Blog 23: Final Lesson Reflection

Blog 23: Final Lesson Reflection

Title: Blog 23:  Senior Project ReflectionLabel: PresentationDirections: Please answer the following questions, and submit them to the blog.Due Date: The day after your block presentation by 8:00 A.M.
(1) Positive StatementWhat are you most proud of in your block presentation and/or your senior project? Why?What I am most proud of is the fact i was able to use my dogs in one of my activities becuase I think that thy brightened up my presentation and help keep it interesting.(2) Questions to Considera.     What assessment would you give yourself on your block presentation (self-assessment)?I would give myself a P+ because if the fact that i did what i was supposed to do and also that i was able to incorporate live animals. AE       P          AP       CR       NCb.     What assessment would you give yourself on your overall senior project (self-assessment)?On my overall Grade i would say P because i did everything i was supposed to do and that i completed every thing. AE       P          AP       CR       NC(3) What worked for you in your senior project?What worked for me was that it was easy to come up with an interesting activity. (4) (What didn't work) If you had a time machine, what would you have done differently to improve your senior project if you could go back in time?What didn't work for me was that the fact we had to have our mentors call the school. So what i would have done differently was have my mentor call before its due so I don't have to deal with all the things that get when your mentor don't call on time because he has other priorities. (5) Finding ValueHow has the senior project been helpful to you in your future endeavors?   Be specific and use examples.This has helped be find out that I really want to become a vet. As well as help me understand what it means to be a vet. Like what they have to do and how they do it. Also it showed me how much work is really needed to become a vet. This has helped me understand that to be a Vet that i need to work at it and never give up.

Blog 22

Title:  Blog 22: Mentorship
Label: Mentorship
Due Date:  Thursday, May 14 by 8AM

Content:

LIA Response to blog:

    Literal

·     Log of specific hours with a total and a description of your duties updated on the right hand side of your blog

Over 60 hours of community Sercice under Dr. Signh at the San Dimas Animal Hospital.  

·     Contact Name and Mentorship Place Dr. Sighn, Sandimas Animal Hospital. 

    Interpretive

     What is the most important thing you gained from this experience? Why?

The most important thing that I gained was that I was able to learn from professionals that ha years of experience and I was able to learn from them. Because of this i was able to get information from the source and form a connection with them. 

   Applied

     How has what you’ve done helped you to answer your EQ?  Please explain. 

This has helped me answer my EQ because of the fact i was able to ask my mentors and as well as to try my answers at the hospital ant try them out to prove that they are correct. 

*Please do not turn in your mentorship hours to the office.  After we collect the total list from all seniors, we will turn in one piece of paper with all hours for everybody.  It is counted as 50 hours of the 200 you need in order to graduate from I-Poly.  The 10 hours in the summer have already been added to your community service total.

Grading Criteria (May 13^th)

• 50 hours completed (50 from the academic year)

• LIA response (submitted to your blog)

• Essential question connection

Blog 21: Exit Interview

Blog 21: Exit Interview

Title:  Exit Interview
Label:  Exit Interview
Due Date:  Thursday, May 7th by 8AM

Please be advised.  The senior team will not conduct any exit interview in which the student has not turned in a passing research count and completing this blog.  In addition, you are expected to dress as you would for a job interview.

Content:

(1) What is your essential question, and what are your answers?  What is your best answer and why?

My EQ is How can a vet reduce stress in an animal during a veterinarian visit. My first answer is  Interact with the animal while it is inside the kennel. My second answer is Comfort the animal before during and after the procedure. Then my final answer is Doctor Patient communication. Then my best answer is to interact with the animal because the natural thing most animals want is attention and giving them attention and interacting with the animal reduces the stress in the animal.

(2) What process did you take to arrive at this answer? The process that I took was looking which one had the most facts on it and a=which one was mostly used at my mentorship. 

(3) What problems did you face?  How did you resolve them? The problems i Faced during my project was the fact that getting real evidence for my topic and i solved it by asking my mentors and doing more in depth searching.

