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.

Weekly Report (2/23-3/1)

During this week in ISM I have continued on researching for my final product. I have read a few articles that would help me start off my final product, and I plan on taking about these articles with my mentor. However, I am still unsure if I still want to stick with my initial final product proposal. I feel that I could do a better final product than the one that I hope to accomplish now, so I will talk with my mentor about it next week. From the articles I learned how to make a basic application and learned the essentials of how an individual can keep his cardiovascular health moderately well. From these articles I read multiple case studies and learned the routines an individual could take to improve their cardiovascular health. However, I feel that I am heading in the wrong direction and feel that I could come up with a much greater final product. Currently I am pondering on some more profound ideas that could make me stand out in Final Presentation Night. I will continue to research for my present final product proposal and wait till I can think of a better idea. This week has been a wonderful week and I hope to accomplish more in the future.

Weekly Report (2/16-2/22)

During this week in ISM I have completed my second mentor visit assessment, reflected on my original work speech, and continued to research for my final product. For my second mentor visit assessment, I reflected on what I learned from my first mentor visit which lasted two and a half hours. For this assessment I reflected primarily over the second half of the mentor visit while the first assessment reflected over the first half of the mentor visit. During the second half of the mentor visit I learned that not only does a cardiologist have to help his patients, but he also has to deal with the numerous amounts of emails that he receives every day. I was also able to see a few more patients and understand their own cardiovascular problems before leaving for school. This week I also reflected on my speech and watched several videos of speeches from people in my class and other classes. I felt that I learned much from watching the other speeches and was able to appropriately reflect on my own faults from my own speech. For my next speech I would need to speak at an appropriate pace and practice much more since I felt that for my original work speech I hadn’t practiced as much as I should have. This week has been a wonderful week and I hope to accomplish more in the future.

Weekly Report (2/9-2/15)

During this week I ISM I have given my original work speech, met with my mentor, and completed a final product proposal. For my original work speech that I gave on Thursday, I shared with my class about my original work, my overall experiences in ISM, and my smart goals that I hope to achieve. I felt that my speech could have been much better since I could have practiced a tad more. Compared to my last speech I improved in some ways and lacked in other ways. I felt that if I should have rehearsed my speech in an empty room before hand so that I could understand the pace and momentum of my speech better. I hope to do much better and improve on my next speech. This week I also finished my final product proposal. For my final product proposal, I plan on creating a basic mobile application in which determine the activities individuals could do to assist their current cardiovascular health. The application will keep track of your blood pressure and cholesterol in order to make sure you heart will be kept in a good shape. However, this was only a proposal so I might change my final product later on. This week has been a wonderful week and I hope to accomplish more in the future.

Weekly Report (2/2-2/8)

During this week in ISM I have completed my ninth research assessment, found a mentor, and started working on my original work speech. For my eight research assessment I reflected on the development of technology in which has produced pacemakers with internet. The main manufacturers of pacemakers and DCIs have started to market remote management devices. The remote monitoring of implantable, wireless medical sensors is a constantly advancing field which nevertheless still has clear shortcomings. The direct connection of medical sensors to the Internet is the next natural step in this evolution, and will enable doctors to obtain the information stored by the sensors at any moment and from any device connected to the Internet. Also this week after contacting many doctors, I have finally found a mentor in which I could shadow. I will meet my mentor on Tuesday and discuss with him about the entire mentorship process. Finally for my original work speech, which I will present on Thursday, I will share with my peers about my original work, my experiences in ISM, and my smart goals that I have set for myself. I completed an outline for my original speech that I will work on during this next week. This week has been a wonderful week and I hope to accomplish more in the future.

