Blog 10 - Interview 2 Reflection

1. Please explain how you are spending your mentorship time (Is it at a workplace or somewhere else? Are you shadowing? Are you able to do tasks that are meaningfully related to the topic? If so, what? Are there other people who are experts in the location? Etc...)

My mentorship time is spent working in the optometrist's office. I get to observe how the doctor and his opticians work with the patients, and there are a variety of them. I also get to learn about the financial aspect of optometry. 

2. How did you find your mentor? How did you convince this person to help you? 

I found this mentor through my Aunt who has been this doctor's optician for 13 years. I know the doctor fairly well and he agreed to help me out.



3. How would you rate your comfort level with your mentor at this point in your relationship? How does this relate to the time you've spent so far at mentorship/with this person

 My comfort level with Dr. Spaulding is about 7/10. We will hopefully grow closer as I begin to work with him more. Recently I haven't been able to talk to him as much as I'd like because he has been busy with patients. 

4. What went well in this interview? Why do you think so? What do you still need to improve? How do you know? How will you go about it?

I believe I learned quite a bit from Dr. Spaulding regarding his background and how he started. I think it went well because I allowed him to speak and the interview was not rushed in anyway. What I still need to improve regards my interview questions and I know for a fact that I need to dig deeper. Doing this will require me asking more in-depth questions. 

Blog 9 - Advisory Prep 3

1. State whether or not you currently have a mentor, and what the status of your interview is with that person (I have completed the interview, I have scheduled the interview, I have not scheduled the interview, etc).

My mentor is Dr. Donald H. Spaulding, O.D and I have an interview scheduled for this weekend. 

2. At this point, your research is probably guiding your studies toward more specific areas within 

your topic. Name the area or two you find most promising and explain your reasons. 

When doing my research I came upon two specific areas of optometry that I would be interested in studying further: Doctor-Patient Relationships and Optometry/Psychology Collaboration. They are both unique and interesting to me, I just need to figure out how to get myself further involved in the two of them.

3. What kinds of sources do you think will help you in the next month to gain more research depth? Where will you go to get them?

I think I will use my mentor as a source. Most of my sources will most likely come from online research and perhaps a couple of books. These will help me go in depth regarding the Psychology/Optometry collaboration.

4. Write down a possible EQ. Please don't worry about wording other than ensuring that it provides the option for multiple correct answers. At this point, the senior team is most interested in understanding your thought process.

What is the best way to reduce patient non-compliance? 

Blog 8 - Independent Component 1 Proposal

Independent Component 1

1. Describe in detail what you plan to do for your 30 hours.

I actually plan to work extra hours for Dr. Spaulding at his office in Upland. I'll get to have more conversations with him and get to know him better. I'll also get to do more stuff around the office rather than observe, such as being taught more stuff about how to work with patients and perhaps even working with them face-to-face.

2. Discuss how or what you will do to meet the expectation of showing 30 hours of evidence.

I will work 30 extra hours of service and photograph my time there for evidence. I will also have the doctor sign off on the hours that I did.

3. Explain how what you will be doing will help you explore your topic in more depth.

Being in the office more will allow me to get a better perspective on how the doctor and his opticians work with the patients and make them comfortable. 

4. Update your Senior Project Hours log.

Senior Project Hours are Logged.