My name is Julie Sayegh, I was born and raised in Pasadena, CA. I am
the youngest of 5 girls, and the first in my family to become a medical
doctor. I grew up as a product of the Pasadena Unified School
district, I attending Edison (grades k-2) and Noyes Elementary (grades
3-5), Washington Middle School, and Pasadena High School for my
training. After high school, I continued my education at UCLA, where I
obtained a bachelors degree in physiological sciences, and a minor in
education studies. After college, I moved to Chicago, Illinois for
medical school at Rush Medical College. I remained in Chicago for my
residency training in Emergency Medicine as well at Cook County
Hospital, and recently returned to Southern California to complete
fellowship training in medical simulation at UC Irvine Medical Center.
Prior to my medical training I used to teach for the Pasadena Unified
School District, and was involved in many tutoring/mentoring and
teaching opportunities in undergrad through the UCLA career based
outreach program and UCLA bruin Corps. I fell in love with teaching,
and knew that it was something I always wanted to incorporate into my
career. I chose to do a fellowship program in medical simulation
because it is a very effective and hands-on approach to teaching, where
patient cases can be created using a life-sized human simulator for
medical students and residents to learn in a fun, safe environment. I am fairly new to technology. I have found my way around powerpoint, excel, and web navigation, however my knowledge of things like iOS and HTML if fairly minimal. I enjoy using the computer for online shopping, social media, and web searching for research, and am always delighted when I figure out I can do something online rather than the "old fashioned way" such as paying my bills and depositing a check online! However I do not consider myself a computer genius by any means, and am really looking forward to becoming more familiar and comfortable going beyond basic web searching.
I have chosen to complete a maters in Multimedia education because I would like to use the skills I gain from this course to create on-line educational tools that can help teach medical students and residents about topics in emergency medicine. I ultimately would like to design a simulation based course that will help emergency medicine residents prepare for their oral board exams, and to enhance their learning in a new and exciting way.
Hello Julie,
ReplyDeleteI still remember you from high school. We both graduated from the very same high school (PHS) in the very same year (2000). It been 14 years since we last meet. During those years we went our separate ways and lot has changed during those 14 years. As for me, I have been at Cal Poly Pomona for a while and meet many new friends during that time. I also still remember your twin sister Ann. Ann is currently working at the LA Times. It's been nice meeting you. Good luck this quarter.