LITERAL
(a) I, Zhailah Graza, affirm that I completed my
independent component which represents 30 hours of work.
(b) San Dimas Community Hospital
(c) Mentorship Log
(d) I continued mentorship with Dr. Dimowo. I shadowed and observed him at work and asked him questions.
INTERPRETIVE
I continued mentorship with Dr. Dimowo for my independent component so that I could learn more about what he does and also to help me answer my essential question. I was able to observe him while he consulted and treated patients and I learned a lot from him. He shared his expertise with me, sat down with me and answered any questions that I had. I was able to take a lot of notes. He also talked to me about my senior project and gave me tips on how I could make it better. Also, he offered to review my I-Search paper and give me feedback. He lent me documents to help me potentially understand how he is able to help patients.
APPLIED
My independent component helped me answer my essential question because through observing and questioning Dr. Dimowo I learned different ways that Anesthesiologists treat chronic back pain. Upon my observation I learned from Dr. Dimowo that prescribing medications, performing surgical procedures and physical therapy are the best ways an Anesthesiologist can treat chronic (back) pain. There would be patients coming in with complaints of back pain and I was able to observe Dr. Dimowo treating his patients with the use of trigger point anesthetics and other small anesthetic procedures for pain management. He told me about different pain medications that he prescribes his patients and he also told me about the importance of physical therapy in treating a patient's chronic pain condition. During my extra hours of mentorship I also helped with some office work, such as filing patient information and organizing them by alphabetical order.
