Extra Blog Post : A February Flop

     This month started out extremely well. I have decided on the three best answers to my essential question. I have also extra information on each of my answers, from research. I also believe I know which answer I will choose as my one best answer. My first two answers have already been disclosed, and my third answer will be revealed on the Friday of next week. Hold your breath. OK, you can breathe! My breath, however, was taken away when I received an email from the office manager of my mentorship at Durfee Medical. Mrs. Anne Bishara informed me that she had had a recent downsize in the office staff. For some strange reason, because of this downsize, I can no longer spend my Mondays at the clinic, shadowing Dr. Bishara. This news was a big blow to me. Not only because my mentorship there had provided me with service hours for this senior project, but also because going in on Mondays brought me joy. I had always looked forward to the new and interesting people I would see, and situations of which I would experience, from the shadows. Although, I can no longer do these things. I suppose now I will have to find a new mentor, a new place to spend my hours, with a new doctor and new patients. 

Blog 16: Answer 2

1. EQ: What is the best way for a doctor to increase patient satisfaction?

2. One of the best ways for a doctor to increase patient satisfaction is to give  
   the patient reassurance and hope.

3. One of the best ways for a doctor to increase patient satisfaction is to treat 
   the patient in a comfortable environment.

4. 1)There is psychological research and fact that certain colors trigger the mind 
     to be calm and content.
   2)If family is inputted into the environment, the patient will feel more at ease 
     to have familiarity and comfort there.
   3)If the patient is in an environment where they feel comfortable and at ease, 
     then they will be able to be relaxed and content throughout the treatment.

5. "Patient-Centered Care Guide." Patient-Centered Care Guide. Picker Institute, 
    n.d. Web. 13 Dec. 2014.

6. Block, Barry H. "Making Your Patients Feel Comfortable." Making Your Patients 
   Feel Comfortable (n.d.): n. pag. Podiatrym. Web. 29 Jan. 2015.

7. Out of all of the ways a doctor can satisfy their patient, it is definitely most 
   important to treat the patient in an environment where they are comfortable and 
   not feeling like they are in prison or a morgue.

Blog 15 : Independent Component 2 Approval

An Inside Look...

1. For independent component 2, I plan to complete a documentary of interviews on hospital patient's experiences. I plan to ask them questions about their time in the hospital. I will ask them how they were treated, personally wise, if their doctors were kind and comforting. I will ask what made them satisfied with their treatment and what they wish their caretakers could have done differently. I will document it all and perhaps do some further research on any answers related to my own essential question.

2. To meet the requirement of 30 hours, I will have footage documenting the experiences of the patients, as well as further research on the answers relating to my EQ. This further research will be presented as a mini essay. 

3. This component will help me explore my project more in depth because I will see directly from patients, what made their care satisfying for them. 

4. Posted.

Blog 14: Independent Component 1

LITERAL
a) I, <3 Lilliana Mercedez Yzaguirre, affirm that I completed my independent 
  component which represents 34 hours of work.

b)"Cancer Cells and Chemotherapy." - What Is Chemotherapy? The Scott Hamilton CARES

Initiative, n.d. Web. 26 Nov. 2014.

"Cisplatin." Cisplatin - Drug Information - Chemocare. The Scott Hamilton CARES 

Initiative, n.d. Web. 28 Nov. 2014.

"How Does Insulin Work?" How Insulin Works. Lilly Diabetes, June 2014. Web. 07 Nov. 

2014.

Shuldiner, Alan, M.D. "National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse (NDIC)." Causes 

of Diabetes. National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse, June 2014. Web. 10 

Nov. 2014.

"Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus." Connect to Research. Community Connect to Research, 23 

June 2010. Web. 07 Nov. 2014.

"What Is Cervical Cancer?" What Is Cervical Cancer? American Cancer Society, 19 

Sept. 2014. Web. 21 Nov. 2014.

c) Completed.

d) For my independent component, I researched two of today's most common diseases, cervical cancer and type 1 diabetes. I researched all about what the diseases are, how they can be contracted, how they affect the body, and what the treatments are. I then related my research to my essential question of how a doctor can maximize a patient's satisfaction. I gathered my information from articles as well as my mentor and the phlebotomist at my mentorship. I have provided evidence of my completion of the component through an essay, which is posted here in pictures.

INTERPRETIVE

My research and essay is significant to my project because it is important to my essential question. My essential question is: what is the best way for a doctor to maximize patient satisfaction? Well, a doctor cannot satisfy their patient unless they can care for them well. And a doctor cannot care for their patient in the utmost well manner, if they do not fully understand what is wrong with the patient and what the patient is going through. Therefore, I decided to research two of the most common diseases that patients have, that doctors need to fully understand, to create satisfied patients.

I gathered a lot of research and so have presented it in an essay. It shows my 34 hours of work because there is so much research in it that I have collected over the past two months. I go very into depth with the subject.

APPLIED

  The component helped me understand my topic better because I got a better sense on what a doctor must do to make sure that their patient is satisfied. This is to understand fully, all that is happening with the patient. One example of this is with one man that I met at mentorship who needed to get his blood drawn. Before Yaneli could take his blood, she asked a series of questions to the patient, to understand how well his bodily health was. After, she saw that he had diabetes. She told Dr. Bishara, who gave the patient medication for treatment. The patient was satisfied in the end because he knew he had the opportunity to get better, after all the understanding and attention the doctor had given them.