hiring your dental staff?
11. Do you have any set boundaries that you put for yourself when working with your dental staff?
12. Where did you start working when you first became a dentist?
13. Have you ever worked in a low demographic area, if so how was it?
14. What are your strengths and weaknesses in your practice?
15. What can you tell me about while working with first time patients who come to your clinic?
16. During your line of practice, was there a decline to your patients coming into your dental clinic, if so how did you fix it?
17. Have you ever kept in touch with your patients in a more personal level or do you keep it professional?
18. Are there any ways you teach your patients more about maintaining their oral health?
19. Can you provide me any ideas of what activities you would do for high school students who lack in-depth knowledge about maintain a healthy mouth?
20. Have you ever had sessions with your patients mostly about guidance when needing help in medical or personal issues?
2. How do you support your patients that are outside of your location?
3. What type of patient based do you treat in your clinic?
4. What are the most common types of treatments that you do in your dental clinic?
5. Have you ever been changing your practice over the past few years?
6. What kind of technology do you use and do you renew your devices every few years?
7. What are your marketing techniques that grab the people’s attention that make them come to your dental clinic?
8. What were some issues when working with patients over the course of your practice?
9. How do you handle patients who have a fear of visiting the dentists?
10. What were your important specifications when you were hiring your dental staff?
11. Do you have any set boundaries that you put for yourself when working with your dental staff?
12. Where did you start working when you first became a dentist?
13. Have you ever worked in a low demographic area, if so how was it?
14. What are your strengths and weaknesses in your practice?
15. What can you tell me about while working with first time patients who come to your clinic?
16. During your line of practice, was there a decline to your patients coming into your dental clinic, if so how did you fix it?
17. Have you ever kept in touch with your patients in a more personal level or do you keep it professional?
18. Are there any ways you teach your patients more about maintaining their oral health?
19. Can you provide me any ideas of what activities you would do for high school students who lack in-depth knowledge about maintain a healthy mouth?
20. Have you ever had sessions with your patients mostly about guidance when needing help in medical or personal issues?
Thursday, March 5, 2015
Blog 17: Third Answer
- What is the best way to maximize retention when running a dental clinic?
- For future dentists, they must take courses in a business major to have a better understanding when advertising their dental clinic.
- Reasons:
- A lot of dental schools are making the business majors as an optional course for dental students to apply for.
- Some dental schools don't even have business majors, making the dental students assume that they don't need it.
- After finishing dental school and receiving their degrees to become a dentist, for those who want to start their own dental clinic have no idea on where to start.
- Sources:
- Gallagher, J. E., and N. H. F. Wilson. "The Future Dental Workforce?" BDJ (British Dental Journal) 206.4 (2009): 195-99. Web. 16 Oct. 2014.
- SCARPELLI, MAUREEN. "Dentists Step Up Marketing as Patients Skip Their Visits." The Wall Street Journal. Dow Jones & Company, 11 Aug. 2009. Web. 13 Nov. 2014.
- So many dental students regret on not taking their business majors courses in dental school, it has held them back a bit when striving to have their own goals such as running their own dental clinic.
Saturday, February 28, 2015
February Blog
I was calming down a new patient for their treatment in Pomona, and the patient was getting worried about having to numb her mouth. But since I was already a patient as well as knowing the technique that the doctor does to the patient when injecting the syringe, I explained to them that it goes really quick and painless, and the patient was beginning to relax. One of the nurses helped me more by going into more in depth on what else the doctor does in the procedure with the injection, to make it painless as possible they heat up the medicine to match the body temperature so the patient doesn't feel that cold medicine being injected in. Once the patient was in the chair and the doctor was injecting the numbing medicine, the doctor shakes the patient's cheek to distract as she injects the syringe. After a couple minutes of waiting for the numbing to come into affect, I was asking the patient on the technique and she said it felt like a small mosquito bite. From their on she liked how they staff treated her like she was already a close member of the family, The patient was comfortably talking to the dental staff like she known them for a long time.
Wednesday, February 18, 2015
Answer: 2
1. What is your EQ?
What is the best way to maximize retention of patients when running a dental clinic?
2. What is your first answer?
The dentist can help the patient by comparing different medical organizations that help people with financial limitations.
3. What is your second answer?
The dental staff must provide information for the patient when they are looking into different types of benefit plans that different agencies offer for certain demographics.
