By: Janette Magallon June 29, 2009. About Me Why My Own Research My Mentor Hours Spent with Mentor Future Plans Bibliography.

By: Janette MagallonJune 29, 2009

About Me Why My Own Research My Mentor Hours Spent with Mentor Future Plans Bibliography

18 years old Senior at Village

Academy High School Tutor for third grade

students at Pueblo Planning to become a

pediatrician

I love to help Like to spend time with

kids Like to feel useful I hope to be successful

A Persian physician RhazesWrote the book The Diseases of ChildrenThe 9th centuryThe book gave an overview of pediatrics as an

individual field of medicine The first work on Pediatrics was done by

Thomas PhaerBook of Children

Pediatrics blossomed in the 19th centuryHospital for Sick Children in Great Ormond St,

London (1852)

Branch of medicine that deals with infants, children, and adolescents

Also spelled paediatrician

Pediatricians have been known as healers of children

Has deeper relationships with parents and children

Bachelors degrees Include courses in Biology, Math, English,

Chemistry and Physics Bachelor of Science in Pre-Medical

Science Attend medical school for 4 years

School focus with laboratoriesRotating medical specialtiesResidency

Starting SchoolsAttend any of the 23 Cal State

CampusesOne of the 9 UC campuses

Top Medical SchoolsHarvard UniversityUniversity of California San FranciscoStanford UniversityYale University

Take the MCAT Test

Kagwa-Nyanzi, Juanita MD FAAP

177 W. Willow St Pomona, CA 91768

(909) 865 - 5519

15 hours and 35 minutes

I shadowed my mentor

Was able to see how she examined her patients

I was able to learn about a disease that I suffer

I also translated for some parents

I followed my mentor around

Asked questions Helped when kids

cried Translated for

parents that spoke Spanish

About asthma in depth

How a growth chart works

How anemia can be prevented

What to do when patients come in with a fever higher than 104˚F

I will attend UCR Earn a degree in

Biology Attend medical school

at UCLA or Harvard

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pediatrics http://degreedirectory.org/articles/

Pediatric_Medicine_Become_a_Pediatrician_in_5_Steps.html

http://www.studentdoc.com/top-10-medical-schools.html