Blog 5 - Interview 1 Reflection

1. What is the most important thing I learned from the interview? Is there anything I would do differently for other interviews?
• The most important thing I learned from interviewing my mentor Dr. Chris Chen was that although Dentists generally have a bad aura, they are apart helping so many people change or improve their lives. What comes along with being a Dentist and being able to change someones life, is the chance to be able to be apart of their life in a more personal way. Through Dentistry you are able to make a difference in people's attitude about themselves or their appearance, but also allowed the chance to have them be apart of your life in return. One thing I would probably do differently would be to have my interviewee in a more controlled setting. When we performed the interview, I feel like it should have been in an office and maybe not out in front of other people. I think that difference would have made the interview a lot more personal. 
2. Did I get additional resources and contacts? What is the most useful? Why? 
• When I asked my mentor who he would recommend I speak to or what he would recommend I read, he didn't really have a specific answer. However, he did suggest that I speak to the two other dentists in the office that I mentor at to be able to get different views and ideas. One of the dentists is a pediatric dentist, which means she is a dentist with a specialization. I feel the pediatric dentist would be someone who I would be able to get great information from. 
3. What makes my interviewee qualified to help me?
• My interviewee is qualified to help me because he is a Doctor of Dental Surgery, and a dentist of the Puente Hills Dental group. As previously stated, he is also my mentor.