4. List three reasons your answer is true with a real-world application for each.
- People have been saying that they fear of visiting the dentist due to the expenses of their treatments and unsure if they couldn't afford it.
- Patients are still unaware of programs that could help them with finding the right healthcare plan. My mentor was discussing with one of the patients about the cost of the treatments and also referenced to her medical agencies that suit her eligibility.
- Since people in the low demographic areas are less educated, especially immigrants, come here and have no idea on where to ask about finding them a suitable healthcare plan and also as well having a doctor talk to them in detail about what type of dental care plan is right for them since they might not know what questions to ask.
5. What printed source best supports your answer?
- Hanks, Jody. "DECS: Experts in the Technical Side of Dentistry: Solving Operational Issues and Providing Guidance in the Dental Community." The Dental Assistant 78.3 (2009): 15-16. American Dental Assistants Association. Web. 2 Oct. 2014
6. What other source supports your answer?
- Logan, Henrietta L., Yi Guo, Virginia J. Dodd, Christine E. Seleski, and Frank Catalanotto. "Demographic and Practice Characteristics of Medicaid-participating Dentists." Journal of Public Health Dentistry 74.2 (2013): 139-46. Web. 11 Dec. 2014.
7. Tie this together with a concluding thought.
Overall research and going with my mentor I was able to form my second answer because I witnessed how people in these clinics becoming afraid as they entered the clinic, unaware of the cost of treatments.
Thursday, February 12, 2015
Blog 15: Independent Component 2 Approval
1. I will continue to go to both my dental clinics, which is Smile Design and Trance & Dental Spa. I would still do my usual work routine in both clinics since I want to see what happens in the actual procedures and keep observing patients on their emtional state when coming to the dentist. Before the patients come in and sit in the dental chair, I would ask them if they are willing to participate in a local survey to provide research about how patients feel when coming to the dentist.
2. I will create at least 50 surveys in total but split the pile into 25 for each clinic since I want to start off small not knowing how the patients are willing to answer my survey. While creating the survey I would ask about the basic information about the patient themselves such as gender, age, ethnicity, religion, but I would not go any personal for them having to put their name, number, and address for the survey. After asking the basic questions of the patient's demographics, I would put some more emotional questions on how they feel when coming to the dentist.
3. Explain how this component will help you explore your topic in more depth.
This will help me in my research and find out if the theories are true about people not visiting the dentist that often. I will be able to sort out the different groups of people and see what each one has in common with each other as well as what makes an actual patient fear or hate visiting the dentist. It would also help me see if high and low demographics have certain problems such as payments for the services for each clinic since all the treatments are the same pricing but just in different payment methods.
2. I will create at least 50 surveys in total but split the pile into 25 for each clinic since I want to start off small not knowing how the patients are willing to answer my survey. While creating the survey I would ask about the basic information about the patient themselves such as gender, age, ethnicity, religion, but I would not go any personal for them having to put their name, number, and address for the survey. After asking the basic questions of the patient's demographics, I would put some more emotional questions on how they feel when coming to the dentist.
3. Explain how this component will help you explore your topic in more depth.
This will help me in my research and find out if the theories are true about people not visiting the dentist that often. I will be able to sort out the different groups of people and see what each one has in common with each other as well as what makes an actual patient fear or hate visiting the dentist. It would also help me see if high and low demographics have certain problems such as payments for the services for each clinic since all the treatments are the same pricing but just in different payment methods.
Thursday, February 5, 2015
Independent Component 1
LITERAL
INTERPRETIVE
As I was working in these two dental clinics, I instantly noticed right away the big difference on how these clinics are similar yet when walking into them, totally seem different just by appearence.
For the first two photos are taken in the Claremont call Claremont Smile Design. The first picture where is the fron desk where patients come in to check in. And in the second picture is where for new patients get their whole mouth xrayed by this new device that can examine the entire mouth with its mechanical 360 degree feature. This saves so much time as well as having the xrays digitalized where the patient and doctor are able to see the results instantly without having to wait for it to process unlike other older machines.
Seeing the difference as these bottom two pictures are taken in the Pomona dental Clinic called Trance and Dental Spa. This picture is the front desk where as you can see how its more simplistic for family friendly envirmoment for low demographic areas. But considering this for most of the patients felt more eased because its simple enough for them to come in and mostly focus on what really goes behind the desk and notice more on the work experience instead of just appearence of the clinic.
