It’s official.
No more classes for the Fall Semester.
Last classes were yesterday. Since class is on Friday and next week is Thanksgiving week and the next week is finals week.
This semester was surreal. It was simultaneously too short and so long at the same time.
I have things due in each of my three classes by December 1st.
In Health Disparities, I have an 8-page paper, 15-minute presentation combo due on Monday. The topic is a singular health inequity. After having done a deep dive into health disparities over the course of the semester, the things I have to choose from are vast. I think I will write about either climate change as a health inequity or food insecurity.
In Advanced Health Policies and Ethics, I have a max 25-page paper on a Health Policy Impact. I have to think what are the implications of the selected health policy, how it can impact health care, and the sociocultural, economic, legal, and ethical factors that are influencing the policy. I have to discuss why this focuses on my own lens of the OR. And evaluate whether present or pending policies impact the quality of care. This one is due on December 1st. I am unsure of the policy I am going to be addressing. I can follow up with the surgical smoke-free OR, or I can let my typing fingers free on abortion care in my state. I’ve been so good during the semester not riling up the rest of my classmates.
In my third class of Quantitative Research, I need to finalize the study proposal. I think this is in demonstration of the entire semester’s work we’ve done in this class. I’ve learned so much about how to do a literature review, synthesize the literature and all. I’ve learned what are the different kinds of surveys and proposals. Yesterday, in our last class, I learned about how to use big data sets in research. There is so much to learn and internalize.
Less than 2 weeks before the end of the semester. Let’s do this.
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