Blog # 23|: 2014 Interview

         Who did you interview and what house are they in?

      Bradley Schott: West House

2.  What ideas do you have for your senior project and why?

I’m not really sure. I was thinking about doing computer science or something in that field. I’m not really sure. Still exploring different options.

3.  What do you plan to do for your summer 10 hour mentorship experience?

Well my dad is a construction worker so I might work with him or with one of his friends. Or with my mom. She’s an IT at Cal Poly. So I might work with her or her boss. She’s a software engineer.

4.  What do you hope to see or expect to see in watching the 2013 2-hour presentations?

Looking for ideas for myself that I can do. Other than that I don’t know. Curious to see what other people are doing. Looking for peoples’ effort.

5.  What questions do you have that I can answer about senior year or senior project (or what additional information did you tell them about senior year or senior project)?

So basically it’s a 2hour presentation right? How is the time divided?

Basic format of a presentation although you can customize it, it really just depends on how much time you want to spend on each;

·      Intro| foundation (introducing EQ & explaining it)

·      Answer 1 | Activity 1

·      Answer 2 | Activity 2

·      Answer 3 | Activity 3

·      Conclusion | talk about important sources

Minimum speaking time in order to pass the presentation is thirty minutes. But this should cover content only. So this would be information in your answers. The rest of the time you can divide and figure out on your own.

Do you think people make a bigger deal than it really is? Because from what I hear, people are always saying that it’s really hard and stressful.

For most people it is stressful. Only because there’s a lot of other things going on in senior year as well, such as i-search, experimentation and investigation project, 3 column and a whole bunch of other things BUT all of the other things are supposed to help you with your final 2 hour presentation. So although it may seem stressful and a lot of work, make sure to take advantage of everything because it will ultimately help you in many ways with your senior project. For example, the 3 column will help you with your exit interview. I-search can potentially help you in the organization of your presentation, and there is also mentorship, which will obviously help you a great deal in answering your essential question.

For the most part I think the hype is just out there to intimidate you. Anyone can look at senior project and think it’s scary because of all the work that is put into it. There are assignments due weekly.  But once you’re actually going through everything and working on it you’ll see that it’s all worth it in the end. 

Blog #17|: Fourth Interview Questions

1. How can an anesthesiologist best treat chronic pain?

2. What is the most complicated thing about chronic pain?

3. What is the most complicated thing about treating chronic pain?

4. How can these challenges be resolved?

5. What are some important things to keep in mind when treating a patient suffering from chronic pain?

6. How do you approach sensitive patients that are in a lot of pain with the most compassion and care as possible?

7. What are some things that all patients suffering from chronic pain should know in order to cope with their medical conditions?

8. What are some good relaxation techniques to recommend to patients?

9. Does regular exercise help to relieve pain?

10. How does regular exercise help to relieve pain?

11. What is the most common cause of chronic pain?

12. What is the least common cause of chronic pain?

13. How are acute and chronic pain treated differently?

14. How is chronic pain usually harder to treat?

15. Does chronic pain usually take longer to treat?

16. How is chronic pain curable?

17. What are the odds that someone diagnosed with chronic pain may actually be healed from their medical condition?

18. How can chronic pain get worse?

19. How can surgery be performed to treat or heal chronic pain?

20. What are some non- traditional therapies for chronic pain?

21. How are they as effective as modern techniques?

22. How does technology play an important role in treating chronic pain?

23. How can someone die from chronic pain?

24. Is it true that chronic pain can lead to depression? How?

25. What are the odds that chronic pain does lead to depression?

Blog #12|: Third Interview Questions

1. How can an anesthesiologist make their patients most comfortable in order to insure the execution of a successful surgical procedure?

2. What are some complications that an anesthesiologist may encounter before, during or after surgery?

3. How are these complications solved?

4. What are some things that you tell anxious patients in order to reassure them that the procedure will go smoothly?

5. How do you handle patients who are terrified of

6. What are some common risks of anesthesia?


7. How are these risks prevented?


8. What are some FAQ's from patients who undergo surgery?

9. What is the biggest challenge you have faced with a patient right before surgery?


10. How did you overcome this challenge?

Blog #3|: Interview Preparation

1. Who do you plan to interview & why?
          I plan to interview any nurse that works in an OR (operating room); most likely at San Dimas Community Hospital. If not there, then I'll look into volunteering at another hospital. At this point, I plan to just interview any nurse, not necessarily and anesthetist because I want to start simple and then work my way up. I learned that most anesthetists work in the operating room. Obviously because that's where surgeries take place and where the patients will need to be anesthetized.  Also, most likely the nurses there would be communicating with the anesthetists and I would like to get some information on what it's like to work with them. 

2. You have to ask 5 questions. What additional questions do you plan to ask? 

• What is it like to working in the operating room?
• What does your job entail?
• Did you always know you wanted to do this kind of job?
• What do you think, personally, about your job? Do you enjoy it?  
• Do you think you would ever go back to school to further your education or are you content with the kind of work you do?