Rough Draft of Presentation 1

10 Minute plan

Independent Component 1 Approval

CONTENT:

(1) Write a description of what you plan on doing for your independent study component.

(2) Describe in detail how you think your plan will meet the 30 hours work requirement.

(3) How does your independent study component relate to your working EQ?  

1. For the independent study component, I plan to go to the hospital every Thursday to attend an event known as Mohs Night. Mohs Night is where the doctor surgically  removes skin cancer from the patient, and a pathologist examines the tumor to see there is a reoccurrence, or if the patient is free of cancer. Sometimes, the doctor even  has to do reconstructive surgery.  I plan on observing the doctor and the attending nurse during the procedure, and ask them questions when necessary.

2. My plan will meet the 30 hours work requirement because as I stated above,  I plan on going to Mohs Night every Thursday, which is usually about 4 hours, so I will be able to finish the hours in a matter of weeks. I will be recording the dates and times that  I attend Mohs night on my log sheet.  I will also be researching weekly about topics that pertain to Otolaryngology so if I have any pending questions, I can just ask the doctor, and he will enlighten me. 

3.  My independent study component relates to my working EQ since by shadowing the doctor during the procedure, I will be able to learn how the doctor and/or the nurse interacts with the patient, and how the doctor goes about extracting the tumor from the patient. By studying and observing what the doctor does,  I will incorporate that into my working EQ, with either my essential question stating the best way to remove skin cancer from a patient, or into one of my answers for the EQ, such as the expertise needed to reconstruct  a body part of the patient (ex. ear, nose, lip, etc.)