Blog 10 - Interview 2 Reflection

1. Please explain how you are spending your mentorship time (Is it at a workplace or somewhere else?  Are you shadowing?  Are you able to do tasks that are meaningfully related to the topic?  If so, what?  Are there other people who are experts in the location?  Etc...)

• My actual mentorship is actually starting Monday, November 2nd at 2:00pm. I've had quite some trouble finding a mentor, but as of last week, I was able to finally find one that's willing to walk the journey with me. I hope that I will be able to shadow her and her working projects.

2.  How did you find your mentor?  How did you convince this person to help you?   

• Mrs. Flores actually helped me find my mentor. One day, she walked into Mr. Rivas's class and they were talking about the senior project. He then decided to point out the fact that I, Itzia, still didn't have a mentor. She decided to ask me for my topic, and I told her. Immediately she smiled and stated that she had a friend that can potentially suit my topic, and she told me that she'd email her. So, I reminded her and she emailed. Within a day, I had a response  - yes. So, Nurse Johnson, my mentor, decided to meet up in person on October 23rd, so that we could talk about how this whole mentorship would work out. On that exact same day, after we figured out our schedule and stuff, I decided to interview her and we got to know each other quite well. I'm guessing that my persistence and my eagerness convinced her to say yes. 

3. How would you rate your comfort level with your mentor at this point in your relationship?  How does this relate to the time you've spent so far at mentorship/with this person?

• From a 1 through 10, I would say that my comfort level with Nurse Johnson is a 6. This is probably because we haven't quite started on the mentorship. 

4. What went well in this interview?  Why do you think so?  What do you still need to improve?  How do you know?  How will you go about it?

• Everything went well with this interview. I think this because her answers were straight to the point, very concise and straightforward. The questions were simple, things felt nice. Maybe I need to improve my questions, and come up with a lot of more in-depth questions. I know this because our total interview time is literally like 5 minutes - it could've been longer if I had asked better questions. Maybe next time, I'll ask peers about my questions, and ask for feedback on how well they're asked/written. 

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Blog 9 - Advisory Prep 3

1. State whether or not you currently have a mentor, and what the status of your interview is with that person (I have completed the interview, I have scheduled the interview, I have not scheduled the interview, etc).

• Finally, I think I may have found my person - or my mentor. The interview is scheduled to actually be conducted on Monday, October 25. 

2. At this point, your research is probably guiding your studies toward more specific areas within your topic.  Name the area or two you find most promising and explain your reasons.   

• I'm actually not quite sure about these topics yet. However, after I get to meet my mentor and talk to her about everything, I believe that I will be able to answer this question in more detail. 

3. What kinds of sources do you think will help you in the next month to gain more research depth?  Where will you go to get them?

• I believe that articles will be my main key of sources. I rely on them, I depend on them. To get more in-depth information, I believe that I will try to grasp more detailed articles, look into books, or even read journals. 

4. Write down a possible EQ.  Please don't worry about wording other than ensuring that it provides the option for multiple correct answers.  At this point, the senior team is most interested in understanding your thought process.

• What is the best way that a primary doctor can ensure the well being of a patient? 

Blog 8: Independent Component 1 Proposal

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

• For my 30 hours of my independent component, I plan on probably doing mentorship hours. This way, I get to do 30 hours of something totally different rather than the usual work at mentorship. It'd be cool if I were able to actually get the chance to work with someone else for these 30 hours, just to see the different opinions and judgment calls within my mentor and a co-worker of hers/his. However, this may mean that I may want to learn about a more specific topic within the area of my topic, or learn about a topic that goes hand-in-hand with mine. 
• I may just want to do a mini project, based on what I've done with the extra mentorship days. I'm currently, still thinking. . .

2.  Discuss how or what you will do to meet the expectation of showing 30 hours of evidence.

• What I'll do to meet the expectations of showing 30 hours of evidence is by taking a picture of every hour at work. Of course, I'd also have the person I'm working with sign off, along with writing a small summary of what we did for that hour. So, evidence will be supported by details and pictures all through the 30 hours of this component. 

3.  Explain how what you will be doing will help you explore your topic in more depth.

• What I'm doing will allow me to see a different perspective, or a different topic that ties in with my topic. So, this means that I'll have questions that contradict my topic and my Independent Component, allowing me to research answers and gain more knowledge of both. I'm technically using these 30 hours, to allow myself to learn about my topic in a slightly different way. 

4.  Update your Senior Project Hours log.