1. In what way did the first interview affect your presentation? Please explain, be specific and use an example.
My interview with Irene Rojas was really helpful because it gave me a different perspective on pediatrics. However, my presentation was on vaccines and what she told me in the interview consisted more of the pros and cons of working in pediatrics. I did ask Dr. Mafoud, the pediatrician I am shadowing, about my five minute presentation and he is the one who advised me to do vaccines. I learned from him that vaccines are so important and parents don't seem to want to vaccinate their children because of minor issues like getting a cold afterwards. That is why I chose to talk about it to the class, not only for educational purposes, but also in the hopes that they will listen to their pediatricians recommendations as well. Irene did tell me important things that I kept in mind while preparing for my presentation. She said a major problem in pediatrics is that parents sometimes don't listen to their childs' physician, putting the child at greater risk. This connected to my topic, vaccines.
2. What you say stood out about your presentation performance and why?
In my presentation I fully dressed out. I chose scrubs because my two physicians both wear scrubs even though most people see doctors in lab coats. In my presentation I also tried to engage the audience several times and I had multiple visuals.
3. What was the most challenging to do and why?
I've always been okay in presentations but oh my goodness, I forgot to breathe in my 5 minute! I've never had worse public speaking skills until that day. So that was really challenging while I was up there and I desperately wanted a couple of seconds to calm down but since the presentation was only 5 minutes long I couldn't.
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