Oops!

Today I went in to finish the November excel sheet Maria and I started on Friday. As I was doing the excel sheet I noticed the way we set it up was kinda CONFUSING....just a little...so I reformatted the file in a way that would be easy to read and interpret. As I am sitting down in the front lobby, keying data in a million letters a second, an older woman rushes in the clinic screaming, "WHERE CAN I MAKE AN APPOINTMENT AT??!!". The lady at the receptionist kept trying to calm her down, but she went on stammering about how its frustrating that San Jose has doctor appointments booked until January. I felt bad hearing this but at the same time, I felt relieved in a way because it means that more people are being taken care of. It was an exciting discovery for me to see that San Jose's staff was taking the initiative to go the extra mile and seeing more patients over the weekend instead of just Monday-Friday. When that episode was over, I continued back with my excel programming and finished the November entries! It felt SO GOOD putting in the last patients name. As I was walking up to Nieves' office to tell her I finished, I started wondering if I could incorporate stuff I am learning in my bioinformatics classes with my tasks at the clinic. I suddenly got motivated to try and make a database for the clinic. I wasn't sure how long it would take me, or if it would even work, but I am thrilled to pitch the idea to Nieves and try it out. I am sure she will be happy to hear my proposal and I truly believe this database could help the clinic with their organization! Starting on a big project like this makes me feel like I am going out with a bang. Its a little sad that this semester is almost over, and therefore these blogs will soon end, BUT I decided I am going to keep on volunteering at San Jose and keep up with being Nieves' part-time personal data assistant because I like knowing that my help is doing something for them no matter how minor it may be :-)


until next time :-)