1) How many patients do you see throughout the year that have health issues relating to their sleep?
Mentor: 10-15 per month so that adds to around 50-60 per year! Reflection: To be honest, I was expecting the number to be much larger than this. I feel that this number would be higher if more parents and children were able to identify this in the first place. 2) Generally, what is the age group that is most affected by this ongoing issue? Mentor: New borns, high school students, teens that work, do extracurricular and attend school Reflection: I agree with is but I relate more to the teens because even though I do not work, I get very stressed throughout the week with my academic work with changes my sleep cycle every day. 3) From a medical professional's standpoint, what are the growth and developmental issues children have due to the lack of sleep? Mentor: lack of concentration, irritation, anger, mood swings, depression, blood pressure, anxiety, and disturbed eating patterns. Reflection: All these growth and developmental factors are concerning but personally I relate to the lack of concentration and random eating habits factors. 4) What techniques, medications, and/ or technologies have already been developed in an effort to help the children experiencing side-effects from lack of sleep? Mentor: sleep hygiene, distraction techniques, avoiding caffeine/ sugar, exercise for healthy sleep, less screen-time especially in evening/night, keep to a regular daily routine, never use sending your child to bed as a threat, maintain a sleep diary, and finally if home remedies don't seem to work ask pediatrician about prescribed medicine, melatonin. Reflection: My parents have always followed these techniques, especially when I was younger but now they just let me decide on my sleep schedule. My mom tries to remind me to sleep and wake up earlier but with my school work I sometimes find it impossible to sleep before 11:30pm. 5) When patients come to the clinic, what do here most commonly as to why they experience the lack of sleep? What is the leading cause? Mentor: too much screen-time, school work stress, some have complaints about not being able to identify reason for why they cannot sleep well. Reflection: I can relate to the high school students reason without doubt. I know for a fact that my homework and constant focus on my computer screen doesn't allow me to sleep. 6) To what degree does the child's sleep and work environments affect their sleep? What role does technology have in lack of sleep in children? Mentor: Screen-time 1 hour before bed time causes disturbances in sleep because the lights and waves awaken the brain making us more alert rather than sleepy. Reflection: This is very true and I finally understand the importance now after researching even though my mom has told me several times before. 7) How should their daily work and sleep environment look like? What are some "home-remedy" solutions for a child who has recently begun experiencing disrupted sleep patterns? Mentor: Screen-free bedroom, phones and anything with bright lights should be off and away from bed about 1 hour before sleeping, dim lights, relaxation music, read book not phone, keep constant sleep schedule throughout week. Reflection: My room is TV-free, the only screen I have in my room is my phone which I place on the night stand across my side of the bed, before I sleep. 8) What are some key indications that the child is experiencing the right amount of sleep? What does the correct sleep pattern for children classify as? Mentor: Infants 4 to 12 months – 12 to 16 hours (including naps), Toddlers 1 to 2 years – 11 to 14 hours (including naps), 3 to 5 year old children – 10 to 13 hours (including naps), 6 to 12 year old children – 9 to 12 hours, Teens 13 to 18 years – 8 to 10 hours. Reflection: I without doubt do not receive enough sleep for my age. I generally sleep at1am and wake up by 6:30 am Monday to Friday. On the weekends I get too much sleep but that is only because I lack that sleep during the week. 9) How big is the role of parents in their child's lack of sleep issue? How do you think they can encourage better sleep and might discourage proper sleep? Mentor: Some parents work late so they don't set a specific bedtime for their young ones, some parents follow the rule that when their child is sleepy they will sleep and some parents work their children too much by making them study a lot. All three of these are bad parenting techniques as far as sleep is concerned. Parents should set reasonable bedtimes for young children. They should make sure their older children are not too stressed with work and school. Parents need to make observations like the following: - Does your child fall asleep in the car almost every time you drive with them? - Do you have to wake your child up almost every morning? - Does your child seem overtired, cranky, irritable, aggressive, over-emotional, hyperactive, or have trouble thinking during the day? - On some nights, does your child “crash” much earlier than their usual bedtime? Reflection: My parents do a fairly good job of reminding of my sleep and the risks of not receiving enough sleep. 10) In your opinion, what changes can be made, that have not already been made, to help future generations reduce risks associated with sleep deprivation? (Technologies, Medications, Home-remedies) Mentor: Not that I am aware of specifically as of now. Reflection: Technology development and research about this topic is on-going. Interview was with Dr. Naidu (DNP)- works with Piedmont Health Care
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~ Provide the link (above) to the article in your reflection.
