Blog 4: Presentation Reflection

In what way did the first interview affect your presentation?  Please explain, be specific and use an example.

• It gave me a better description of radiation therapy. It wasn't just a text book explanation that was hard to comprehend, let alone explaining it to an entire room full of students. Thus, I was able to describe radiation therapy successfully to the students.
• It gave a brief outline of what I want to present in my presentation, following the format of how Mrs. Griffin presented her info to me during our interview.
• It allowed me to see what was "useless" info when I was interviewing Mrs. Griffin. She had a lot of info that was too much for an overview interview of radiation therapy. Thus, I had a better understanding of what was useful info to use for the first presentation.

What you say stood out about your presentation performance and why?

• The use of my vusual (skin cancer picture) and my connection from radiation therapy, chemo, and surgery. 
• Calling on random students to encourage participation.

What challenges did you faced and why?

• During the presentation, it was difficult to move around due to the projector. Standing in one place makes it difficult for the audience to stay engaged.
• Trying to pick a topic to discuss that would be "easy" to present within 5 minutes, while keeping the audience engaged and understanding to your topic.

Blog 3 Senior Presentation 1

Objective: Students will learn the career aspect of a radiation therapist.

Procedure:

1. Ask questions to encourage involvement and engagement from the students/audience. Such as: "who here knows someone with cancer?", "How do you know that they have cancer? Did they tell you themselves, or was it obvious?"
2. Give a brief description of radiation therapy.
3. List the responsibility of a radiation therapy: Follow prescription from doctor prescribing the patient, working with a group of physicians and such to determine the treatment, practice the treatment on the patients, and assist to every need the patients may have.
4. A brief overview of the education and income of a radiation therapist.
5. Where are some of the radiation therapy clinic found.
6. Interpret how relevant radiation therapy has become.
7. Conclusion: Summarize essential points and end goal of my project. (To help me pick my major)

Check for Understanding: Call on students with specific questions (avoiding yes or no questions)

Resource/Material: 1 main picture or pamphlet

Blog 2: Interview Check

Who am I interviewing: Daren Griffin RTT

Why Daren Griffin?
Before even choosing my senior project topic (Radiation Therapy), Mrs. Griffin has always offered to provide help for me with my senior project. Since she is a certified radiation therapist, Mrs. Griffin was my very first choice of candidate to be interview for my topic. She is currently an active radiation therapist who has many years of experience in her field of practice. Her schedule seems to vary depending on the week, but still very flexible. Thus, she's very willing to participate in the interview if I can manage to keep it within her schedule.

What questions will I ask Mrs. Griffin?
In addition to the 5 required questions, I will ask Mrs. Griffin:

• Why Radiation Therapy and not something else?
• What do you think makes a good radiation therapist?
• What should I focus on first as I begin studying on this topic?
• What was your path like (school wise) to becoming a certified radiation therapist?
• Has your career interfere with your home life?
• Any recommendations/suggestions on how I should approach studying this topic?
• What was one thing you wish you knew about radiation therapy that no one told you until you realized it yourself after you were a radiation therapist?

Blog 1: Senior Project Topic

Topic: Radiation Therapy - a form of cancer treatment that uses radiation (strong beams of energy) to kill cancer cells or keep them from growing and dividing.

Why Radiation Therapy?
My reason is not because I have family members who has cancer, nor does any of my friends. I simply see the personal satisfaction of being able to help patients who may be going through the toughest battle of their life. Cancer specifically because the fight seems and feels more realistic and surreal (sort of like watching sports and seeing the players go through pain and sweat to reach the championship and the glory) when I see patients go through their treatments.


What do you hope to accomplish after studying this topic all year?
1. A satisfying yet sufficient career
2. Hopefully I can start opening doors for myself within this field (Radiation therapy)
3. To truly see if this is the career that I want to spend the rest of my life studying and working for
4. The best way to approach to becoming a radiation therapist
5. To see what else is out there that is similar to radiation therapy if I decided to change my path of career

I hope to have a better understanding about radiation therapy and the process of the treatment for patients with cancer. Hopefully, I can find foundations throughout senior year that helps the research of cancer to participate in/with as I continue to study radiation therapy. While I strive to not only obtain a good grade to my senior project, I can also prove to myself that I am very much capable of setting a goal and step-by-step reaching it.