Hope my 9th and 10th-grade BASIS followers had a relaxing Spring Break! Comment anything fun you did over break so that I can enjoy it vicariously. You know what comes next…week overview time:
Move On Monday
You can sigh in relief for today is the last day I'll be scanning files. I finished the last of them, and if I see another patient file it'll be too soon...only kidding! I didn't mind the work at all, but I'm glad that I'll be moving on to something new. We also had our usual Monday meeting with the usual enrollment and status update discussions.
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| Our conference table for our Monday meetings |
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| My new desk/cubicle! |
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| The last of the files I had to scan! |
Work, Work, Work Wednesday
And for my next "trick", Dr. Chong assigned me the task of stepping into the lab coat of the radiologists and learning how to research to find a patient's diagnosis. To put my skills to the test, she gave me a practice single case study with the only details being: "The patient is a 30-year-old female who came into the ER. She presents with sudden weakness and tingling in her right arm. She also has a history of chronic high blood pressure. What do you think happened?" All I can say is thank goodness for the internet! I can't even begin to imagine all the books I would've had to look through without the existence of computers. Below is a picture of the spreadsheet I created with several diseases that I researched which could possibly match her case. Dr. Chong and I will be discussing my research tomorrow, so I'll be able to tell if any of my googling paid off.
Thursday Discussion
So, pat on the back for me! Dr. Chong was very pleased with my spreadsheet, and she complimented me on my idea of having separate characteristics to describe each disease. Plus, the great thing about this activity is that there is no wrong answer. This patient could have any disease, just as long as the symptoms match. Then after our discussion, I learned a little about how to create a program for scoring one of the questionnaires, which was very interesting. That's all for now. I hope you enjoyed this post, and I'll see you all next week! :)
