Blog Entry #17- Interview Reflection 3

1. What is the most important thing I learned from the interview?

•  The most interesting and important thing I learned from my interview was Dr.Morris's experience with visual impairment and poverty. He has traveled to Mexico many many times with his church to help those in need. Many of the people he helped were extremely poor that didn't have optometrist or glasses to fix their visual impairment. I found it very interesting that Dr.Morris chose to volunteer just to help people out and not because he was forced to.

2. How has your approach to interviewing changed over the course of your senior project?

• Yes, at first I would just ask questions about the career of optometry and what it takes to become one. My interest was focused on the day to day life of an optometrist until I discovered that there is much more about optometry then just eye exams. After I read the book "Infinite vision" I had an epiphany, which lead me to research how poor health and poverty affects an individuals eyes. This subject made me extremely curious. Luckily one of my mentors, Dr.Morris, has experience with people who are visually impaired in low income settings. My questions have started to evolve into the reasons why poverty affects vision and how that can be reduced.