Independent Component 2 Update: 4/27/2013

Today I took a quiz about sex hormones, the menstrual cycle, and sexual development.

For Quiz #2, I got 17/20, which is an 85%. 

Independent Component 2

LITERAL
(a) I, Marilyn Garcia, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 30 hours of work.

(b) Human Sexuality Lecture Course at Cal Poly Pomona Patrick Kidd email: pdkidd@csupomona.edu 
Mentorship hours: Leila Chong at Kaiser Permanente email: leila.b.chong@kp.org 

(c) Independent Component 2 Log

(d) When I did more mentorship hours, I helped make prenatal packets and third trimester packets. Prenatal packets are handed out to patients who are starting prenatal care because it gives detailed descriptions of what each week of pregnancy is like and it also touches on topics like weight gain, gestational diabetes, or exercising while pregnant. The third trimester packets, have handouts that focus on postpartum and labor.  In the Human Sexuality Lecture Course at Cal Poly Pomona, I learned about the female and male reproductive anatomy, sex hormones and the menstrual cycle, and gender. Since this was a lecture, the professor talked for most of the two hours but he did assign group discussions. 

INTERPRETIVE 
By doing more hours of mentorship, I got the opportunity to read the prenatal packets that I make. As mentioned before, these packets contain numerous topics. One of these topics was premature labor, which is my second answer. It had some information about 17-P which is a medication given to women in order to delay contractions so the baby can come at a later time. Also the course that I am taking at Cal Poly Pomona, which I would like to mention is an upper division course, meaning that only juniors or seniors at Cal Poly are allowed to take it, is a challenging course. Not only do I have to take a plethora of notes, but I have to read Human Sexuality 4 Edition by Simon Levay and Janice Baldwin, take multiple quizzes throughout the year, and study for midterms and finals. Although this class starts at 6pm and ends at 8pm, I would like to point out that I have worked hard so far get a good grade in this course while still trying to get good grades in my core classes. Below you can find pictures of the packets that I do at my mentorship and the notes/quizzes I take for the Human Sexuality Course. 

This is the first newsletter of the prenatal packet that I make at Kaiser.

This is the first page of Lecture 3 that I took.  This lecture was about the male reproductive anatomy.

This picture shows the score of the first quiz that I took for my Human Sexuality Class.  The score that I received was an 18/20 or 90%. 

APPLIED
By doing more mentorship hours and taking a Human Sexuality course, I got to understand more about the foundation of my topic and a little of my first and second answer. By making prenatal and third trimester packets, I got to sneak an opportunity to read a little more about how prenatal care is so important to the well being of the mother and most importantly the baby. The course that I took at Cal Poly helped me extremely to learn more about human sexuality. I thought that I learned enough in Mrs. Cancino's Sex Ed class but this course has really opened up my eyes because Professor Kidd during Lecture 5 talked about sexual development,  fertilization and production of the conceptus, development of the human conceptus, and the stages of prenatal development. This lecture in particular, has helped me understand the foundation of my topic better.  

Independent Component 2 update: 4/21/13

Here is the result of my first quiz that I took today. It encompassed lectures 1-3 and chapters 1-4. 

Independent Component 2 update: 4/15/2013

Below are pictures of the notes that I took during my third ( and most recent) Human Sexuality Lecture;

in this lecture, I learned about the male's reproductive anatomy.

Independent Component 2 Update 4/9/13

For my independent component 2, I am taking a Bio class at Cal Poly which started on the third of April. So far it has been really informative and although the timing of the class is in the evening, Professor Kidd keeps the lecture very interesting! 

This is the book that I had to rent for my class! This book is very educational as well as contemporary . 

Mentorship Update 3/17/2013

Even though, this post is a month late, the update regarding my mentorship, is very interesting!

To begin, a representative from Coopersurgical, came in to do inventory on the pessaries.  While doing so, she told me what they were, which is a device worn in the vagina to support a displaced uterus. Afterwords, Jannette, the lead L.V.N told the Coopersurgical representative that I asked very good questions during my interview with her and gave me some good advice on being a physician. She said that in order to be a good physician, you had to be smart, knowledgeable, and have experience. She said that a good example, is Dr. Cheng because is a really bright but also has a great attitude. An interesting fact about Dr. Cheng is that she is the Assistant Chief of Department so she would be an excellent choice for an interviewee.