In my mentorship, I follow a doctor around. For me, its more of a visual experience than a hands-on experience. Since I'm not legally able to preform medical tasks, I cannot do basic things such as take blood or vital signs. Although I am not able to do anything, I have learned A LOT from my internship. Many of the patients that come in suffer from psychological issues causing them to have physical problems. There is a reoccurrence of patients that come in stressed and complain of not being able to sleep or over eating because there is so much going on inside their lives. Even though I don't do much , I listen. Listening to the doctor and how the doctor interacts with the patients is a great learning experience. These are tips I can take with me as i move into my residency after college and even into my career.
The one class I've taken in high school to help me in my mentorship would be Human Anatomy A&P. The study of the body and how everything works has helped me tremendously. After the doctor and I come out of a patents room, if they were an interesting case, he'll ask me what I saw. Most of the times I am able to tell him something about the patient that I picked up on. Its usually something that I probably wouldn't have been able to notice without taking Anatomy . Since my anatomy was an honors class, we went more in depth with the curriculum than a normal class would. I was able to dissect things such as a brain, a eye and a cat. We used those dissections to learn about the different systems of the body and how they work.
