After brainstorming ideas for my applied project, I have decided to create a podcast based on the realm of health and medicine today. I want to do this in order to expand my knowledge about the career I am planning on going into, as well as explore topics and discussions in my field. I like the idea of a podcast because it allows me to explore different aspects of the health and medical community. The career I am working towards is a physician's assistant, which is a very diverse field, and relates to interdisciplinary work. There are so many fields of medicine and I will have to use knowledge from several different fields to diagnose and treat patients. I also like the idea of a podcast, because I think it could be beneficial to others, maybe students looking into going into a job in the medical field, or maybe someone who is looking for insight into health and medicine. Creating a podcast is also going to be fun, I get to research and learn new things about the field that excites me. I will post my podcasts to my eport. I will also invite friends and family and fellow students to listen to them and get feedback which will allow me to determine whether it was a success. I have written about this before, but a lot of my classes tie in to each other, and what I learn from one class will help me in another. The same thing is true for this project. I learn things in class that spark an interest on topics I want to look more into, and gives me ideas and some background on the topics I will talk about on my podcast. No matter what comes of this podcast, and whether or not people think it is successful, I think that I will still take it as a success. As long as I am doing something that allows me to use my interdisciplinary knowledge to learn about something new in my field, I will feel successful. Game plan: Week 1: Decide on applied project Week 2: Begin/ gather ideas and topics I want to explore for my podcast Week 3: Research on topics, and create drafts of podcasts Week 4: Record podcasts Week 5: Post draft on eport Week 6: FInalize project and post on eport
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The topic I have chosen for my research article is the topic of vaping and e-cigarettes because I want to find out more about the chemicals and aerosols in vapes in order to help my reader better understand the connection between vaping and health risks. I am interested in this topic because vaping has seemingly taken over the youth of america. Everywhere I go, the grocery store, class, restaurants, even the gym, I see people using vapes and e-cigarettes. Having used these devices before and knowing how addictive they are, I want to research this topic for an audience of people who currently use or know someone who does use these devices.
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Week 1: Narrow research topics Week 2: Begin/ gather research Week 3: Finish research and make outline of article Week 4: Begin rough draft of Week 5: Finalize rough draft for peer review Week 6: Finalize final draft Week 7: Publish finalized research article to eport Current sources: Lifework, as defined in Merriam Webster Dictionary, is the entire or principal work of one's lifetime. Lifework doesn’t have to be confined to a job or career field. I think it’s hard to pinpoint my lifework because I have only just become and adult and I feel like I’ve only just started my life. The one thing consistent with my life so far to where my life will be in the future, is helping others. I have always enjoyed helping people, whether it’s just listening to a friend whos feeling down, or helping someone up after falling. The current job I work now consists of helping people, similar to the job of my future. My lifework is to help people, not because I have to, not because I get paid to, but because it is in my nature. I work with the volunteer fire department in my hometown, every call I go on is because I want to because I enjoy helping others in any way I can. My job as an EMT is also about helping others, while I do get paid for helping people, I chose to work this job because I find it enjoyable. The career I hope to pursue as a PA is because I want to do that job. I want to help people because I enjoy it, it’s easy for me, and I don’t get sick of doing it. The best job to have is a job you like and a job that goes hand in hand with your lifework, which is why being a PA fits with me well. I'm excited to see where my lifework takes me down the road.
Growing up in a small town has influenced my intellectual life in a significant way. Since my first day of freshman year of high school, I wanted nothing more than to move away-far far away. I felt trapped in the same town, surrounded by the same people all my life, which is why I started my college intellectual journey at High Point University in North Carolina as a business major. I chose business because I knew it would get me a job anywhere, but a part of me wanted to do something in the health and medical field, but I didn’t know exactly what so I stuck to business. I was finally free, but I felt so lost. I hated my major and missed my family and had no idea what I really wanted to do as a career. So I moved home after my first year of college, got certified as an EMT and began working on a fire department. During my second year of college I went to a community college, taking my general education classes during the day, going through the Mass fire academy at night, and working weekends for a private ambulance company where I figured out the career path I wanted to take. I loved my job, helping people, problem solving, and working as a team. I looked at different jobs in the medical field, I wanted to do more than nursing, but medical school was too intimidating. When I found physician assistant I knew it would be the perfect career for me. I loved the idea of assessing patients, problem solving to find a diagnosis, and working as a team to treat the patients. This is when I decided to transfer to Plymouth my junior year as an allied health major. A few weeks into my first semester at Plymouth, my advisor suggested that I look into Interdisciplinary as a major. I had no idea what IDS was, but after looking into it, it fit perfect. Physician assistant schools have a lot of prerequisites, which aren’t all covered by just one major, meaning I would be taking additional courses outside of my allied health degree, so IDS made the most sense. Here I am today in my senior year, only a few months away from graduating and I can honestly say that becoming an interdisciplinary major has been one of the most beneficial choices I have made so far on my intellectual journey.
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