Weekly Report (1/26-2/1)

During this week in ISM I have focused on and completed my original work which took a lot of time and effort. For my original work I conducted a survey in order to whether the amount of wealth an individual has affects his or her heart health. With the data gathered I developed the idea of a mobile application that not only takes into the account of an individual’s health but also his or her affluence to produce suggestions of a series of exercises and diets that an individual could potentially implement into his or her lifestyle to improve his or her cardiovascular health. From the results from the survey found in the table I was able to prove my initial hypothesis, which stated that individuals who are highly affluent will have a worse cardiovascular health compared to those who are moderately affluent since those individuals would have much more stress and a less amount of leisure to properly take care of their heart health. For the following week I plan to prepare for my original work speech and complete an evidence of learning assessment. Also tomorrow I plan on having another interview with a cardiologist who I can hopefully ask for a mentorship. This week has been a wonderful week and I hope to accomplish more in the future.

Weekly Report (1/19-1/25)

During this week in ISM I have completed my eighth research assessment, contacted a few cardiologists, and begun analyzing my original work survey data. For my eight research assessment I analyzed an article about how revolutionary device has been shown to significantly lower blood pressure among patients with uncontrolled high blood pressure compared to those treated with usual drug measures. The device developed my ROX Medical and named the Coupler is a paper clip sized implant which is inserted between the artery and vein in the upper thigh. Also this week I contacted a few cardiologists to plan to ask for a mentorship. One of the cardiologists agreed for a mentorship but then declined the next day so I needed to contact some more cardiologists quickly in case the final two cardiologists I will ask decline for a mentorship. I already contacted three cardiologists for a mentorship, two declined and one is pending. I have an email ready for one more person to ask for a mentorship in case the present cardiologist declines and I have emailed a few cardiologists to ask for a research interview in case the final few cardiologists decline. Hopefully I will find a mentor very soon so that I can began my tasks with him. This week has been a wonderful week and I hope to accomplish more in the future.

Weekly Report (1/12-1/18)

During this week in ISM I have started on my original work, had a student teacher conference with my teacher, and attempted to ask a cardiologist if he would like to become my mentor. This week I made a survey for my original work that I will be sent to ISM students today. The survey asked questions about your health, your diet, the amount of time you exercise weekly, and the amount of time you spend on electronic devices. My goal for my original work is to see if there is any correlation between one’s lifestyle and affluence to one’s heart health. After I submit the email to the ISM students today I will hopefully attain an ample amount of surveys. This week I also had a conference with my teacher who explained to me the tasks that I am doing well with and the tasks that I am lacking with. I learned that I should attempt to limit my procrastination as I might not be able to create amazing works to show. Lastly I attempted to meet up with a cardiologist since I wanted to ask him to be my mentor. Since I drove after school un-appointed there was no guarantee that the doctor would be able to talk to me. Although I did not see the cardiologist I left a message with the nice people at the front. Hopefully everything goes well. This week has been a wonderful week and I hope to accomplish more in the future.

Weekly Report (1/5-1/11)

During this week in ISM I have completed my seventh research assessment and made S.M.A.R.T. goals for myself to accomplish. Through my research assessment I analyzed how the Tendyne Transcatheter Mitral Valve system implantation has become groundbreaking in the medical world as elderly patients can now become treated for mitral regurgitation without the need for mitral valve surgery. The article I researched over pertained with an elderly woman who had mitral regurgitation. Her troubles due to the defect had been alleviated after mitral valve implantation, an alternative to surgery which could have been detrimental upon her life. Through my S.M.A.R.T goals I was able to ponder immensely about what I should and what I want to do with my life in order to successfully reach my ambitions. I categorized my goals into three sections so that I could better understand what I should exactly follow and do. My short-term goals consist of me finishing the year strong and learning much more about cardiology than ever before. My mid-term goals consist of the steps that I should take during college, such as getting a degree in biology for my undergraduate and eventually go to an acknowledged medical school and attain a doctorate in medicine. Lastly, my long-term goals consist of having a career in medicine and raising a great family. Throughout the next week I am planning on getting a mentor since I have contacted a reputable doctor and am waiting for his response. This week has been a wonderful week and I hope to accomplish more in the future.