The second photo is a machine where is the dental equipment go in and have the final process of sanitizing in its three step process I was able to work on during my hours. This machine is not really the newest version but it still does the same job as any other steam sanitization machine like the one in claremont. The difference is that this one is more manual where the one in claremont is more modernized with having just buttons to make it easier to work with.
APPLIED
It made me realize as I worked in both dental clinics, noticing the obvious differences on how these dental clinic's appearence is and how different the staff works, but what makes them more interesting is how the pomona clinic were so connected with the patients for my independent component showed me more on how different dental clinics have different atomosphere as well as how much of the patient to doctor connection each one had. One of the doctors in the pomona explained how he works in a high paced dental clinic where you could barely have any close connection with one patient, in which the doctor's coinfidence decreases becauseof them not knowing if the patients come out of the dental clinic and truly understand the certain basic steps when maintaining a healthly mouth. This helped me create my EQ and understand why I chose my answer to focus more on the basic knowledge to families who are in need of services and programs to help spread awareness of this escalating issue in the dental world.
- “I, Paulina Dominguez, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 30 hours of work.”
- My sources are my mentors at these two different dental clinics that have helped me along the way during my independent component, one in pomona, while the other is in claremont.
- For my independent component I worked half the 30 hours with the pomona dental clinic and claremont dental clinic, I observed the two and I was able to get hands on experience, seeing how new interns come in and help around in the dental clinics. I was able to sanitize the dental instruments, as well as wipe down the entire area of the dental chair when the doctor was finished with the procedure on the patient. I was learning along the way on where the dental instruments are organized and help set up equipment for the next patient coming in.
INTERPRETIVE
As I was working in these two dental clinics, I instantly noticed right away the big difference on how these clinics are similar yet when walking into them, totally seem different just by appearence.
For the first two photos are taken in the Claremont call Claremont Smile Design. The first picture where is the fron desk where patients come in to check in. And in the second picture is where for new patients get their whole mouth xrayed by this new device that can examine the entire mouth with its mechanical 360 degree feature. This saves so much time as well as having the xrays digitalized where the patient and doctor are able to see the results instantly without having to wait for it to process unlike other older machines.Seeing the difference as these bottom two pictures are taken in the Pomona dental Clinic called Trance and Dental Spa. This picture is the front desk where as you can see how its more simplistic for family friendly envirmoment for low demographic areas. But considering this for most of the patients felt more eased because its simple enough for them to come in and mostly focus on what really goes behind the desk and notice more on the work experience instead of just appearence of the clinic.
The second photo is a machine where is the dental equipment go in and have the final process of sanitizing in its three step process I was able to work on during my hours. This machine is not really the newest version but it still does the same job as any other steam sanitization machine like the one in claremont. The difference is that this one is more manual where the one in claremont is more modernized with having just buttons to make it easier to work with.
APPLIED
It made me realize as I worked in both dental clinics, noticing the obvious differences on how these dental clinic's appearence is and how different the staff works, but what makes them more interesting is how the pomona clinic were so connected with the patients for my independent component showed me more on how different dental clinics have different atomosphere as well as how much of the patient to doctor connection each one had. One of the doctors in the pomona explained how he works in a high paced dental clinic where you could barely have any close connection with one patient, in which the doctor's coinfidence decreases becauseof them not knowing if the patients come out of the dental clinic and truly understand the certain basic steps when maintaining a healthly mouth. This helped me create my EQ and understand why I chose my answer to focus more on the basic knowledge to families who are in need of services and programs to help spread awareness of this escalating issue in the dental world.
Saturday, January 31, 2015
January Blog
Thursday, January 29, 2015
Lesson 2 Reflection
Content:
1.What are you most proud of in your Lesson 2 Presentation and why?
As I was describing the different types of oral diseases, I noticed how people were getting so squimishy on how much these diseases can cause great damage to their oral as well as overall health. This made me feel proud that I was able to show them a different understanding on basic dental health.
2. a. What assessment would you give yourself on your Lesson 2 Presentation (self-assessment)?
P
b. Explain why you deserve that grade using evidence from the Lesson 2 component contract.
I wasn't quite detailing some parts during my presentation and I know i should have said more about those little specific details.
3. What worked for you in your Lesson 2?
Talking about the fear of going to the dentist and what the reasons are is the main problem with people, especially people in low demographic areas.
