Blog #5

These past six weeks have been some of the most helpful and influential weeks in my entire life, and I am so incredibly grateful for that. My internship has not only prepared me for the workplace, but it has helped me expand as a person. My time at Novato Community Hospital showed me how the hospital operates, what necessities there are to keep the hospital functioning perfectly, and what revolves around a doctor in a hospital. I worked with a team of professional employees who regularly are affiliated with hospital paperwork, and building positive relationships with them and regularly having friendly conversations with them help me to become better, in terms of my communication skills. These friendly relationships can also benefit in the future when I apply for a job because they can potentially assist me with the application process. When I started my first day, I thought that my job was pointless, only scanning papers for what felt like hours on end. However, as I progressed, I realized that without my work, the hospital would not be functioning as it was, mainly due to the fact that a lot of doctors would be put on the spot because of lost files. The pressure situations combined with the friendly atmosphere showed me not to take everything for granted and to keep an open mind when approaching a new experience.

The class that we took during the internship was almost as much help as the internship itself. I am extremely grateful that I had an incredible, professional teacher, Mr. Morales, to guide me and my peers through the six weeks. Without his leadership, I would probably still be looking strangely at LinkedIn, because he taught us how valuable of a tool that actually is. His lessons helped me to open up my eyes and mind even further, especially through the Waybook. The Waybook was what made me start to question things, and it opened up my mind to the thought of a new perspective on my life. His lessons were great and with this I express my gratitude to him.

Blog #5

I am grateful to have had this experience. Both the internship and the class. Doing my internship at Kaiser Permanente helped me learn a lot about the medial field and myself. I've realized how much I want to go into the medical. It has made me see that being a physician is something I really want to do. It also helped me see how hospital departments run. I have been able to see how doctors interact. The class helped me learn a lot about myself through the exploration quizzes. I have gotten to see how it is to go into the real world and getting a job. I have seen what it's like to write a resume and cover letter. I am grateful I got to experience both the internship and class.

Blog #5

      All the experiences I've had in this class have made me grateful for the opportunity of not only being able to do an internship this summer, but for being able to take this class itself. It has given me a small taste of real-life. I think one of my favorite things we did in this class was when we were required to keep track of the money we spent vs. our income. It really had an impact on me and made realize how important budgeting is. As for my internship, my favorite thing was shadowing the medical assistants and the doctors. I got to watch a a procedure called a pretibial bursa treatment. Now that I have taken this course, I have a clearer understanding of how to carry out basic steps for acquiring a job and how to act professionally once you have acquired it. .  

       During the five week period we used an online site called Waybook. This is a site created to aid people in the adventure of self-discovery. The  result that stuck in my head the most was my result for "agreeableness." It stated that I 'neither tend to agree or disagree with people and I don"t always necessarily think about the other person's feelings before I speak. This surprised me because I had always thought I made a great effort to think about the other person's feelings in a conversation.

   We analyzed current work readiness skills. The most important one to me was honesty. Like in most cases in life, honesty is usually the best and most correct way to go 

    We learned how to use a ton of different sites, including the above mentioned Waybook. We also used Google Sites,Linkedin, and Blogger.
    I consider myself very lucky to have had this opportunity, knowing that there are not many studets who even have an option to something like this. The internship was already a blessing, but this class teaches students so much about life and getting where you want to be; It helps you set goals and what you plan to do to get there; It opens up the minds of adolescants and helps us realize that we are not children anymore, but young adults, and that there are classes (and people,) that asre willing to help us make that stressing transition

Blog #5

I am grateful for being given the opportunity to be an intern at Hospice Heartland. I learned a lot about the administrative side of office work. I am most grateful that everyone at Hospice was so welcoming and were happy to answer all of my questions. I look forward to the next weeks of my internship. I am most thankful that I was able to learn how to make a really great resume through the school to career class. I was very happy with how mine turned out and I know it will be very helpful in the future. I also enjoyed reflecting and learning more about myself through the quizzes and Waybook. I am also thankful that I learned how to improve my skills in communication through my internship as well as the school to career class.

Blog 5

I am thankful for so much this summer. This career academy class has really given me a reality check for the future that gives me the ability now to plan ahead. Coming into the class, I didn't have a clue HOW I was going to get myself out there in the job world. I now have tools like LinkedIn and the Career Readiness skill set under my belt as I prepare and seek future employment. The questionnaires on Waybook were like evaluations, and have really taught me some about myself; also reminding me of my true personal values that I need to keep in mind throughout my life. For example, the Values quiz, while I didn't necessarily agree with it labeling my values from most to least, reminded me what I value - traits and ideas I need to remember as I'm moving into my future.

While the class definitely cleared up the HOW of getting out there, and showed me WHO I am in an even greater sense, my internship in the Novato Community Hospital Pharmacy was an extraordinary opportunity I will never forget. Just the fact that I got the internship there I am grateful for because on a couple of my visits there, I talked with a couple pharmacy students who are on rotations there. They told me they were never able to get a pharmacy internship in high school and in college (undergrad), it was very difficult because so many people were applying for such positions. I'm so lucky to have a mom working at NCH, who cares about me enough to land this internship, and even luckier that the people in pharmacy are so kind and willing to allow me observe what they do. I really couldn't have gotten this internship without my mom, liaison Sita, and the willingness of my supervisor, Wendy and all the other amazing pharmacists I observed.

When I first started the internship, I had a VERY limited idea of what pharmacy really was, only knowing of a few drugs (that my family has taken) and of what I have observed when going to CVS Pharmacy - something completely different let me tell you. I barely even knew that it was a field that I wanted to go into, just that I had a slight interest in it as it is a form of healthcare kind of "behind the scenes" in a sense. I had ideas but only that. So I am especially grateful for this internship because of the fact that it cleared up my future path a little. Showed me the field and now allows me to make the decision. Is pharmacy a path I wish to pursue? It very well might, and I know for a fact that it lays even more so in my top choices for the future. Observing in the hospital pharmacy also gave me insight to the hospital environment, allowed me to meet many nice professionals, and lastly, finalized my decision to go into health care. IN SHORT, I am definitely pursuing a future path in health care, and it is mostly thanks to this internship and basically, everyone I either met or saw at Novato Community Hospital...including my mom....(Just to put it out there, my mom is not a pharmacist.)

My future just got..scarier...but also so much clearer as I understand financially how to pursue future jobs and pay off future expenses, as well as understand in greater detail how to create my resume, cover letter, and use LinkedIn. Basically, I'm so thankful for this opportunity of figuring out about myself and my future, and of creating goals to pursue.

Blog Post #4

• The total of my future expenses each year are $25,356. I know this is logical because my primary sources for information are kiplinger.com.
• According to educationportal.com I can likely count on making $240,000 each year in my future job as a orthopedic surgeon.  My education/training to get that job will cost $65,275 total for all years of training.
• I want to save $4,000 for my rainy day fund each year, and $3,000 for retirement each year.  If I save $3,000 for retirement each year, by the time I am 65 years old I will have $120,000 plus interest.
• Comparing my future income and expenses makes me think there is a lot of different expenses that I need to pay. 

Blog #3 College Major

When I go to college I want to major in biology, pre medicine. 

3 common jobs within this major are nurse, technician, and physician.

Nurse: Before taxes- $81,000, In Northern California the pay is higher than Southern California, 4 year bachelor degree 

Technician: Before taxes- $40,000,In Northern California the pay is higher than Southern California, 4 year bachelor degree

Physician: Before taxes- $150,000,  In Northern California the pay is higher than Southern California, 4 year bachelor degree