August 30
IV lecture and pre-lab started this week. Got my opportunity to relearn all the material again before I start helping out Rene in lab and also before institution rotation starts at the end of October. The other purpose of going to this class was to observe my "peer" in how Rene was teaching the class to the students. Professors get evaluated to make sure that they are doing good and it is kept in their portfolio. What I didn't know was that my evaluation would be actually be accounted for in the portfolio. Maybe it's to see how the student/faculty observed in one to get a sense of the students as well as the faculty. Another reason for checking out her class was to also get a better idea to write for my presentation for the P3 class. Ascetics, professionalism, the pace of the lecture, etc.
August 31-Sept 2
I've been running around left and right worried sick about what to write on the presentation. The best thing for me was to just right things down and then get it modified later. I got a chance to sit down to make an appointment as well with a new faculty member to get an idea what their expectations and goals and background were. With the two professors I picked for my projects, I had a sense of seeing myself in their shoes in the future. Work a bit to gain some valuable knowledge and then share it with the world somehow. The anti-microbial class is amazing and I wish I took it when I was a P3. I think the real reason I didn't take it was because I didn't have the money to. Right now, I'm just taking advantage of what I can and to make sure that I can use this knowledge during my upcoming rotation site. Took advantage of the meetings of most of the organizations aka getting food. WIN
September 3
Morning weekly meeting with Dr Davis. Van, Dr Davis, and I went over both of the presentations nitpicking on every little thing that we needed to know. The idea is that the students can ask any kinds of questions and as a professor, we must be able to be prepared for anything that goes. It was great even though it was a bit harsh, but long term it was a good thing that we went over this kind of stuff to prepare ourselves in the future. At the end of the day, pharmacotherapy rounds started and it was very interesting to hear the residents talk about statistical trials about topics that they were working on. Off to Houston for the Labor Day weekend and to pick up my new glasses.
September 6
Worked a bit more on the presentation. Cleaned it up a bit. Reorganizing the slides a bit and going over the research again. E-mailed Dean Ginsburg to get some help on my final project for the rotation. I feel like I won't get good data on this project and not sure what I really want to do just yet.
September 7
Interviewed one of the professors to get her prospective about her position and what her goals are and what she is doing at the college of pharmacy. The rain sucked so badly to the point where I didn't get a chance to start the interview until 2 hours later. I kept busy for the time being luckily. I talked to Rene again to get some pointers and clarifications on my probiotics topic to make sure I get this thing locked down. Luckily, I also had Dr. Barnes to get a clinician point of view on the Enterococcus species on how it can be used as a probiotic. Fecal transplant...gross. Now that's what I call love.
September 8
Met up with Dean Ginsburg after she taught her communication class. Talked about the background history of the TASK force and how we got to this point where we are at right now. Final project deals with the student curriculum and what the effects are to the student organization. Lots of potential, but it's a ridiculously overwhelming project at the same time. I kind of have an idea what to do, but I need to think about it some more. Van and I went over our projects again to make sure if there's any issues with any of it. Spent all night going over and over the presentation and taking notes on my own ppt just in case.
September 9
Doomsday is here. Went to campus early to calm my mind and go over it one more time. For a second before I went to the room, I was sitting outside and I thought I was going crazy. Mind you, I thought I was so nervous to the point where I was dreaming or I thought I saw someone who I thought was in Europe. As the person got closer and as I clean my glasses, the person was real. I had mixed feelings of excitement and nervousness at the same time. I didn't think I would see this person for another 4-5 months, but at the same time I was just panicking like no other. I told her I'll go talk to her afterwards and I need to catch my breath before I give my lecture. Dr Davis said I looked very A&M because of my maroon baller shirt and tie as he walked into the room. I walk in and I just slowly breathe as I got closer and closer to the front of the room. Everyone is in the front 4 rows of the room which made the room look a bit bigger to me. I sucked it up and just started talking. I wasn't used to talking to obnoxiously loud unless needed, but I know I was a bit quieter when I was giving the presentation because many of the people were asking me to move my mic up and etc. This class I must say writes a lot. I slowed down dramatically just to make sure that they were catching my words, but I realized that they were catching how crappy my articulation and pronunciation of some of the words were. At the end of it, I knew I should have done better. Everyone that I talked to said they enjoyed it, so maybe I am just beating myself up more than I need to. Van went up to do his presentation and I went up afterward to talk about rotations and academic rotation. After the class ended, Van and I talked about how we felt at the presentation and stared writing down our critiques to each other. I really don't want to watch myself give the presentation. It's one of those things where you can't believe you sound like that or in your mind, you think you sound different.
September 10
Dr Davis talked a little bit about the presentation and expects good results from the class. The majority of the meeting was about the program assessment and the types of questions written and the results and what to do. Specifically, what would one do as a professor when it comes down to statistical results of your exam questions and what to do for reconsideration. Good lordy, it's a lot of work on the professors part than I anticipated. Ridiculous. Had my meeting with Dean Ridings-Myhra. Felt totally worthless because I didn't have any real input because I didn't have any rotation sites on the topics they were discussing. I nearly passed out at the end, but I didn't see any real issues with what they were trying to accomplish. Pretty legit stuff. Pharmacotherapy round again on Transplant Drug. Ran into some of the classmates again. Pretty nice to see them again. Longest days of meetings ever.
Played football with the boys just to continue my work out routine. Stared insanity round 2 a couple of weeks ago. Pushing myself hard this time in the shorten time span. It's been great. I want to maintain my physical/mental abilities during this rotation. Keep me sane in some way. So much going on for the next two weeks and then true hell starts afterwards.
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