Last Day at POA

Today marks the last day of my time at Pediatrics of Akron. Tomorrow I will have an orientation day at the Barberton Veterinary Clinic and begin there (officially) on Friday. While I am sad to finish at POA, I am excited to move onto the vet office even with the annoying troubles they have been causing me.

Anyway, throughout my time at POA parents have completed 58 surveys. This is a lot more than any of us were expecting and we are very pleased with this number. While I had hoped for a slightly different experience, I am still pleased with what I have had. The final portion of my experience with POA will conclude with an optional questionnaire for the pediatricians that asks about communications between verbal and non-verbal patients (the focus of my project). In this, it will hopefully effectively evaluate any communication issues in the office to be fixed, which is what my sponsor had hoped for as the result of my time at POA.

I had to make a new survey for the pediatricians not just to annoy the doctors but because the vet’s office did not want to use the original survey and so I had to create a new evaluate manner for my project.

It has been fun at POA seeing how everything is run and seeing all the adorable kids running around the office and I am extremely thankful for the help the office has given me.