Multigenre Research Proposal

For the multigenre research proposal, I am doing a career interest as a pediatrician. I will interview my own pediatrician (Dr. Tuyet Vo) and a pediatric patient such as my sister (Jessica Nguyen). I am uncertain of the dates of the interviews, but it should be no later than next week or two. All I know about pediatricians are the basic facts about their academic schooling as well as their role within the pediatric field. I definitely think the theme of children will be my main focus through this topic. During the interviews, I think lack of questioning or preparation will hinder the interviewing process. I find this topic personally meaningful because I want to become a pediatrician myself and I feel passionate about this topic. I will probably do Medical Explorers, or any science related topics as my alternate project if something prevents me from doing my first choice.

Ten to Twenty questions categories:

1. What does it take to become a pediatrician?
2. What is the role of a pediatrician?
3. What does a typical check-up look like?
4. How long do you have to go to school to become a pediatrician?
5. How long does a typical residency last?
6. What it is like in medical school?
7. What make pediatricians so unique compare to all the other doctors?
8. What do you enjoy most being a pediatrician?
9. What it is like to treat a terminally ill child?
10. What type of problems do you faced on a typical day?
11. What skills are needed to become a pediatrician?
12. What it is like on the first day of being a pediatrician?
13. How do you feel on that first day?
14. What is the age range of your patients?
15. How important it is to work with other medical assistants?

Things To Do to Make the Informant Feel Comfortable

1. Ask a lot of questions.
2. Smile and be polite.
3. Introduce opening topics that might lead into better questions and answers.
4. Have the interview on a day that is available for the informant.
5. Email or phone the informant on available dates and time that I am available.

What To Do If There's Nothing to Say

1. Ask questions related to the previous question.
2. Make conversation with the informant related to the topic.
3. Ask questions leading to the topic.

 Factual Details-Want to Know

1. Daily Life
2. School Life
3. Health Care Life
4. Multiple Perspectives
5. Economic Factors
6. How to Information
7. Future Plans
8. Patient Care
9. Licensing 
10. National Trends

Academic Topics

1. Psychology of Children Past and Present
2. Growth Development of Children.
3. Psychological development of children.
4. Psychological development of a terminally ill child.
5. Psychological effects of prescribed drugs on children.