Pharmacy

a. What is your topic and why? 

My topic is pharmacy. I chose this because it's something I'm interested in investing my future career in. Before I take the huge task of being in medical school for four years, I want to be sure that pharmacy is really what I want to do and study.

b.  What do you hope to accomplish this year with this topic? (Relating to ESLRs)

-iPoly Citizen: 

I plan to contribute more to the community in finding multiple connections with different pharmacists.  This relates to me improving as a iPoly citizen because it allows me to take responsibilities for myself and for my actions. By being able to build more connections, I will be able to learn  more about current issues and history regarding the field of pharmacy and an even more broader field, medical. Learning more about these things will allow me to develop an awareness and appreciation of how the field itself makes an impact.

-Effective Communicator:

This year, I plan to be able to observe and apply all the communicating and teamwork skills that a pharmacist has. As a pharmacist, they work with tons of people from patients with consultants to techs with communicating about prescriptions. This will make me more effective as a communicator because being in a pharmacy can be a stressful environment dealing with more crucial things such as giving the right prescription and other things like that. Observing how they deal with the certain situations can allow me to learn and apply them to any stressful situation and in the future career. By applying this, it will allow me to be a better contributor, collaborator and work better with people and in turn, make me a more effective communicator.

-Effective Learner:

This year, I plan to learn basic medical knowledge and to apply this to medical situations that come up. For example, if someone has sprained their leg or has the cold, be able to know what to do. (Seeing Brandon Zelaya know so much information about specific medicines in his senior presentation just amazed me.) This will make an effective learner  to me improving as a iPoly citizen because knowing basic knowledge can help me become a better problem solver with a topic I am not really familiar with. Having this knowledge also opens up to my mind to learning even more knowledge and being able to really help people out.

-Effective User of Technology:

I plan to improve my researching skills with not only researching my topic but also other things that I need research for in the future. This will make me more effective as a user of technology because I will be able to find ways to research more effectively and be able to integrate it into becoming a more effective learner.