4. What didn't work? If you had a time machine, what would you have done differently to improve your Lesson 2?
I would have done my hook activity differently and fix a few errors on my activity worksheet then I would have brought more attention to the class.
5. What do you think your answer #2 is going to be?
I will mostly focus on the healthcare plans that affect the people in low demographic areas.
1.What are you most proud of in your Lesson 2 Presentation and why?
As I was describing the different types of oral diseases, I noticed how people were getting so squimishy on how much these diseases can cause great damage to their oral as well as overall health. This made me feel proud that I was able to show them a different understanding on basic dental health.
2. a. What assessment would you give yourself on your Lesson 2 Presentation (self-assessment)?
P
b. Explain why you deserve that grade using evidence from the Lesson 2 component contract.
I wasn't quite detailing some parts during my presentation and I know i should have said more about those little specific details.
3. What worked for you in your Lesson 2?
Talking about the fear of going to the dentist and what the reasons are is the main problem with people, especially people in low demographic areas.
4. What didn't work? If you had a time machine, what would you have done differently to improve your Lesson 2?
I would have done my hook activity differently and fix a few errors on my activity worksheet then I would have brought more attention to the class.
5. What do you think your answer #2 is going to be?
I will mostly focus on the healthcare plans that affect the people in low demographic areas.
Thursday, January 8, 2015
Blog 12: Mentorship 10 Hours Check
1. Where are you doing your mentorship?
I went to both my dental clinics, my main clinic is in Pomona called Trance and Dental Spa. The other clinic is located in Claremont called Smile Design.
2. Who is your contact?
For my contact I mostly go to Trance and Dental Spa and talk to Diana who is one of mentors there at the clinic. The phone number for the clinic is (909)865-8595.
3. How many total hours have you done (total hours should be reflected in your mentorship log located on the right hand side of your blog like your WB)?
So far I have done 31hours in total from both my dental clinics for my mentorship hours.
4. Summarize the 10 hours of service you did.
I have learned in a hands on experience of what's it is like being a nurse assistant by helping out in cleaning the clinic, sanitzing the dental equipment, and cleaning up after the patient has been finished with his treatment.
Monday, January 5, 2015
Blog 11: 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 was able go to both my dental clinics where one is located in Pomona, while the other is at Claremont. What I was doing in the clinics in order to have that hands on experince was cleaning up after the doctor was finished with his patient's treatment. I also had the liberty to sanitize the dental equipment as well as helping the nurses out during the patient's treatment.
2. What was the most important thing you learned from what you did, and why? What was the source of what you learned?
What I learned is it's not what counts on the outside of the clinic but what goes behind the desk, meaning the actual experience of the clinic. During my time working in Pomona, the patients were focusing on how each move or word we said can affect how they react to us. Likewise in Claremont, where I was very cautious about what I say or do in the clinic which can affect the patients emotions. Its not about having the high tech equipment that makes the clinic so popular but treating the patients with the upmost care.
3. If you were going to do a 10 question interview on questions related to answers for your EQ, who would you talk to and why?
I would talk to one of the main nurses who took me in as an intern in the Claremont clinic. Throughout the entire time woking in the clinic, I always see her comforting the patients before the doctor comes in to begin working on their treatment. She makes the clinic go more smoothly for the doctor as well as the other staff members.
I was able go to both my dental clinics where one is located in Pomona, while the other is at Claremont. What I was doing in the clinics in order to have that hands on experince was cleaning up after the doctor was finished with his patient's treatment. I also had the liberty to sanitize the dental equipment as well as helping the nurses out during the patient's treatment.
2. What was the most important thing you learned from what you did, and why? What was the source of what you learned?
What I learned is it's not what counts on the outside of the clinic but what goes behind the desk, meaning the actual experience of the clinic. During my time working in Pomona, the patients were focusing on how each move or word we said can affect how they react to us. Likewise in Claremont, where I was very cautious about what I say or do in the clinic which can affect the patients emotions. Its not about having the high tech equipment that makes the clinic so popular but treating the patients with the upmost care.
3. If you were going to do a 10 question interview on questions related to answers for your EQ, who would you talk to and why?
I would talk to one of the main nurses who took me in as an intern in the Claremont clinic. Throughout the entire time woking in the clinic, I always see her comforting the patients before the doctor comes in to begin working on their treatment. She makes the clinic go more smoothly for the doctor as well as the other staff members.
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