TYKTW 2018

The Assignment:

Part 1- The interview: You will be observing your host at work, at some point interview your host and record/make notes of the results.

Part 2- Reflection: After the day is finished, reflect upon your experience and answer the reflection questions.

Part 3- Post your assignment to your blog: Once you have completed Part 1 and Part 2 post it on your blog. Make sure you take pictures and/or videos to document your day, you can put them in your blog.

Name of the host: Dorota Zygmunt Relationship to you: Mother

 

The interview:

1. What is your job title? Dentist.

2. What is your job description? Operating and managing the dental clinic. Providing dental care to patients.

3. What are the duties and/or tasks you perform at your job? Treatment of patients, managing dental clinic, managing employees. 

4. What qualifications do you have for this job in the following areas?

Training: Dental school. Before opening clinic, working at other dental offices.

Education: UBC school of dentistry, study clubs, dental conferences.

Experience: After dental school worked at UBC dental clinic, an associate dentist at various offices.

Skills and attributes (personal qualities): Very detail oriented, perfectionist, interested in expanding knowledge. 

5. What are some of the things you like about the job? Working with people, helps people, improving peoples quality of life, being my own boss.

6. What are some of the things you dislike about this job? Costs of supplies and materials that prevent a lot of patients from getting the best treatment plan.

7. How do you anticipate this job changing in the next 5 years or so? A lot of technological changes and improvements. 

 

 

Student reflections:

1. Give three reasons why you would like this job (be specific):

a) You get to help people and improve their wellbeing.

b) Not as many years of medical school are required.

c) I would be my own boss and create a good work environment for employees.

2. Give three reasons why you would not like this job (be specific) :

a) Could be stressful if procedures don’t go as planned.

b) If you have employees that don’t fit with your team.

c) A lot of paperwork every day.

3. Is this job for you? Why or why not?

Yes because I enjoy working with people and I am very well organized. I can be a hard work and stay on task. I would be good at planning out my business and working on projects ahead of time.

4. Explain the value of the TOKTW experience in relation to your ideas about your post-secondary (after high school) plans (education? travel? work?)

It is valuable because this gives me a taste of a work environment that I want to work in, in the future. I would like to be a dentist when I am older and this will help me in the direction of post-secondary.