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)?

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.

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.

 Applied

•      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.

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.