Assignment 11: Mentorship Write Up

My Profile: I am a current senior at Forsyth Central and have gone through the STEM Academy in the biotechnology pathway. I have always wanted to work in the medical field and if you listen to what my mom would tell you I've wanted to be a doctor since I was two. I have known for sure though I have wanted to go into pediatrics since kindergarten. So when I got the opportunity to do the Honors Mentorship Program and intern at Northside Forsyth it was a chance for me to experience what it is like working in the medical field I have for so long dreamed of.
My Mentorship: I am interning at Northside Forsyth and every three months we rotate to a new department from the beginning of school year til current(October 2017) I have been in the medical lab. I have t throughout each of the lab's departments including, pathology, blood bank, chemistry, processing, microbiology, and hematology. Each week I go is a different department where I learn different skills and knowledge. Each week in that department I have a new mentor and each person I meet is able to give me different advice show me different techniques or ways they complete the same task. And so by working in the lab I have been able to see just how the lab skills and knowledge I have gained from my time in the STEM Academy can be applied to the real world.
My Future: I am planning on attending Mercer University in Macon, Georgia to study biomedical engineering and possibly dual major in music as well and go through the pre-medical pathway. By working at Northside I have been able to gain and learn valuable skills which I hope to apply to gain an internship as a freshmen at Mercer and to help me reach my ultimate goal of going to medical school upon getting my first degree. Northside has been instrumental in also teaching me how not to only balance school work and extracurricular but also true responsibilities of maintaining a job. I am looking forward to seeing where my internship takes me and how I can use that to pursue my future goals including becoming a pediatrician.