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Effectiveness of Career

Exploration Programs (+

Job Shadowing)

Joshua Lopez

Senior

Mililani High School

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+What is Career Exploration?

!Career Exploration is the process of...1. learning about yourself and the world of work,2. identifying and exploring potentially satisfying

occupations,

3. and developing an effective strategy to realizeyour goals.

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+Significance of Career Exploration

! In 1937, only 15 percent of high school students pursued ahigher education which were upper-income families

! Nearly 60% of all jobs in the U.S. require a college degree! It helps the student have his/her own general direction

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+Uncertainty can lead to wasted

time, money, and effort

!Delays in a college education can often becaused by changing majors

!50-70% of college students will changemajors at least THREE times before

graduating

!Changing classes to fit requirements

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+Uncertainty can lead to wasted

time, money, and effort

The later a student makes a change, the

more costly it is intuitionand time,Sharon Wiatt Jones, a former career

counselor at the University of North

Carolina at Chapel Hill and the co-author

ofThe Parents Crash Course in CareerPlanning: Helping your College Student

Succeed

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+Uncertainty can lead to wasted

time, money, and effort

!Changing majors losing economicfeasibility

!From 2002-03 to 2012-13, publishedtuition and fees at public four-year

institutions rose at an average rate of

5.2% per year beyond inflation

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+What can simple forms of Career

Exploration do?

!Give yourself a sense of direction!Save you time and money!Allows yourself to be more educated and

aware

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+Testing the Effectiveness of Job

Shadowing as a Form of

Career ExplorationJoshua Lopez

Polysomnographic

Technologist

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+Sleep Study

!Sleep studies are tests that measurehow well you sleep and how well your

body responds to sleep problems.

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+Polysomnography

!Polysomnography (PSG), a type of sleepstudy, is a multi-parametric test used in the

study of sleep and as a diagnostic tool in

sleep medicine.

!Brain (EEG) activity , eye movements(EOG), muscle activity or skeletal muscle

activation (EMG) and heart rhythm (ECG)

during sleep.

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What did I know

before entering the

job shadow?

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+Procedures

1. Review incoming patients medicaldescription (age, issues, last time

sleep study was done)

2. We patient arrives, lead them intotheir designated room, allow them toget comfortable and change into

comfortable clothing

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+Procedures

3. Allow them to complete pre-studyquestionnaire

4. When patient is changing, organizeelectrode wires, cleaning paste,

conducting paste, and gauze5. When patient has changed, put on

gloves and begin placing electrodesonto patient starting from the legs up

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6. After all electrodes have been placed,plug in all wires to Alice 6 instrumentation

7. Organize all wires in a neat fashion andtape them together and debrief patient

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+Things to know

! 10/20 system for head measurements! Understanding the stages of sleep!Analyzing sleep data

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+10/20 System

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+Stages of Sleep

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+Analyzing Sleep Data

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+How Job Shadowing Has Helped

!Allowed me to understand the ins and outsof the job

!Provides a hands on experience!Hands on = deeper connection and

understand rather just internet sources