Independent Component 2

LITERAL

(a) “I, Ralph Hernandez, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 30 hours of work.”

(b) Pharmacist Grace Lin, 
(c) done
(d) While I was doing my Independant Component 2, I was basically put in charge of dealing with all only spanish speaking patients. Since I hardly knew the language that well myself, it was quite the challenge. I would make sure that the patient would understand how much they were paying for certain items and what Grace, me mentor, had to tell them. My mentor would make sure that they knew what times and how often to take the medication no matter how long it took with the patient. Sometimes this caused things to get busy with patients and I was really rushed to make sure they didn't wait too long for their medications. 

INTERPRETIVE 

These are pictures of when I had to change the prescription filing system that my mentor has at the pharmacy & ran the register for when patients came into the store. I changed the color pin on the bags to let the pharmacist know how long the prescriptions had been waiting there so she could know when to alert the patient. 

Applied

This component has really showed me the signifance of having a pharmacist lab technician who helps when things get busy around the pharmacy. This has helped me understand my next answer to my essential question. Which would be adding a pharmacist lab tech to the pharmaceutical team for patients. I also felt like I made an impact on the community with the hours of work I put in. I was able to help many families who couldn't speak english get their medications more easily than they previously would have. 

Independent Component 1

LITERAL
(a) Statement saying: “I, Ralph Hernandez, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 30 hours of work.”
(b) My source who helped me complete my Independent Component, was Timothy Wong, a pharmacist from the Del Amo pharmacy in Torrance, CA. He's been a retail pharmacist for 12 years. 
(c) Digital Spreadsheet on my blog. 
(d) I completed 30 extra hours of mentor ship with my mentor. In those hours, I was able to get a better definition of what it was to run a retail pharmacy. Through it, I obtained an essential question and many possible answers to it. 
INTERPRETIVE 
Defend your work and explain how the significant parts of your component and how it demonstrates 30 hours of work.   Provide evidence (photos, transcript, art work, videos, etc) of the 30 hours of work. 
I did a online Journal with reflections of each day of mentorship I had and its signifigance. Also with a letter from my mentor confirming what I put.   

Letter confirming hours. Click Here
APPLIED
How did the component help you understand the foundation of your topic better?  Please include specific examples to illustrate how it helped. 
Through the extra 30 hours of mentor ship, I got a very defined idea of what being a pharmacist means. At my mentorship, I was able to see clearly what it was to maintain patient care. I saw my mentor make sure that patients understood their prescriptions, which ended up becoming my first answer to my essential question. I also was able to see the financial aspect of being a pharmacist by seeing the insurance companies co-pay sit, which shows how much profit is made. Which I plan to make a second answer out of.