The document describes Jack Klenda's experience in a health academy program, including rotations at different medical units where he observed procedures, wrote blog posts and thank you letters. As part of the program, students also gave presentations on hand washing, attended lectures on various medical careers, and completed resumes and mentor evaluations. The program helped Jack discern his interest in pursuing a medical career.

1. St. Gianna Health Academy By: Jack Klenda

2. Orientation Week The first week of Health Academy I honestly had no idea what to expect. We had a lot of people come and talk to us. I felt overloaded at first but I knew that I would get used to the schedule.

3. Orientation Week cont. I remember being talked to a lot about HIPPA law. Mrs. Clark-Hang told us that we couldn’t talk about what we saw in the hospital outside of the classroom. She told us the story of a student who was kicked out of Health Academy a couple years ago for violating HIPPA. And then a police officer told us about the same information.

4. Orientation Week cont. We then began the touring of St. Francis. It seemed like a maze at first. I had no sense of direction inside the labyrinth of halls. Although by the end of the tour there did seem to be a pattern to it all.

5. Thank You Letters Every week after rotations we had to write a either a handmade personal thank you letter or a professionally written one.

6. Handwritten Thank You Letters During the course of Health Academy we thanked a lot of the units and individual speakers with handwritten thank you letters These were very fun to make and

7. Labor and Delivery Handwritten Thank You

8. TB test Handwritten Thank You

9. CCU Handwritten Thank You

10. Rehab Handwritten Thank You

11. ER Handwritten Thank You

12. Professional Thank You Letters Also we had to make 5 professional Thank You letters These were written in business letter profile

13. Respiratory Professional Thank You

14. PICU Professional Thank You

15. CICU Professional Thank You

16. BICU Professional Thank You

17. Lab Professional Thank You

18. Hand Washing Presentations Our first major assignment for Health Academy was to make Hand Washing Presentations for grades K-3 at some of the local Catholic schools. We were sectioned into groups of five and gave our presentations to the class as a test run.

19. Hand Washing Presentations cont. We went to Clarke Elementary, Saint Elizabeth Anne Seaton Catholic Grade School, All Saints Catholic Grade School, and Tops Elementary It was an interesting experience seeing which kids would be fooled by our Germ Light trick

20. Blogs! Every week after rotations we would blog about our experiences at the different units and comment on other people’s blogs.

21. PICU Blog My time in PICU Posted by jack klenda at Monday, November 8, 2010 1:57:45 PM CST I had heard from many students before that PICU wasn't a very exciting or engaging rotation. This was true to a point. There wasn't a whole lot to do and the nurses explained to me just about every patient in the first twenty minutes i was there. But what was fun was to listen to the nurses make fun one nurse in particular. They tricked her into calling a liquor store and asking for Keith Stone. Apparently she didn't understand and called back twice more before they finally told her she had been tricked.

22. BICU Blog My time in the Burn Unit Posted by jack klenda at Monday, November 8, 2010 2:13:00 PM CST Burn Unit was pretty interesting. The first day I mostly watched a guy who had inhaled anhydrous and had been on a bed unconscious for about ten days before i got there. The next day I got to see a surgery. A roofer had accidentally hit his head on a power line and the electricity went in his head and out his hands. He had to get skin grafted on his head and hands. It was really cool to watch.

23. OR SFC Blog my time in or again Posted by jack klenda at Thursday, October 21, 2010 1:00:03 PM CDT This week i was in the or at st. francis. On the first day i went in and saw a lymphectomy and breast cancer removal. It was really interesting because there was alot of radiology involved and that was what my paper was over. The surgical staff was very nice and let me view as much as they could. One surgeon told me some very intersting stories about his tours in Vietnam. This was probabley my favorite rotation so far.

24. Labor and Delivery Blog my time in lad Posted by jack klenda at Thursday, September 16, 2010 2:41:48 PM CDT So i was in the new life/ labor and delivery unit at sjc. The first day i saw one baby being born. The mother had her whole family in the room and they all took pictures of the baby with cell phones the moment after it was weighed. The neonatologist came in and sucked all the fluid out of the baby's lungs with a suction instrument. He wasn't very gentle and that surprised me a little. I'd always been told that when i saw birth for the first time I would be very emotionally affected. In all honesty it wasn't some ground shaking moment. It was very cool and all but the nurse i was with was telling me stuff about birth so I was trying to listen to her. All in all if you haven't been to this unit yet pray there's alot going on that day or bring some homework.

25. Respiratory Blog my time in rehab Posted by jack klenda at Thursday, September 30, 2010 12:37:14 PM CDT My first day in rehab was alot more interesting than most people made it out to be. I followed a pt(physical therapist) and an occupational therapist(ot) around. First we saw this 80 year old asian lady who couldn't speak english therefore required a translator. I got a real good view of true Vietnamese and i realized that i couldn't ever be able to speak that language. The second patient had emphazema. His skin was filled with air pockets and was crackley to the touch. On the second day we went to the dementia ward. It was pretty creepy, and i didn't feel comfortable. The last patient was a dude who had abdominal surgery and couldn't walk very well.

26. Mentor Forms Each week during our two days of rotations we would have to have the person who was our supervisor for the day We would get ranked on our appearance, promptness, and behavior

27. CICU Mentor Form

28. PICU Mentor Form

29. NCCU Mentor Form

30. BICU Mentor Form

31. Lab Mentor Form

32. Resume and Cover Letter One of our major assignments of the semester was to make a cover page and resume for an entry level position in the health field

33. Cover Letter

34. Resume

35. Career List One of our main assignments in Health Academy was to create a list of 6 different careers that we would be interested in going in Mine were Radiological Technician, Respiratory Therapist, Nursing Assistant, Physician, Phlebotomist, and Lab Tech

36. Professional Lectures We went to a number of professional lectures as a class this semester These were mostly at Newman They included Radiological Technician, Nursing, Respiratory Therapist, Veterinary Medicine, Psychology, and General Physician Lecture

37. Respiratory Therapy We went to Newman to learn about Respiratory Therapy as a profession Dr. Meg Trump presented\ We got to intubate a dummie

38. Respiratory Therapy Con’t

39. Radiological Technician We went to Newman to have Ron Shipley present to us about what Radiological Technicians do Then we looked at pictures of Xrays

40. Veterinary Medicine We went to the zoo to learn about how animal hearts work and some Veterinary Medicine It was really cool

41. Veterinary Medicine Con’t

42. Psychology A Carissa Coleman, a psychology grad student, came to talk to us about pursuing a psychology degree She made it sound pretty cool

43. Psychology Con’t

44. Being a Physician Dr. Summerhouse came to talk to us about becoming Doctors He explained all about Med School and what would happen once we were done with it

45. Final Reflection I think Health Academy has served its purpose for me. It was designed to help us discern if we wanted to go into the Medical field and I feel confident that I want to It was a very good experience overall

46. Classic $#!T In Health Academy OR Having a good time in Rotations where everyone else didn’t “ Found Him” The Zoo-Tigers especially Text Twist “ The Mighty Arapaima” “ You are such a ham”