Thursday, April 30, 2009

Midpoint Reflection

At first I thought I was going to be working with little children but I am at the medical record department. Internship have not really change. I am now familiar with everything because I do the same thing over and over. Something that is different at the workplace from school is that, at the hospital ID needs to be easily observable in a area above the waist and people are dressed professionally.But in both, hospital and school you socialise with other. I don't really learned new skills, just that some day I try to do the work a little bit faster because I don't like starting with something that I left the day before. I am not a talkative person. When I enter the room I say hi to everyone and I get busy. If I don't understand something I ask the person to repeat himself or if I don't have anything to do I don't just sit there. I always ask for something that need to be done. There isn't any challenges, just that I'm really tired after internship and feel like sleeping but I have to do my homework. Dealing with internship and school at the same time is overwealming . Too much to think of, to much to handle.There are three more weeks until internship is over. I would like to complete all my hours,I don't want any problems that will make me fail the class. During these day I learned a lot about New York City. Transportation can be one of the example. I also meet different faces in the street, people that looks weird to me, normal people, old people young people...New York is one of the busy city that exist on earth,it is a big urban area.

Thursday, April 23, 2009

New vocabulary word that I learned

Pathology: The scientific study of the nature of disease and its cause.
This word was in capital letters,writing on top of a folder with patient medical record.

Eligibility: Qualified or entitled to be chosen
I saw this word on a list that was on the wall, I think it was some paper with bunch of rules.

Cumulative: Increasing or enlarging by successive addition
One of the many word that is on patient medical record.


Anticoagulant: A substance that prevents the clotting of blood.
A little piece of paper that was attached on a patient medical record.

Neurology: The science of the nerves and the nervous system.
This word was on top of a folder that contain patient medical record.

Orthopaedic: The branch of surgery broady concerned with the skeletal system (bones)
This word was the title for a folder