Senior Project Reflection

(1) Positive Statement.

 

What I am most proud of is, that I learned so much from a subject that I knew nothing of. I had a slight interesting in microbiology, but I learned so much about things that are common sense in the science community. The fact that I could carry a conversation with Dr. Collisson, understand a lecture meant for 4 graduate students, and read a lab report from her students, is something that has made me so proud; I've learned so much.

(2) Questions to Consider

I think I deserve a P+  because I met my speaking time, and I provided information, and the class seemed to understand it, in the activities. When I walked around to look for understanding, everyone seemed to understand what I had just explained

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In my overall senior project I think I deserve a P/AE, I managed to turn in all my components, I researched on a very difficult topic, and had extended research, that I just never managed to margin note. I managed to see connections in my Independent Component, that I think is not possible with that extensive research that I did. I interviewed extra people about infectious outbreaks they had experienced but I never turned them in. I managed to know numerous infectious diseases, their symptoms and their treatment.

(3) What worked for you in your senior project?

 

I think what really worked for me, was doing all the research. If I had enough time to work on more research I would have done so. I don't think there ever was an ending to the knowledge I could have acquired to learn about Infectious Diseases. 

(4) What didn’t work for you in your senior project?

 

What didn't work for me was the 2nd Independent Component, I barely made my hours, and I couldn't find another way to do another independent component. I think what could have worked for me better is doing an art based project, defining your topic artistically.

(5) Finding Value

I have learned that I do need a lot to learn about Microbiology, and that the Infectious Disease area is hard to get into. Searching for my service learning and for a Microbiology class early in the game proved that. 

2-Hour Presentation Lesson Plan

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Answer 3

• What is the most important thing to know in the diagnosis of an infectious disease?
• Physical appearance, and a physical provides evidence which allows for the doctor to see what physical problems are a major risk at the moment. The doctor can come across what systems or what physical problems are being effected by the disease, and can narrow down what disease is being the culprit.  

1. If you look at a patient and see that he has ashen skin, and labored breathe a doctor would automatically think that the patient just had a heart attack. 
2. If you take a physical you can see if there is anything abnormal about the body, and can pinpoint the system at risk by seeing what is wrong with the body.
3. A physical is also includes testings of different kinds, depending on the symptoms a certain test is administered. A high white blood count can shed evidence that there is an infection raging in the body. 

• Chase/Kaiser, Gregory. "Interview 2." Personal interview. 26 Oct. 2011. Web.
• Collisson, Ellen. "Interview 3." Personal interview. 4 Jan. 2012.
• Richardson, Scott W., Mark Wilson, and Gordon Guyatt. THE PROCESS OF DIAGNOSIS. American Medical Association, 2002. PDF.
• Lee, Anthony. "The Process of Clinical Diagnosis." Suite101.com. General Medicine 101, 18 Jan. 2009. Web. 29 Mar. 2012. <http://anthony-lee.suite101.com/the-process-of-clinical-diagnosis-a90627>.
• "Why and How to Record Medical Histories - for Supporters - DDS SafetyNet." Health and Safety Resources for Individuals with Developmental Disabilities. Web. 13 Apr. 2012. <http://www.ddssafety.net/content/understanding-importance-medical-history>.

Room Creativity

(1) How do you plan to address the room creativity expectation?

•  Since me and Lucy are having presentations on topics that have to do with the medical field, we planned on covering the walls with black tarp, so the room can be darker, and can create a single background. With the black tarp we can also direct the audience's attention to our presentation. I also plan on having maybe a poster or two on the CDC/WHO, or my art interpretation of infectious diseases, the one we did in Ogden's class.

(2) What activity ideas do you have for answer 1 or 2?

• I know a sponge isn't needed for the blog post, but for my sponge, I would like to recreate the infection spread throughout the room, using the water and plastic cups, the activity I did for my 20 minute presentation.

•  My activity for answer 1 will be that I give each group of tables a set of common symptoms and a list of disease that may be the cause of those symptoms, the students must then figure out which disease is wreaking havoc, on their patient, and what type of precautions should be taken.
• My second activity for answer 2 is unknown as of now, because I am rethinking my second answer.

