Project Title: A Timeline of Medical Technologies
BASIS Advisor: Dr. Nancy Fisher
Internship Location: UMD Baltimore Campus
Onsite Mentor: Dr. Adam Puche
The way we teach the next generation of physicians defines the quality of healthcare for that era. As new technologies and inventions become wildly available, the field of medicine has adapted with them to aid in its education.As an aspiring doctor, I’m keenly interested in how medicine is taught. I wanted to make a timeline of the history of medical education and its correlation to emerging technologies to get a better understanding of modern medicine.
For my internship, I worked with Professor Adam Puche to transfer over online teaching materials from a flash based program to a more sustainable HTML 5 based program. While in the beginning the intention of the internship was to get a better understanding of real world university research, this new project inspired me to go down this path for my independent research. The COVID-19 pandemic was also another factor in deciding this topic. Due to the disease, school and jobs have moved to a more internet friendly format which got me curious about the nature of education and technology.
My Posts
Week 10: Final Blog Post & Conclusion
May 30, 2020
Hello again for the final time! This is my last blog post! Sad times it is. This really has been a rough journey from COVID striking to me changing my project many..many times. For the past week, I have been working diligently to finish this project and I’m so glad it is over. Please enjoy […]
Weeks 8 &9: Not Much Happened
May 12, 2020
Hello Hello! As the title suggested not much happened. I worked on creating hot links. I cried when they didn’t work (not really but I whined). This week is the last week of my internship and I’m a little sad about not being able to work with my on-site mentor anymore, so I asked if […]
Week 7: Working
Apr 27, 2020
Hello This week was pretty boring. I just worked on the extra features we could put on the website and started writing out my ideas for senior project. I hope everyone else’s project is going smoothly!
Week 6: New Project and Getting Serious
Apr 17, 2020
Hello Hello! As stated in previous blog posts, I can’t continue my original senior project due to social distancing measures, so I have decided on a new project idea! I first thought about adapting my original project to these stressful times, but all experimental designs fell short…so I decided to completely change to a whole […]
Week 5: Finished my Task and Brainstorming
Apr 10, 2020
Hello again, I’ve finished the Virtual Histology Slides that my on-site advisor gave me to do, converting them from flash to HTML, and I am awaiting a response! I’m wondering what the next task he will give me… In other news, I still have not thought of any new ideas for my senior project and […]
Week 4: Continuing on
Apr 10, 2020
Hello, Not much happened this week. I continued working on the task my on-site advisor gave me and that is essentially what I’ve done. I’m almost done and it will be finished next week. I’m still lost on what my final project should be and I’m brainstorming some ideas and I’ll send an email to […]
Week 3: Success and headaches
Mar 29, 2020
Hello Hello! I think this quarantine has made everyone a little pressed, but that can’t stop my workflow. As per the problems in my last post, I was able to meet with my on-site advisor and work out why I couldn’t figure out the problem in the code. He was also kind enough to make […]
Week 2: An impossible task (hopefully not)
Mar 18, 2020
Hello everyone! My spring break plans were canceled so I’m straight back to work! The UMB campus officially closed its doors to personnel traveling from out of state, so my on-site advisor has given me some telework which involves converting his online lecture slides from a flash based program to HTML 5 format since Flash […]
Week 1: Meeting the team and then promptly pausing
Mar 13, 2020
Hello everyone! My first week went very well! I was initially worried about driving to Baltimore since it is an hour’s drive from my house and I was not very experienced driving on the interstate, but it went very smoothly! Once I arrived and got my ID badge, I was introduced to the two main […]
Introduction
Mar 02, 2020
Hello! My name is Aanika Singh. As a teenager in high school, I have experienced copious amounts of stress due to my want to succeed in school and the expectations others have for me. This type of mental strain has been known to cause long term and short term bodily harm, like increased risk of […]