WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.825 --> 00:00:02.725 At Dominican, there are so many opportunities 2 00:00:02.905 --> 00:00:06.045 to get hands-on experience in whatever field you choose 3 00:00:06.105 --> 00:00:09.405 to study that by the time you graduate you already know 4 00:00:09.405 --> 00:00:10.685 what the real world looks like. 5 00:00:10.825 --> 00:00:12.805 So that's something great about Dominican. 6 00:00:13.745 --> 00:00:16.565 As a graphic design major at Dominican University, 7 00:00:16.725 --> 00:00:19.845 I was able to work on Nepantla, 8 00:00:19.885 --> 00:00:22.925 which is an undergraduate journal for my capstone project, 9 00:00:23.385 --> 00:00:27.445 and that eventually led me into a summer long internship, 10 00:00:27.775 --> 00:00:31.325 which was paid and helped me continue my work illustrating 11 00:00:31.425 --> 00:00:33.805 and just doing all of the layout design it needed. 12 00:00:34.515 --> 00:00:36.565 It's definitely really rewarding 13 00:00:37.075 --> 00:00:40.245 just actually having the final product itself in like 14 00:00:40.245 --> 00:00:41.925 literally a physical book form. 15 00:00:42.465 --> 00:00:45.085 The informatics program at Dominican is one 16 00:00:45.085 --> 00:00:46.925 where they really encourage hands-on learning 17 00:00:46.985 --> 00:00:48.725 and they encourage you to ask the hard questions. 18 00:00:48.725 --> 00:00:50.365 They encourage you to work with each other. 19 00:00:50.475 --> 00:00:52.005 It's all about collaboration 20 00:00:52.305 --> 00:00:53.765 and there's always such a culture 21 00:00:54.145 --> 00:00:55.965 of everybody learning together, 22 00:00:55.965 --> 00:00:57.285 everybody asking questions together, 23 00:00:57.285 --> 00:00:58.885 helping each other answer questions, 24 00:00:59.725 --> 00:01:01.165 building projects, and work together. 25 00:01:01.905 --> 00:01:04.405 In the nursing program, we have a simulation lab, 26 00:01:04.405 --> 00:01:07.525 which helps us practice for our clinicals where we deal 27 00:01:07.525 --> 00:01:08.685 with real life patients. 28 00:01:08.745 --> 00:01:11.445 So we go over how to talk to patients, you know, 29 00:01:11.465 --> 00:01:13.485 the proper protocols and precautions 30 00:01:13.905 --> 00:01:15.525 and what to do in certain situations. 31 00:01:16.345 --> 00:01:19.205 And when you all learn these things in simulation lab, 32 00:01:19.825 --> 00:01:20.965 it helps you kind of ease 33 00:01:20.965 --> 00:01:23.325 that anxiety when you're actually in clinicals 34 00:01:23.675 --> 00:01:26.045 with real nurses and doctors 35 00:01:26.225 --> 00:01:28.005 and it just eliminates all the anxiety. 36 00:01:28.985 --> 00:01:30.525 As a fashion merchandise major 37 00:01:30.965 --> 00:01:33.605 I got to work during Chicago Fashion Week 38 00:01:33.785 --> 00:01:36.125 and they had a show here at Dominican 39 00:01:36.785 --> 00:01:38.045 and I got to be a stylist 40 00:01:38.305 --> 00:01:41.685 and I felt like that was a good hands-on experience for me. 41 00:01:42.185 --> 00:01:43.685 As an elementary education major 42 00:01:43.895 --> 00:01:45.405 Being in the classroom with the teachers 43 00:01:45.405 --> 00:01:48.045 and the students, just having like hands-on on 44 00:01:48.045 --> 00:01:49.205 what you're gonna be doing for the rest 45 00:01:49.205 --> 00:01:50.485 of your life really does 46 00:01:51.075 --> 00:01:53.325 give you like a feeling like, yes, this is what I wanna do. 47 00:01:53.795 --> 00:01:55.245 Dominican University 48 00:01:55.685 --> 00:01:58.125 provided me with hands-on experience 49 00:01:58.125 --> 00:02:00.805 through my internship at University 50 00:02:00.805 --> 00:02:03.245 of Chicago shadowing physician assistants. 51 00:02:03.745 --> 00:02:07.085 I think that would help me in the real world when I am a 52 00:02:07.085 --> 00:02:08.245 future PA 53 00:02:08.595 --> 00:02:11.565 because it gave me firsthand experience of 54 00:02:11.565 --> 00:02:14.805 what their day-to-day life is like providing patient care. 55 00:02:15.445 --> 00:02:18.125 I felt more of like, oh yeah, I'm ready for this. 56 00:02:18.405 --> 00:02:21.085 I know I want to do this. This is exactly what I want.