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    I'm Morgan Elzey and my mentorship was at Campbell Family Medicine, and I was able  to acquire many skills from them that will help me throughout my life. I gained more confidence in myself by talking to multiple people through this mentorship. I also gained the knowledge of how to run a doctor's office, and most importantly how to have a healthy doctor/patient relationship. The main thing that I learned that will help me with any is that communication is key, but it took me a while to get the hang of this one. Knowing this will help you go further, and understand things better by just simply being able to talk it out.
   Some actions that I personally took to get the most from my experiences was finishing every task that was asked of me to my best capability and further. Then, when I was finished with that certain task I would go back and ask "What's next" or "What else can I help with". This helped to show that I want to take initiative to help and my want to be there, and your mentor will surely notice this. It can even help you to get to do cooler things with your mentor, because they believe that you can handle it. Another thing that I did was just simply ask. Some things they did in the doctor's office I was able to watch, but I really wanted to get hands on and do it. I made sure that I asked at the right time, and my mentor was glad that I did. She then would explain to me how to do it, asked me if I had questions, and then let me do it myself. These to things are very simple to do, but can help you out a lot. I always like the saying, "It never hurts to ask," and that is really true.
   This mentorship has prepared me for the future in many ways. First, it helped me to gain confidence in myself, and that will help me with everything, especially in medicine. Secondly, it helped me to really be productive with my time to get stuff done. Lastly, it has taught me that I have made the right decision to go into the medical field and become a nurse practitioner. With this mentorship it has shown me that I do want to become a nurse practitioner in a doctor's office, but in a pediatric office. For the new HMP students the advice I want to give to you is to go into every experience with an open mind, and never be afraid to ask a question, because that is what your mentor is there for, to help you. Also, I want you to know that it is a great privilege and blessing to be in this program. I believe that you guys will do great and hopefully flourish wherever you mentor. Have a great year!