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This ePortfolio discusses my journey as an undergraduate biology student at IUPUI and the discovery of my passion to pursue optometry. I discuss my experience working at an optometrist's office and research concerning myopia management and the preval ... revalence it has specifically in regards to pediatric optometric medicine. Read more

A short description of my college experience thus far with past achievements, experiences, and a short description of me and my personality.

Strict academics have never been a strong suit, so exploring my extracurriculars while using applicable skills from my academics have been a large part of the journey. Where does the learn stop and the work begin? I don't think the line really exists

Evidence-based laboratory testing is an important, yet sometimes incomplete, step in the diagnosis of active pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) disease. Tuberculosis controllers in a midwestern United States metropolitan health department reported a perform ... ance gap in testing at healthcare facilities throughout the region. One partnering hospital created an electronic clinical decision support (CDS) tool within the electronic health record (EHR) aimed at improving active pulmonary TB disease testing. A program evaluation examined effectiveness of the CDS change on the initial laboratory testing and ordering processes for patients diagnosed with active pulmonary TB at the facility. The tests of interest were acid-fast bacilli (AFB), culture, and nucleic acid amplification testing (NAAT). Read more