http://growingleaders.com/blog/first-soft-skill-develop-students/ ~ Discuss several challenges youth may face in the workplace. According to the article, some challenges that youth face in the workplace are: "they often fail to show up on time, gossip about colleagues or never develop a strong work ethic." Many times students tend to treat their workplace like their bedrooms and dorm rooms, meaning that they are carless, untidy, unprofessional and too casual. ~ Discuss social intelligence and explain why it is important? As per the article, social intelligence is defined as “The capacity to effectively negotiate complex social relationships and environments.” Social Intelligence is critical for everyone's skill set because while it is important to be book smart and have a high IQ we need to be able to make connections. Students need to be have the capacity to develop relationships and be aware of their work and social environments. ~ Name one thing that spoke to you personally about the article. One thing that spoke to me personally about the article is that it mentions how students tend to get caught up in side conversations and gossip regarding colleagues. I have been at my internship for about three months and along with me there are 3 other students too. Unfortunately, I have personally witnessed the way that students get caught up in unimportant conversations and gossip. I try my very best to avoid such conversations and focus on my tasks in the clinic. ~ My essential question:
The essential question I am interested in researching is, how does lack of sleep affect growth and development in children? What changes can be made to help future generations reduce risks associated with sleep deprivation? ~ Why did you select this as your essential question? My essential question is important for me to find the answer to because I have experienced sleep deprivation throughout my high school career and I know many students younger than me you are experiencing it now. I want to find the real scientific answer to this question because we have all heard myths revolving around what happens when we have lack of sleep but no one really knows the science behind it. ~ What excites you most about finding the answer to this essential question? For me the most exciting part about finding the answer to my essential is that I will finally be able to understand how lack of sleep has affected me. I will finally be able to identify the developmental and growth factors that lack of sleep has caused me and to what degree it has changed me. Additionally, I am excited to find out the science behind the factors that affect growth and development in children caused by lack of sleep so that I can help make changes in the future generations and reduce the risks that they may face. ~ Do you feel that this question accurately reflects a desire/need that you have to find out more about this topic? I believe that my essential question accurately reflects my desire to find out more about how lack of sleep can jeopardize the growth and development in children. I feel this way because I am intrigued to research about this issue and help make a change for the future. One Family Pediatrics is a "partner in my education" because it has given me the unique opportunity to explore the pediatric field in a new perspective. Working with the doctor, nurses, clinic manager and receptionist is a new experience everyday. I attend my internship at One Family Pediatrics 3 times a week for a total of 4+ hours and even though it's not a lot per week, the staff at the clinic is always happy to work me and teach me new aspects of their jobs. The receptionist at the clinic teaches me the importance and key aspects of patient interaction and communication and during the less busy times she allows me to answer incoming phone calls as well as make out-going calls for appointment reminders. The clinic manager, teaches me how to schedule patients for special visits, file paperwork and organize each patient's information according to their special cases and requirements. The nurses in the clinic always go out of their way to expose me to the different situations I will experience in my future as a pediatrician. Some examples of the tasks the nurses allow me to do are: set-up nebulizer treatments for patients, take the basic height and weight measurements, check temperatures and blood pressure as well as assist in vaccination preparations. Overall, all the members at One Family Pediatrics have influenced my educational experiences in some way and I am very grateful. I am looking forward to the rest of my year with this awesome family.
