1. By: Janette Magallon June 29, 2009

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

3.  18 years old  Senior at Village Academy High School  Tutor for third grade students at Pueblo  Planning to become a pediatrician

4.  I love to help  Like to spend time with kids  Like to feel useful  I hope to be successful

5.  A Persian physician Rhazes  Wrote the book The Diseases of Children  The 9 th century  The book gave an overview of pediatrics as an individual field of medicine  The first work on Pediatrics was done by Thomas Phaer  Book of Children  Pediatrics blossomed in the 19 th century  Hospital for Sick Children in Great Ormond St, London (1852)

6.  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

7.  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 laboratories  Rotating medical specialties  Residency

8.  Starting Schools  Attend any of the 23 Cal State Campuses  One of the 9 UC campuses  Top Medical Schools  Harvard University  University of California San Francisco  Stanford University  Yale University  Take the MCAT Test

9.  Kagwa-Nyanzi, Juanita MD FAAP  177 W. Willow St Pomona, CA 91768  (909) 865 - 5519

10.  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

11.  I followed my mentor around  Asked questions  Helped when kids cried  Translated for parents that spoke Spanish

12.  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

13.  I will attend UCR  Earn a degree in Biology  Attend medical school at UCLA or Harvard

14.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pediatrics http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pediatrics  http://degreedirectory.org/articles/Pediatri c_Medicine_Become_a_Pediatrician_in_5_St eps.html http://degreedirectory.org/articles/Pediatri c_Medicine_Become_a_Pediatrician_in_5_St eps.html  http://www.studentdoc.com/top-10- medical-schools.html http://www.studentdoc.com/top-10- medical-schools.html