(4) What are the two most significant sources you used to answer your essential question and why? The two main sources i used was Beetz, Andrea, Kerstin Uvnäs-Moberg, Henri Julius, and Kurt Kotrschal. "Psychosocial and Psychophysiological Effects of Human-Animal Interactions: The Possible Role of Oxytocin." Frontiers in Psychology. Frontiers Research Foundation and Physiology & Behavior 87 (2006) 537 – 5. Physiology & Behavior 87 (2006) 537 – 541 Human Interaction and Cortisol: Can Human Contact Reduce Stress for Shelter Dogs? becauseof the fact that they have real research about my best answer.

April blog

For my april blog I will talk about the stress that does with being a Vet. Being a Vet is no simple task and it takes a lot of strength to do this job both being the Vet and the assistant. My mentorship shows how much strength thou need in order to do your job correctly and efficiently. All in all being a Vet takes much more than just the knowledge and the know how but it also takes an emotional toll on you and you have to be ready to take that on and control it.

Independent Component 2

1.  Describe in detail what you plan to do for your 30 hours.
what I will be doing for my independent component would be volunteering at the San Demas Animal Hospital. I would be cleaning the cages, helping hold animals when they're being examed and also be taking the animals to their owners. 

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

I would be logging my hours and also take pictures of what I have been doing. 

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

this would give me a first hand experience in the Veterinarian work space.

• LITERAL
  (a) Write: “I, Myles Price affirm that I completed my independent component which represents _60___ hours of work.”
  (b) Cite your source regarding who or what article or book helped you complete the independent component.
• My Mentor Dr. Sighn and Fred a vet tech
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  "Trying To Ease Your Dog's Stress - Whole Dog Journal Article." Trying To Ease Your Dog's Stress - Whole Dog Journal Article. Web. 4 Jan. 2015. <http://www.whole-dog-journal.com/issues/3_1/features/Easing-Your-Dogs-Stress_5031-1.html>.
• (c) Update your hours in your Senior Project Hours link. Make sure it is clearly labeled with hours for individual sessions as well as total hours.
• (d)I have completed my 30 hours over at San Dimes Animal Hospital, what i did there was watch the perform surgeries do the dishes laundry and clean kennels. 
• INTERPRETIVE 
  My photos are above and i was able to work closely with the animals to help me answer my EQ. i am able to interact with most of the animals and pet them and as well as try out my answers.
  
• APPLIED
  this helped me by understanding the behavior of the animals as well as comferm one of the symptoms of stress.

Blog 12: Interview 4 Prep

Content: Post 20 open-ended questions you want to ask an expert in the field concerning your senior project. The focus of your questions should be on your answer to your EQ.

1. What do you think the best answer is for my EQ? How can a vet reduce stress in an animal during a vet visit?
2. What do you think of my answer one? Interact with  the animal while it is inside the kennel?
3. What do you think of my answer two? Comfort the animal during and after the animal is being treated?
4. What do you think of my answer three? Doctor patient consultation? (talking about the animal and all the info needed to take care of the animal.)
5. Are there any methods that you use to reduce stress in the animals you treat?
6. Is there anything specific i should be looking for if i want to be a vet?
7. what colleges would you recommend for the field of veterinary medicine?
8. What school did you go to for your education?
9. What would you recommend in the context of what i should do to expand my knowledge of veterinary medicine?
10. What type of personality should one have to be a Vet?
11. What is the hardest part of being a Vet?
12. What is the best part about being a Vet?
13. How do you try to alleviate stress from the animals that come in to be treated.
14. How would you handle a stressed animal that tries to escape?
15. How do you handle an aggressive animal?
16. What do you think is the most stressful thing for an animal when its about to be treated?
17. How would you handle a stressed owner?
18. Do you think if the owner is stressed then the animal gets stressed too?
19. Does the animal being stressed affect how it reacts to the treatment or other medicine?
20. How would you help the animals become distressed if you find out that they are stressed?

Blog 17 Answer 3

Answer: Prevent the animal from getting stressed by getting as much information from the owner.