Final Part 2

Post Modernism Slide Show Final

Modernism Project

Journal #31

My job shadowing experience was actually pretty terrible. The whole day I pretty much just stood there. I was at Memorial, so when we got there everyone who was supposed to be at Memorial met in the lobby with the head of the job shadowing  people. We all went into a conference room where we got our badges and all learned the rules. After that we were split up into our departments and taken to where we were supposed to go. I was in the neurology department which deals with strokes, seizures, and other brain disorders, and sometimes even things with alcohol problems and suicide watch. However, when I was there it was supposedly a really slow boring day. There were no suicide, seizure, or brain disorder patients. They were all stroke, or diabetes patients. The whole day I just had to follow a girl around and I just felt like I was in the way the whole time. I just wish it would of been a little more hands on, and maybe a little bit more interesting. If I could do it again I would of probably chose to go to the Oncology department because I was torn between the two in the first place. I did learn a few things however. I did actually get to talk to a neurologist, who told me that neuro surgeon is much much more interesting and I perhaps should look into that. I do think that it could be a career possibility for me. I just think the human brain is phenomenally interesting. I do want to go premed at school when I go to Mizzou. After talking to all of the nurses who were premed, but dropped it and the doctors who completed med school. I was told that if you just persevere and stick through it I can get there. They said the hardest part was just finishing it and having the right mind set to complete all of med school. It is not necessarily hard, just a lot of work and you have to be willing to sacrifice effort and time in order to finish the schooling, but it is all well worth it in the end.