Last Blog Questions:
- What kinds of learning occurred for you during this semester?
- I learned how to read, break down, and organize difficult scientific literature along with present to my classmates.
- How do the skills, competencies, and knowledge gained in the experience (CAP, blogging) relate to your future goals?
- During the Community Action Project, I learned how to connect with the elderly population and collaborate with a team and other companies. The skills that I strengthened and developed during this project will help me with my future goals as I work with co-workers, patients, and other companies. My patients will consist of all ages, however, I wish to especially work with the elderly population, so this experience has helped me learn how to connect with them virtually and over the phone rather than just in person. This skill is important as I envision the future will consist of more virtual appointments and communication.
- What does learning at a liberal arts institution mean to you?
- Learning at a liberal arts institution to me means that I have a well-rounded learning experience consisting of a diverse range of classes and topics taught. Smaller class sizes enable me to make connections with my professors and the majority of students within my area of study or interests. The liberal arts philosophy focuses not only on student success but student growth. Students at a liberal arts institution learn valuable skills within their area of study along with current and historical social justice issues.
- If you were to highlight on your resume a skill or competency that you improved upon this semester, what would you be sure to include?
- I would highlight on my resume that I learned how to work better with a team and connect with other businesses along with participants of our project virtually.
- Describe an example of solving a problem using several disciplinary perspectives.
- In this class, we learned how to solve the problem of not understanding concepts within scientific articles. To solve this problem, each student learned how to read, break up, and organize the article. The class then expressed their interpretations, questions, and misunderstandings to each other. These questions were collected and assigned to students to answer. After researching their assigned question each student would then present their findings to the class so other students could widen their understanding of the topic. Following the presentations, the students worked in small groups to work on remaining questions and misunderstandings together.
