Introduction

Hi Everyone,

My name is Kaitlyn and I’m taking this course to get me to the 120 credit requirement to graduate (prior to this course I had 118). I am a health studies major with a minor in communications. Although I completed my major and minor requirements already, I thought it made sense to continue with health courses. I hope that this course will continue to communicate key concepts of health and wellness that I can apply in my job everyday with my patients.  For over two years I have been a dental hygienist. I am a member/work with of my professional  associations and two non-profit organizations. In addition, I am an inaugural writer for an online platform for dental professionals.  I wanted to get my bachelors to continue forward in my career. There are more opportunities with furthering my educating such as an educator or (when legislation passes) a dental practitioner (similar to a nurse practitioner but dental). I am very grateful that in the fall I will be working as a clinical educator at a dental hygiene program, which is one of my goals.

The health aspect topic I chose to focus on for this class is actually what I have working on recently. I am striving to be more consistent with my exercising  (which involves continuing  to maintain my weight & toning my stomach area).  Most of my at-home workouts involve using an exercise bike and exercises such as crunches. I hope to use my bike and or an abs workout as much as possible each week (at least 4-5 times per week). I have played sports all my life, especially softball, which I love and still miss. I aged out of my travel teams when I got into my dental hygiene program. This program was very intense, so I had to dedicate all my time towards my education and my career. Now, I am in the home stretch of getting my bachelors and will soon have more time on my hands. With this extra time after work, I hope to create a new routine, including more consistent exercising at home.  

When I am not working or doing school work, I love sports, watching movies, and traveling. I actually have a few trips planned coming up this summer. I included a picture of myself when I visited Europe a few years ago.

Good luck to everyone & Happy Summer!

Submitted: 5/24/19  5:49PM