Weekly Report (4/20-4/26)

During this week in ISM I have printed out my presentation invitations, continued to work on my Final Product, went on a mentor visit, and started my final product report. For my invitations I used the purple trails invitations maker in order to make my invitation and printed them on resume paper for a more professional appearance. Furthermore, I handed out my presentation invitations out to my family, classmates, teachers, and my mentor. During this week in class I started to finalize my ideas and research with my Final Product. With my mentor helped finalize all my current progress for my Final Product. During my mentor visit I was able to converse with the patients and understand their own necessities at home while away from the doctor. For my final product report I will mention the benefits of my Final Product and the worthiness. Also, I reflected upon my real world application of my Final Product and the experiences that helped me in coming up with this idea. Next week I plan on finishing my Final Product and will continue to prepare for FPN and the presentation speech. This week has been a wonderful week and I hope to accomplish more in the future.

Weekly Report (4/13-4/19)

During my week in ISM I have uploaded my last fifteen of my Final Presentation Night speech, continued to work on my Final Product, and watched and critiqued two other speeches posted in the learning hub. For the last fifteen minutes of my presentation speech I talked about my original work, final product, and explained the meaning to my ending quote. For my actual presentation I will make sure to practice numerous times during that week, limit my number of filler words significantly, and attempt to incorporate great visuals. Also, I watched several videos of my peer’s presentation videos in which I was able to learn many useful tips through watching good speeches. With some individuals I was very impressed by their speeches, so I will make sure to work hard on mine so that I can be just as accomplished as they have been with their speeches. During class this week I was able to work on my Final Product and essentially sum everything that I will need to do. I will spend time next week working on my Final Product with my full intent. This week has been a wonderful week and I hope to accomplish more in the future.

Weekly Report (4/6-4/12)

During this week in ISM I have met with my mentor twice, completed a Final Presentation Night speech outline, and recorded the very first fifteen minutes of my speech. Also this week during class I created a draft of my invitations that I plan to hand out to the individuals that I want to attend my presentation. During my mentor visit I worked on the necessities that I would need for my Final Product, which will be a health care application specifically for cardiology that will help patients keep track of their medications and routines needed to help lighten their cardiovascular and other problems. For my Final Presentation Night Speech outline I created a brief outline which highlighted the various different topics that I felt would be important to me in my ISM journey this year. Having an outline for my speech completed will make it much easier for me later on, especially when I recorded my first fifteen minutes of my speech. The final thing I accomplished this week was create a draft of my presentations invitations. To make my invitation draft I used an online invitation maker in which I will print the designs onto a cardstock or resume making the invitation seem more professional. This week has been a wonderful week and I hope to accomplish more in the future.

Weekly Report (3/30-4/5)

During this week in ISM I have updated my mentor log and continued to work on my final presentation with my mentor. This week I visited my mentor again this Tuesday and explained to him what I was planning to do for my final presentation. The next time we meet up we plan on finalizing the entire process from the start. For my final product I plan on doing a case study and compile some research over the diets and exercises that an individual can be suggested to take in order to better their cardiovascular health. This weekend I finished an invitation prototype that I could possibly send to friends and family so that they could attend my final presentation on May 16^th. I also finished an outline for the first part of my speech and I plan on practicing and recording the first part of my speech sometime this week and submitting it online. Although I haven’t accomplished anything major this week, I have started to plan out for the future so that I can be prepared. I plan on meeting my mentor again this Tuesday. This week has been a wonderful week and I hope to accomplish more in the future.

Weekly Report (3/23-3/29)

During this week in ISM I have completed a product progress assessment and continued to work on my final product. I visited my mentor twice this week since he was unable to come to the clinic once that week so all I was able to do was talk with the nurse and the patients during that time. For my product assessment I reflected upon the progress that I have made on my Final Product and updated my product calendar as well. So far now, I feel that I am staying relatively on track and should be able to finish my final product by the beginning of the week of Final Presentation Night. During my mentor visit with Dr. Kalidindi, I was able to meet more patients and understand their cardiovascular problems. Half of the patients came only for their regular six month checkups and the other half came in due to a medium to serious ranging problem. Most of the patients needed to be get passed by Dr. Kalidindi in order for their other surgeries to get through. For instance, one of the patients needed to get a knee surgery and could only do so if the cardiologist allowed the patient to go through for the surgery. An individual must usually pass through a cardiologist in order to make sure there are not any unnecessary heart concerns. This week has been a wonderful week and I hope to accomplish more in the future.

Weekly Report (3/16-3/22)

During this week in ISM I have completed a research assessment and a mentor visit assessment. Also, I fully updated my research portfolio and reviewed all my previous assessments. For my research assessment I analyzed an article that explained the function of the heart and the diets and exercises that helps to maintain a healthy cardiovascular system. The article had peaked my interest since I am still looking into potential ideas that I could use for my Final Product. In particular I was pondering about methods in which an individual could overcome his cardiovascular problems with daily exercises and practices that he could do from his household. For my mentor visit assessment I reflected upon my experiences at his clinic that Tuesday where I was able to view an Echocardiogram and EKG test done on a patient. Viewing this from the nurse’s perspective was beneficial to me as I understood the essentials on how to accomplish these tests. During class, we reviewed and critiqued one another’s assessments. In particular I found this activity to be very beneficial as I was able to correct the small errors in my own assessments that I had been oblivious to yet were found by my peers. This week has been a wonderful week and I hope to accomplish more in the future.

Weekly Report (3/2-3/15)

During this week in ISM I have fully updated my blog, prepared for my upcoming mentor visit, and continued to research for final presentation night. For my blog I formatted the way that all my research assessments were shown and changed the link for the speech videos into hyperlinks so that the people who want to see them can get to them much easier. Also, I fixed all the minor flaws, such as the various fonts and font sizes to make my blog appear much more professional than it already was. For my next mentor visit I plan on asking my mentor whether I could visit him while he is at the hospital since I have already understood how the clinical area appears. Also I plan on asking him if he has any ideas on what I could do for my final product. So far, I am still researching various articles in order to come up with a much better final product than that that I have proposed. I aim to create a final product that will be worthy of my time in ISM, so I am working to achieve that goal. This week has been a wonderful week and I hope to accomplish more in the future.