Furthermore, the most impressive aspect I have observed about the staff members is that they know their patients so well that they can recall information of any given patient without looking at their files. In order to make my mentor's life easier, I read articles and do research on my own, outside the clinical setting. By doing this, I am able to better understand the cases of the different patients that come in and this is helpful for my mentor because then she can continue to expose me to different situations without having to stop and explain everything. On the same note, my mentor doesn’t disregard my questions and always provides me with experiences and information that can be given without extraneous efforts. All in all, my internship at One Family Pediatrics has given me some valuable memories and life lessons such as, the importance of communication, human-interactions, organization and positive attitude. I know that my journey has just begun and I am very thankful that in such a short time, I have already learned so much. I cannot wait to continue working with this great family, make sure friends, witness new situations, get out of my comfort zone and expand my horizons. I will make the most of this year and I am going to make this a memorable year. My Profile Hello everyone! My name is Isha Naidu, I am a senior at South Forsyth High School. I am very involved at school and outside of school; some of the organizations and leadership roles that I have include: Vice President of Teach-Technology Organization, Executive Council member for FBLA State Projects, participant in National Honor Society, Science National Honor Society, Technical National Honor Society, Student Government Association and Forensics Club. Aside from all my school participation and leadership achievements, I am a year- round swimmer at Swim Atlanta and during my free-time I really enjoys volunteering at the Humane Society of Atlanta, traveling and exploring the outdoors. In the 2017-2018 school year, I am going to be interning in the medical field at a pediatric clinic. My mentorship placement is at One Family Pediatrics in Cumming. I chose to complete my internship at OFP because throughout my high school career, I have been thinking really hard and deliberating on what profession I want to pursue; I have finally decided that I want to study in the medical field and most likely pursue a profession in Pediatrics. This internship is very important to me because it is my chance to get a first hand feel for the daily routine in Pediatric clinics and make sure that this is the right career option for me. My Mentorship At the beginning of this year when I found out I had been accepted into the Honors Mentorship Program I was very excited and honored, as a result, I set a few goals for myself. My goal this year for my mentorship was to make the most of this unique opportunity and learn as much as possible from the leaders working in the profession I one day hope to make a career in. So far, I have been at One Family Pediatrics for 3 full months and I have already learned so much about the different equipment and procedures followed in the work setting. After observing my mentors in action, I think the most unique aspect about this profession is the close bonds you build with the patients and how you make an impression on the children that walk in for their visits. My mentors, I have built such close relations with the children that most of the time, the children are excited to come in for their visits or if they are not excited, at least they are not afraid. The doctor and nurses in the clinic are very friendly and they are always finding new ways to make each child's visit memorable and comfortable. For example, on Halloween day, everyone dressed up like pirates and attended all their patient visits, I thought this was awesome because they were able to make the children happy, get them excited about Halloween and ease the atmosphere in the clinic. The best part of my internship is that I am allowed to shadow whoever I want; this means that on any given day, I can walk in with the nurse, observe her and then go back in with the doctor to observe her with the same patient. Since I am given this privilege, I get the opportunity to learn about the responsibility that everyone has, in addition to fully hearing the story behind each patient's visit. In the clinic, I get to handle some of the basic tasks such as taking the patient's height and weight, helping prepare the vaccine trays, and setting up equipment needed for examination. My future: Next year I plan on attending medical school; particularly a direct med school with a seven year program. I have high goals for myself because if there is one thing I have learned it's that, "setting high goals and aspirations will only get you closer to your dreams" and I truly believe that this is true. I think that the more hands-on experience that I can gain in the medical field, the more knowledge I will gain and the better prepared I will be for med school and my career. My experiences with One Family Pediatrics will allow me to ask questions specific to this field, to the doctors and nurses who have already been through med school and are currently living the results of their hard work. I am almost positive that I want to make a career in Pediatrics and this internship will help me decide for sure, but most importantly, I can confidently say that, I am ready for the challenges and new experiences that are coming my way; I am ready for my future. ~ How has your perception of the internship/organization changed since you started the internship?
When I first began my internship at One Family Pediatrics, I was very excited about the opportunities but also very nervous about working among professionals and real patients. The first two or three weeks were a little tough, in the sense that I wasn’t sure about my boundaries in the clinic. I wasn’t confident about what I was able to do, which responsibilities I was allowed to take on and to what extent I could get involved with the patients and doctor's daily operations. After the first few weeks, I became more confident and I began asking questions in order to help identify my boundaries as well as gain insight and knowledge about the various cases patients came in with. This month, my internship at One Family Pediatrics was very exciting because as I worked alongside the various members of staff, I learned the different responsibilities they have to handle and I was given certain responsibilities such as doing basic tasks like take the patient's height, weight, and BP. My mentor has been teaching me how to operate different machines, prepare vaccines, and read various charts relating to each patient's background. ~ What is surprising you about this internship? I think the most surprising aspect of my mentorship is how the internal operations of the clinic work. Since I also go to a pediatrician I understand what it is like to be the patient, but I think it is really interesting to