MedEx Day 15/ (16) - July 19, 2021

Today was the start of the 4th week of MedEx, and it marked the halfway point of the program. For the first two and a half hours of today, Tier III acted as mentors and guides for some Tier I students (shown above in their gray jackets). During this time, I had the opportunity to share advice with these rising high school seniors about applying for college, taking the SAT, college majors, and scholarships. I felt that I was able to share a lot of information that I wanted to hear when I was in their shoes. I also really tried to listen to their concerns about college and next steps in life and assuage them to the best of my ability. After these conversations, Tier III got to act as guides to making/ presenting a large multi-disciplinary presentation. Our tier I mentees are doing a presentation on pregnancy. I was able to utilize a lot of the information that I have acquired from my girlfriend, who wants to be a midwife, to share important things to include in a discussion about pregnancy like comparisons of homebirths to hospital-births and considering the role of the father in the pregnancy has on outcomes (concerning more of a wholistic/ lifestyle approach to healthcare). This mentorship helped to continue to foster my service orientation/ helping those who are walking in the same steps from which I have just come.

Afterwards, Tier III presented our research projects about different topics in healthcare to each other. Some of these topics included ADHD, PTSD, Postpartum Depression, and Caffeine consumption. My group's presentation was on PTSD and during this discussion, I was able to specifically discuss how hospitals can improve screening methods for PTSD for patients and workers. I also shared that hospitals can decrease hospital-induced PTSD by empowering patients/ prioritizing patient's access to healthcare information. During the other presentations, I learned that Postpartum depression can last for up to two years if left untreated, showing how serious this condition can be.

The rest of the day consisted of Kaplan Test Prep. I did not have a clinical day on Tuesday, July 20th, so I do not have a blog for that day.