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.