Elizabeth Taylor from Frances Cuffie

Marilyn Monroe from Yogesh Goel

                   Student Success Statement

“Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody else expects of you. Never excuse yourself.”

Henry Ward Beecher

Reflection:

  I think this quote is saying not to give up if people put you down and think more than what they think of you. Also be more than what others expect.

                           Ophthalmic Technician

Duties and Responsibilities:                          

   Ophthalmic technicians or technologists help ophthalmologists collect data and measurements to allow the correct diagnosis and treatment of eye diseases and problems.  They work at hospitals, clinics, or for ophthalmologists in private practice.  Their duties often include Performing simple eye exams, assisting with eye surgery, Explaining diagnostic and treatment procedures to patients.in other words the assistant of an eye doctor 

Salary: $14,000 - $25,000

Education:

Students will need a high school diploma (or GED certificate) and two years of college prior to beginning ophthalmic training programs.  These programs may vary in length, but can take up to two years to complete.

Reflection:

  I think I would like to be an ophthalmic technician because it sounds really interesting and fun to work in. I would have to study really well to become one of these because it has to do with eyes. 

                                              Progress report

Well I read my goals every day to remind myself what I’m looking forward to. I am working on my grades and so far I’m doing well and trying to keep up with my work. It’s hard at first but you start getting used to. 

                   Student Success Statement

            “Goal setting is goal getting. Set and get.”

                                     Mark Victor Hansen

Reflection:

 This quote is saying to make a goal, set a goal and achieve it. It’s good to put a goal in yourself and try to achieve it no matter what people say and try putting you down its your job to put yourself up and do what you want to do.

                          Operating Room Technician

Duties and responsibilities:

 Operating room technicians are also called surgical technicians or surgical technologist. They assist in preparing operating rooms for surgery. They are responsible for having surgical instruments, sterile bandages and linens, needed fluids, and other equipment ready for the operation. They may also assist doctors by handing them needed instruments during surgery and for counting sponges and needles before and after the operation. They also deliver specimens to hospital laboratories for analysis, and after operations they take patients to the recovery room.  

            

Salary: $16,000-$22,000

Education:  

 A high school diploma or GED certificate is required. Many vocational and junior colleges offer programs in operating room technology, and training may also be taken at large hospitals.  Programs vary between1 to 2 years.  Students receive training in medical terminology, physiology, and sterilization methods.  At the end of the training period students must pass an examination by the Association of Surgical Technologists to become certified.

Reflection:

 I think I would like to be an operating room technician because I like working in medicine and would like to work in a operation room.