First Day at Seton Medical Center, Doctor Valle's Clinic (November 1st, 2013)

I started my volunteer hours on Tuesday, October 29th. I was suppose to start on the 28th but the office was mostly empty and I was sent home. My aunt put me in contact with Doctor Valle as she is his colleague. My first day went by smoothly. The majority of the time I was shuffling through papers to help organize the medical archives of Dr. Valle. It was just a taste of what the medical profession was like, but the amount of paperwork was staggering. It goes without saying doctors keep frequent circles with one another and refer their patients to others within their net if they suffer from an ailment that is not in their expertise. Likewise, the amount of faxed medical dossiers between Dr. Valle and his peers grows every day. Paperwork seems to follow you, no matter what profession you seem to choose. Better to learn now than later.

Time logged for this session: 2 hours

Total time logged: 2 hours

Possible Capstone Fields and How It Relates To My Future

Ever since I was a child, I was always infatuated with the pursuit of intellectual career. The medical field has always interested me. More specifically, the nurse and the doctor careers have always been prestigious goals. My entire family has been invested in the medical field, so this not new territory and I would have people to turn to for help. However, I do not know if this is what I want to do in my life. I have always been a quiet person that would quietly draw instead of talking to others. Sometimes I wonder what it would be like to be an artist. Art does not pay well anymore and to me it has degenerated down from what I know the human mind is capable of. I have also always loved history. But there is not much demand for historians beyond being a teacher. The nurse and doctor fields correlate to my future as I plan to take Premed in college. Art is something I find passion for and I also be happy to take it if I decided to. I know I have to take history, as it is an area I find very interesting. Ultimately, the decision on what to do for my capstone must be decisive and correlate directly with what I want to do. Better to do now than ten years from now.