Day Five: Interview With Melissa Grafe

          Today, I started my internship day interviewing Melissa Grafe, who works in the Historical Medical Library. While I was waiting for Ms. Grafe, I also met George Moore, who works for Access and Delivery Services. George talked to little bit of what he was doing at that movement, looking for a quote describing the experience of Dr.Harvey Cushing. George was examining many of Dr.Cushing's diaries that described his day-to-day activities and things he did at the laboratory.
    Mr.Moore said that he just loves what he does, and since he has been working here at the library for 40 years, he feels like he is actually a library holding. He feels like he is connected to the library in many ways. I was able to see Dr. Cushing's diaries and get a look at his office. It was so peaceful in his office that I felt like I was actually traveling back in time.
When Interviewing Ms. Grafe, I found out that she loves the combination of medicine and history, a reason why she applied to work at the Historical Medical Library.
     Ms. Grafe has a Ph.D in History of Medicine from John Hopkins University. Another reason why she applied for the Historical Medical Library position is that it involves teaching, and she loves teaching. Ms. Grafe showed me the entire collection of  historical manuscripts.
    During my interview, I learned how Ms. Grafe combined her love for medicine with her love for history and books to create a career that she enjoys and makes living. I am really grateful for this opportunity.

Harvey Cushing

After graduating from Yale, Dr. Cushing received his medical degree from Harvard Medical School in 1895 and taught at Johns Hopkins Hospital and Medical School before accepting appointment as Mosely Professor of Surgery at Harvard in 1912.

Interview with Lei & Editing of the Concussion Video

Today, I got to interview Lei who is charge of the Curriculum and Research Support. He's been working here for about 6 years. The best thing he likes about his profession is that he gets to help doctors find articles and information more efficiently. Also, he mention a change in his work. What i mean by that is that he notice how before technology was not as advanced thus it was more time-consuming to finish the work. Since, technology has been progressing, he and others workers were able to access to advanced tools which saves a lot of time and is easier. After that interview, I worked with Jeffrey on the concussion video. I learned about a new program called Final Cut Express. It was really easy to manage. I learned how to cut out scenes from each shot, and add recordings. We finished most of the editing of the video; we just have to add some effects to the video then we're done. As you can see, I got to meet with Lei who is passionate about his profession, and I learned how to edit a video using Finish Cut Express. Overall this day was great.