- How are you exploring your essential question; is it different from what you expected? If you don’t feel like you’re answering your essential question, what is happening that’s different from what you expected?
So far, I have been exploring my essential question through observation and research. After I decided to narrow my project down, I thought that I would be honing in on the specific topic of medical inequalities. To my surprise, there was a plethora of different areas within what I thought was a smaller topic. I had no idea the amount of factors that go into healthcare. It does not just stay in the hospital, healthcare is everywhere and is affected by everything that we do.
2. Are you surprised by any of the challenges that you’ve faced so far? How have you met those challenges and what can you do going forward to deal with them?
A challenge that I had so far was finding reliable sources in my research. I wasn’t sure where to look and how to verify that they were good sources. I had a meeting with Daniel in which he explained to me strategies in finding reliable scientific articles and journals. Going forward I am going to use these strategies to make sure that my sources are credible.
3. Writing on your essential question: What have you learned about your essential question so far? What further questions do you have? and/or Has your essential question changed? If so, how? What do you want to know more about?
So far, I have mainly been looking at contributing factors to medical inequalities that are unintentional. I have looked into implicit bias and how zip code can affect people’s health. These are problems that are deep rooted in the ways that our society functions, and affect every aspect of our lives, not just healthcare. Next, I am going to look into intersectional medical inequality, as well as prejudices specific to the medical field. I am looking forward to understanding how these prejudices are interconnected with implicit bias.