I had a great time this week in Biomed! At the start of this week, we were returned our research papers from last semester. I was able to see some places where I could improve on my essays in the future. I will be making some adjustments so that I can have a clean copy of my paper for the day of our Capstone Presentations. Speaking of presentations, we continued working on ours this week. As a start to our practice, we recorded ourselves giving our presentations, paying close attention to time. By the end of the week, though, we were giving our presentations to a live audience. I gave mine to my parents who said I definitely needed some practice, but overall they were quite fascinated! I do agree that I need more practice.
We got to go on a field trip this week! We went and sat in on a Toastmasters meeting. Toastmasters is a club for adults in which they strive to create a positive environment to learn about public speaking. The meeting was very punctual and I was very impressed with the professionalism of the environment. Everyone there was so polite! The meeting had a theme-"Herbs and Spices". The goal of the meeting was to add some spice to our public speaking and lives! I appreciated the "zest" of the speakers. One of the toastmaster's gave a speech on the domino effect in her life. It was very impressive! I appreciated how everyone there was able to critique her while still remaining very positive and uplifting. I definitely learned a lot while I was there. Firstly, I learned that when given time to speak, you ALWAYS at least hit the minimum time. If you have time to share your word, then use it! Next, I learned that moving slow to collect your thoughts in a presentation is the best. You shouldn't go too fast that you stumble over any of your words. I also learned that making eye contact adds a personal layer to your presentation. This was very fun! I am excited for them to come critique my presentation later. I feel they will be very helpful and positive.
We also continued on our discussions about therapies. This week we learned about art therapy. Art therapy can be used in a clinical setting or done on your own. Becoming an art therapist requires graduate schooling and has an individual board certification. Art therapists can use art to calm their patients or gain insight into their minds. A lot can be determined from a child's artwork, especially! We tried two forms of art therapy in class. The first was a method of doodling done by drawing swirly lines and filling them in with color. Though simple, I found this very fun and relaxing. The next therapy was very interesting. It was called "drawing your breath". In this practice you draw an upward stroke on your inhale and a downward stroke on your exhale, focusing intently on your breath. This practice was so relaxing and I could feel my breath slowing as time went along. It reminded me a lot of the breathing practices from when I used to do yoga! The photo below shows an example of this practice.
I am excited for next week in Biomed-Forensics Week!
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