Answer 2

 My EQ is "What is the most important thing to know in the diagnosis an infectious disease?"

1. Vaccination records produce evidence in which diseases are not infecting the patient, but vaccination can also provide insight in which diseases may be infecting the patient this is a key role in the diagnosis of infectious diseases, and can narrow down the possible diseases.  

    

2. When doing my Independent Component, the main prevention of infectious diseases is vaccination.

      -In a New York Times article, I've seen that parents are not vaccinating their children anymore, and that doctors are urging to stop that trend, since it may make the children sicker in the future when they are older.

      - Vaccination records are used to see if a kid has been vaccinated against certain diseases, so it can rule out diseases when diagnosing an infectious diseases. Since most vaccinations are for infectious diseases, it makes sense that a vaccination record helps in the diagnosis.

3. Pieces of evidence are

1. Independent Component 1- Disease Spectrum
2. STEINHAUER, JENNIFER. "Public Health Risk Seen as Parents Reject Vaccines." The New York Times. The New York Times, 21 Mar. 2008. Web. 16 Mar. 2012. <http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/21/us/21vaccine.html>.'
3. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Web. 16 Mar. 2012. <http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vac-gen/howvpd.htm>.

Answer 1

My essential question is " What is the most important thing to know in the diagnosis of an infectious disease?"

1.) Symptoms may relate to another medical condition or an underlying harmless effect of another disease, but symptoms are a main factor in diagnosing an infectious disease, symptoms help you identify what is being effected, which helps narrow down the possible diseases.

2.) My three evidence are Epidemiological Triad, Similar Diseases, and Bacterial vs. Viral Infection.

Epidemiological Triad- When a new disease emerges, epidemiologists use the Triad, including symptoms, so they see what if the unknown disease affecting.

Similar Diseases- When you know the symptoms you can relate them to other diseases that maybe similar to what is effecting the host. When Ebola first came out, the epidemiologists related it to the Dengue Fever, a disease that is very similar to Ebola.

 Bacterial vs. Viral- The symptoms usually tell if someone has a bacterial or viral infection. One common symptom attached to bacterial diseases, is a fever. Another thing that helps pinpoint a bacterial infection is that they are usually a respiratory, or digestive tract infection.

3.) I haven't really put my sources on my WB, because the second two were common knowledge, and the first one, I just read up on a website and didn't think about using it as an article. But I found four sources that prove my answers.

• "Bacterial Diseases - Symptoms - Better Medicine." BetterMedicine.com - Health and Medical Information You Can Trust. - Better Medicine. Web. 19 Jan. 2012. <http://www.bettermedicine.com/article/bacterial-diseases/symptoms>.
• Understanding the Epidemiologic Triangle through Infectious Disease. CDC- Center of Disease Control. PDF.
• "Types of Viruses and Types of Viral Infections - Treating Human Viruses Naturally." Native Remedies® – Natural Health Remedies | Info on ADD ADHD to UTI & More. Web. 19 Jan. 2012. <http://www.nativeremedies.com/ailment/types-of-viral-infections.html>.
• Preston, Richard. The Hot Zone: A Terrifying True Story. 1st ed. Anchor. Print.

Presentation Reflection

Blog 4: Interview & Presentation 1

1. My first interview affected my presentation because I didn't have a really good interview, since it was last minute and my main person had to go to vacation. It did help in the way, I understand what a pathogen is, and that helped me explain it to the class.
    
2. I think what really stood out of my presentation was that I took the class, and made them go through the steps of solving an epidemiological case. I taught them a new skill and that made me really proud. I asked 3 different students to fill in the three missing links to solve "a case in Africa" that turned out to be Malaria.
    
3. I think the most challenging thing was to start of presenting, I knew that the way I was explaining was so confusing and that I needed to be more clear on it. I was so nervous I didn't know how to fix it so I went on and tried to save my presentation by doing my activity and to me it worked out perfectly.