Technology in my life

This week I have to write a brief essay about the use of technologies within the different subjects I've studied this year. Technology in recently years has increased enormously and almost anyone lives without a piece of technology now, because is so useful and it make everything easier for many people. Since I enter to the university for become a midwife the technology has become in something essential in my life, and no only the technology that helps me do my studies and homework but all the technology that is used for helping people to feel better by all the health professionals.

Technology has many uses depending what you want or what you need. As a student the kind of technology I used is more for doing homework, essay, reports, etc. and, of course, search information about all the subjects I’m doing in this year, like anatomy, histology, physiology, immunology and a lot of more subjects. For doing that I always used the computer, specially interne, and a special link created by the university and all the professors for keeping the contact and has access to all the classes and extra material. Also in classes the professors used a lot of technology like power point presentations that helps a lot when the topic of the class is difficult and microphones too, which help to students to pay more attention and listening well.

In my actual life technology has another use that is, I think, vital in the development of any future health profession, I’m talking about all the instrumental and material that allow us to make our job. Technology is involved in almost every medical process, from something so basic like the thermometer for knowing the body’s temperature until something more complex like a mechanic ventilator that keeps someone alive, and because of that it is very important the education and subsequent practice for learn to use all this tools correctly.

As I said, technology is very useful and have a huge importance in our student and future professional life, no matter what health professional you are or you will become, technology will always be there, sometimes for good and sometimes for bad, but we have to remember that technology is only a help and never will be something better than a person or in this case better tha a health professional. Anyway something is clear, technology always will be something in constantly development and is our responsibility to learn and know how to use it properly, specially for the good of the people, because the people is always the most important when you are a health professional

Challenges in my career

Hello everybody!!!! In this case I’m going to talk about the challenges in my discipline. Well I’m studying obstetric in the University of Chile since this year. In the future, if I pass all the exams I will be a midwife.
Like any health profession, being a midwife involves a lot of complications, I mean, we have two lives in our hands (the newborn and the mother) and it is our responsibility to take care of them. Also we have to develop a lot of skills and knowledge for doing a good job and be an excellent professional.
These things are learned in the university but it is our duty to know how to use them properly.

Also the university and being a student of a health profession have challenges.
First of all, entering the university is a challenge in itself and a very big one because all the students must give a difficult test that takes an whole year (and sometimes more) to prepare it. After entering university you have to try to stay in it because it is so easy to fail and go out of the university. All the tests and exams are terrible and all the assignments, homework, reports, etc. are extremely stressful and exhausting. Passing the exam is another challenge, and if you fail it you have to do the entire subject again and that is a terrible thing because you have to keep studying more years. For other students, paying the university is a complicated challenge because nothing is free and the career is expensive (more than two million Chilean pesos each year and it increases every year) some students have to work for paying their studies, which is really hard.

After finishing the studies, finding a good job is another challenge. Earning money is essential to begin an own life and pay the bill of the university too!!
After all I think that the challenges are doing for be better and in our case to make a professional of excellence. All the challenges are necessary for develop ourselves and to try hard when we really want something.

Improving your faculty

Hello again!!! This day I have to talk about my faculty and how I can improve it.

Well I am in the Faculty of Medicine in the University of Chile, this is one of the oldest constructions of all the university and because of that the infrastructure needs some renovation like the bathrooms, some auditoriums or classrooms, the hospital next to the faculty needs an entire renovation too.

Apart from the structure there are other problems, apparently the money isn’t enough to afford all the equipment and the materials that are necessary for the students, for example when we go to the laboratory we have to share the equipment, that’s not bad but the education would be better if everyone had their own space and equipment. Another example can be the lack of good computers. In the library the computers are a complete disaster!!! They are so bad that nobody can use them. It is impossible to do the homework and this is a terrible situation because some students don’t have internet or computers in their home. Also the communication between the students and the professor is through internet, all the homework, classes and exams are informed through internet.

Unfortunately the solutions would be more money but that is a remote possibility, maybe doing things like parties, games or something like that to raise money could be an option.

Another option could be talk with the people in charge and say them that it is necessary solve the problem for improve the quality of the education because this is our only method for be a better professional in the future.