Blog 13 - 10 Hour Mentorship Check-In

1. Where are you doing your mentorship?
1. Downey PIH(formerly Downey Regional Medical Center) Emergency Room
2. Who is your contact?  What makes this person an expert?
1. Dr. Miguel Rodriguez
2. He has over 20 years of experience as an emergency room physician. He graduated from Stanford Medical School with a specialty in Emergency Medicine.
3. How many hours have you done during the school year? (Summer Mentorship Hours and Mentorship Hours should be reflected separately in your Senior Project Hours log located on the right-hand side of your blog).
1. 51 hours
4. Succinctly summarize what you did, how well you and your mentor worked together, and how you plan to complete the remaining hours.
1. During mentorship, I basically follow my mentor as a "shadow". Since my mentor is typically pretty busy filling out patient charts, giving orders, or consulting with other physicians, he doesn't usually have a whole lot of time to explain little details about why he is doing certain treatments. I can almost always figure out what is going on, though, and if I can't then I take a note of it and look it up later. I have finished the mandatory hours, but I plan to continue doing what I have been doing whenever I get the chance.

Blog 2 - Summer Mentorship

Senior Project Hours

1. List the contact name, phone number, and organization of the person with whom you volunteered.
1. Dr. Miguel Rodriguez 
2. (562) 904-5000 (general hospital number, if you need his personal number for verification I can give it to you offline)
3. Downey Regional Medical Center(recently changed to Downey PIH)
2. What qualified this person as an expert in your topic choice? 
1. He is a licensed MD whom graduated from Stanford Medical School. He specializes in emergency medicine and has over 20 years of experience in the field. He currently works at Downey PIH and a small ER in Santa Ana.     
3. List three questions for further exploration now that you've completed your summer hours. 
1. How is specializing in emergency medicine different than any other speciality field?
2. What portion of people who come into the ER are having an actual emergency?
3. How does the total number of patients in the ER and waiting room affect the individual care of each patient?    
4. What is the most important thing you gained from this experience? Why?
1. The most important thing I gained from this experience is what its like to be on the doctor's side of the ER.  I've spent plenty of time in the ER as a patient but it was definitely an eye-opener to see the balancing act that happens on the other side.  My experience gave me a much better appreciation for all the doctor's work. 
5. What is your senior project topic going to be?  How did mentorship help you make your decision?  Please explain.
1. My topic is going to be on emergency medicine. I was a little iffy at first because I wasn't sure if I would actually be able to mentor in the emergency room, but now that I have several connections I am very excited. Mentorship showed me several routes that I could go with this topic, which was another concern of mine.