Medical Field Observation Report

While volunteering at various events, I learned the strife involved with doing something over and over again, such as giving dogs treats and taking them on walks during an adoption event, and checking bags in and out for the participants of a 5k marathon. During my medical hours, I spent quality time at Wise Chiropractic, Inc., a small chiropractic office ran by Dr. Jon Wise as the chiropractor and his wife Cristen Wise as the office manager and front desk person. In my time there, I spent a lot of time observing many different things such as procedures, terminology, patient interaction, special cases, etc. Although the process of going was fairly repetitive, the environment was constantly changing as different patients entered and exited the

Wise analyzed the digital x-rays and explained issues such as disk issues and arthritic joints by drawing on the digital x-ray displayed on a computer. I had the opportunity to witness various spinal injuries such as ankylosing spondylitis, DISH (Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis), etc., most of which were a result of bad posture over a long period of time or a car accident. The whole time that i was there, I felt so immersed, constantly picking up new things like terminology and procedures every day like I mentioned earlier. I also felt somewhat like a sponge because I was constantly absorbing new information and reinforcing the information that I had learned in previous years being in the Medical Magnet program at Rancho High School. Thankfully, my internship and volunteering experiences both lined up very well with my career goal of entering the medical field by exposing me to the work environment that many private health professionals encounter on a daily basis; the daily procedures, although fairly repetitive, often involved interesting patient cases of varying ages such as patients with conditions like bipolar and autism.