Blog 13: Lesson 2 Reflection

Content:

1. What are you most proud of in your Lesson 2 Presentation and why? 
• The amount of information I knew and how no questions were able to surprise me.
2. What assessment would you give yourself on your Lesson 2 Presentation (self-assessment)?
• AE 
3. Explain why you deserve that grade using evidence from the Lesson 2 component contract.
• I met all the P requirements and I feel that my overall presentation was enjoyable and that people were fully engaged and asked several questions afterwards.
4. What worked for you in your Lesson 2?
•  Having lots of analogies that helped my peers to understand what I was trying to explain to them
5. What didn't work? If you had a time machine, what would you have done differently to improve your Lesson 2?'
• I would definitely add more to that activity as people started sitting down too early and I had to scramble for more things to say.
6. What do you think your answer #2 is going to be?
• Pin Locking suspension 

Blog 12: Mentorship 10 Hours Check

1.   Where are you doing your mentorship?
At OrthoEngineering in West Covina

2.   Who is your contact?
Ken Smith

3.   How many total hours have you done (total hours should be reflected in your mentorship log located on the right hand side of your blog like your WB)?
17 Hours 45 Minutes

4.   Summarize the 10 hours of service you did.
Shadow my mentor and talk with patients about their experiences.

Blog 11: Holiday Project Update

1. It is important to consistently work on your senior project, whether it is break or we are in school. What did you do over the break with your senior project?

I talked to my mentor in more detail about the different suspension types help with certain people.

2. What was the most important thing you learned from what you did, and why? What was the source of what you learned?

I learned that the vacuum suspension is the most effective in all cases, but can be more expensive. My source was my mentor.


3. If you were going to do a 10 question interview on questions related to answers for your EQ, who would you talk to and why?

I would like to get into contact with one of the people from Ottobock that my mentor often has to deal with in order to get the sockets finished.

November Blog Post

Hello and welcome once again to another fabulous blog post.




I wasn't able to do any mentor ship this month unfortunately (due to college applications among other things) and because of thanksgiving break we didn't do much research this month.

So with that in mind (and since its the time of giving thanks) I really wanted to dedicate this blog post to my mentor for being such a big help in this project during the research stages and just for being a great supportive father. He really knows how to separate his mentor duties and his father duties and I appreciate him very much. (and yes I have told this to him I just wanted to write it in a formal blog post)

Blog 10: EQ

1. I reviewed the rule of three for writing an EQ.


Essential Question

Once a topic is chosen, the student will develop a working essential question. The purpose of the working essential question is to help the student build a strong foundation of research which will allow him or her to create an essential question that encourages depth and rigor in the chosen topic. An essential question must:



Provide a framework for studies (It calls for breadth and depth of research, Is not a yes/no question)
Take a stance (It allows you to argue some point, Cannot be a recitation of facts or a list)
Format (It is specific, The wording makes sense)

2. Review the following EQs and
Tell us if each meets the rule of three.
Tell why they do or don't.

a. What is the most important factor in healthy weight loss?
I feel that this questions fits the rule of 3

b. What is most important to securing a conviction in a criminal investigation?
This questions hits the first 2 points, but the formatting is a bit off. They could've said, "What is the most important aspect in securing a conviction in a criminal investigation?"

c. What is most important in creating a hairstyle that best satisfies a customer?
I feel that this meets all 3 rules, but it could be phrased better as the first few words can be confused.

d. How can an anesthesiologist best treat chronic pain?
This meets all 3 points


3. Based on your review of the rule of 3 and your experience with assessing four EQs, please write another draft EQ for your senior project. The senior team will be meeting with students shortly for EQ revision and approval; you are expected to bring your research notebook to that meeting with your EQ draft written inside in pencil.

Blog 9: Lesson Reflection

1. Positive Statement
I was most proud of my lesson 1 because I didn't go over time. Every time I practiced the past few days I would always go over by at least 2 minutes and I was extremely nervous that I wouldn't be on time.

2. Questions to Consider

a. What assessment would you give yourself on your Lesson 1 Presentation (self-assessment)?
AE

b. Explain why you deserve that grade using evidence from the Lesson 1 component contract.
During the course of the presentation I met all the P requirements and kept the classes attention during the presentation. Questions were asked at the end and after class as well. I also feel that I used my prop very effectively and it helped the class to understand what I was talking about. Plus it was a leg, I mean come on thats kinda cool.

3. What worked for you in your Lesson 1?



My prop helped me a lot to actually remember things to say. I would find something on the prop that I hadn't explained and I would think, "oh yea I need to say that."



4. (What didn't work) If you had a time machine, what would you have done differently to improve your Lesson 1?



Probably provide more visuals. I have a feeling that most of the class has never seen an amputated leg before and that might distract them from what I'm talking about.

October Blog Post

Welcome to my Halloween blog post. As the procrastinator I am, it actually is a Halloween blog post. Yay.




This month I spent a lot more time in my mentors office meeting patients and actually getting some good experiences. I got to see him manipulate casts and plaster molds of an amputees leg. It was really interesting to get to see all the research I've been doing being put into practice. He was able to clarify many of the terms I've been writing down by actually showing me what they are/where they are. Here are some pictures of what he was working on. These two casts are for different patients and are completely different according to the patients individual limb.






This is a plastic check socket that has plaster poured into it. In order to make any adjustments, you have to work with the plaster because you can't really changed the test socket to fit the patient. You do this process as many times as it takes for the patient to be comfortable.










This is what the positive plaster mold looks like with the plastic check socket removed. From here you can shave down parts that need to be tighter in the socket or add plaster to parts that need to be loosened.





Thanks for reading the updates, I hope to be able to manipulate casts soon or at least be apart of the process.