experience what happens behind the scenes. As a patient, I go the doctor, they ask me general questions, I answer them and then that’s it, but after experiencing all the preparation that goes behind each patient's visit I think it is quite surprising. For example, in the clinic I intern at, the doctors have to pull up the files of each patient that come to visit as soon as they get to work, they read through the files, prepare paperwork and discuss the patient's background with all the staff members. It's almost like they have a office meeting every day before they start seeing their patients. I really enjoy interning at One Family Pediatrics and I feel that everyone here maintains a very organized system or work and they are all very kind, friendly and everyone is always happy, not to mention smiley. Every day when I walk through the doors, my day just gets better regardless of how it was going before because the environment that the staff maintains is very fun and welcoming, that’s why I know that all the patients are very pleased with the service and I have witnessed that everyone returns without hesitation. The most suspiring realization for me is that to run a clinic, it's not as much what services you provide, its more about how you provide the service and how you make your patents feel and whether or not you guarantee them full support in whatever they are going through. I know that at One Family Pediatrics, everyone builds relationships with the patients that leave a positive mark. ~ What have you learned from the routine or boring parts of the internship? It has been two full months since I first started and now I have gotten into a routine. When I first get to the clinic, I say hello and good afternoon to all the staff members letting them know I am here and then I ask them if there is anything specific I can help anyone with. Usually on Monday and Tuesday, at the time I go, the patient flow slows down and the nurses and doctors are usually completing patient files and working on their computers, so I help to reset the rooms, answer phone calls at the reception and complete any filing or preparations for the next morning. I have learned from my internship that, running a private practice is not all easy, it's not just about attending to patients, you have to a lot more work than that. For example, there is a lot of paperwork, filing, writing letters to patients that don’t come for annual checkups or miss appointments, cleaning the equipment, restocking supplies and reorganizing the children's play area up at the front. All these tasks are to be done daily and it is really important they are done, otherwise, you could lose you patients and reputation and even jeopardize their health safety. The journal about skin disease and its prevalence in pediatric patients is helpful to me because it contains valid and important research and studies conducted by physicians and professors from Hospitals and College researcher professionals. My honors mentorship is based on my internship at One Family Pediatrics, a clinic where the doctors and nurses care for their patients health and they accurately monitor any prominent health problems they notice. This journal will help me because I can use information from it to discuss with those I work with, in order to identify and prevent skin problems we notice in any of our patients. The sources for this journal are credible, because as I mentioned earlier, the research is conducted and presented by professionals in this field, additionally, this research is completely random, non biased and it samples a varied population of children in a very systematic, thought out method to avoid any mistakes.
The research and studies written in this journal will be helpful for me to startup discussions with my mentor, get involved on a deeper level, challenge myself to do so further research and maybe even conduct my own study on the side as I work with One Family Pediatrics. I am very interested in studying and making a profession in pediatrics and I feel that this is the opportunity and key I need to unlock the potential I have, I think that by diving deeper into the studies and research from this journal I can reach my potential and be a more successful student. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/318702342_SKIN_DISEASES_ORIGINAL_PROF-3899 Please click the attachment below to view a graphic organizer about skin disease prevalence in pediatric patients. The citation and name of the journal is provided in the graphic organizer if you wish to further read about this topic.
*Please take some time to read Mr. Elmore's Blog: https://growingleaders.com/blog/
Every leader can be a great leader if they establish and maintain the four pillars of individual success: initiative, responsibility, energy and positive attitude. Tim Elmore wrote on his blog about the experiences he had with his summer interns; unfortunately he was not impressed, in fact, he was not even willing to continue working with them after the first few weeks. How can the young leaders of today change and become the great leaders they are destined to be? Well, success is dependent on each individual's efforts and willingness to continue reaching new heights. Mr. Elmore included on his blog a few points that can help to guide future interns, students and leaders about how to stand out and impress the people they work for, while they gain knowledge in their work environments. Mr. Elmore says that the four most important aspects that employers and mentors look for in their workers and interns are: 1) initiative 2) responsibility 3) energy 4) positive attitude. From my experience of interning at One Family Pediatrics, I have come to terms with the fact that I can only learn and build strong professional relations with those I work with by asking questions, showing my initiative to complete tasks, maintaining a positive attitude and gaining trust by demonstrating my responsibility. Every time I intern at One Family Pediatrics I walk in with a smile, I do my level best to communicate with the people in my workspace and make a good impression on the patients that come in and out of the clinic. I am grateful for the opportunity I was presented with through the Honors Mentorship Program and thus I want to make the most of my time at One Family Pediatrics. I really enjoy interning at the clinic; the staff is wonderful and they always encourage me and present me with lots of knowledgeable opportunities. As Mr. Elmore said, we should treat everyday like an interview, always put our best efforts forward and be great leaders because in the end, every mentor and employer is in search of the individual with: "great attitudes. Great work ethic. Great passion for their jobs. And great hunger to grow as emerging leaders." |
AuthorAs a participant in the Honors Mentorship Program, I will be job shadowing a pediactic doctor. I will be learning about and experiencing the pediatrics field, first hand. Archives
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