This week I met with my mentor and we began going over some of the specifics of how I'd be using Statistics in my research. This is definitely the most challenging part of this experience for me. Studying the diseases, their symptoms, causes, treatments, and recurrence rates came much easier than trying to take the theoretical plunge into math land. After a brief intro to the subject we headed over to meet with Dr. A., who has a PHD in biostatistics and has been tasked by my mentor with teaching me more in depth. By the end of our conversation I was assigned reading in Charlie Wheelan's Naked Statistics and also to perform some statistical analysis of some of the data that he would send my way as a sort of warm up. Needless to say this was a bit of an overwhelming experience, however I'm not discouraged, I like a challenge.
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This visit consisted of an even longer wait in Employee Health than last time to get another PPD in order to rule out the possibility of a false negative. After getting stuck in the arm for a second time in a week I was finally free of Employee Health. However with Volunteer Services I had to take a 30 question quiz on over 100 pages of reading including the employee manual and HIPPA guidelines. I had to get an 80 to pass or else I'd have to take it again. I might have skimmed a bit more than I should've so I really hope that I pass!
This visit consisted of getting all the proper paper work handed in so I could get my ID badge and volunteer status set. I spent awhile waiting in the lobby of Employee Health so I could get my mandatory PPD to check that I don't have tuberculosis. After that I went over to security to get my picture taken and my badge printed out by the time I had finished all that it was time to leave.
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