Speech 4 – Cassidy’s Site!

Journal #16:

I was not able to attend class when we went over speech 4, however, my group members have kept me very involved and let me know what we went over and what the plan for our next speech is. My group has created a Google Doc since last class, and everyone has been adding different ideas and points that we want in the speech to the document. We have a pretty detailed document so far with everything listed on what we are doing and how we will do it. We are all in pharmacy, so we know that we will all relate to each other in our major and this helps with what our speech will be about. We know that we will be taking a news casting path where we will all be news reporters telling our audience about breaking news about an alcoholic outbreak and how we, as pharmacists, play a role in helping with this situation. We also have some of the smaller but important details worked out like the possible names of our news casting program, our logo, music, and what we are going to wear. I think that we have something good to go off of and this will lead to an easier time creating our actual speech and rehearsing it.

ROUGH DRAFT SCRIPT:

Navigation News Center 5

Intro music and picture

Picture goes up to the corner with Peta-Gaye opening

*Newscast Sound*

Peta-Gaye: Good afternoon America! Thank you for tuning into Navigation News Center 5 for your daily news. In today’s news, a young man almost lost his life in a motor vehicle accident on the highway. Police officials say that he was driving above the speed limit when a car switched lanes and hit him off his bike, tossing him 300ft from where he got hit..We have also been told by police officials that he is in intensive care at the moment, and may survive this fatality. Let’s turn to Cassidy for more info on the accident.

Cassidy & Abby(pharmacist in this role) at the hospital (picture of hospital in the background) (we could have people murmuring in the background like an actual hospital setting)

Cassidy: Hello! I am here with the head pharmacist on this case, Abigail Bloom, where she will be giving us inside details on her role in the healthcare team with helping this patient. First off, what are the conditions of your patient and how has the healthcare team helped him survive so far?

Abby: I just want to say thank you for having me today. The patient is suffering from a concussion, a broken arm, and multiple broken ribs which is affecting his breathing. He was put into immediate surgery to fix the broken ribs and arm and other trauma caused by the accident and is now in recovery.

Cassidy: What role do you have, as a pharmacist, in helping this patient?

Abby: (Fill in once we get info)

Cassidy: Thank you Abby for your input and we wish the best of luck for your patient. Back to you Peta-Gaye.

Peta-Gaye: Thank you Cassidy. Unto today’s second news reporting. There is a 5K charitable event being held in Saco, Maine for individuals who are suffering from alcohol addiction. This event will be held from 11am to 5pm today. The goal of this event is to highlight how traumatic alcohol could be to the human body if go untreated. Many people don’t view alcohol addiction as a disease, but if you live, breathe and drink alcohol to the point where you couldn’t do without it; then it is problematic. So come on down to support the charitable event being held in Saco, Maine. Let’s head over to Abby and Cassidy in Saco, Maine.

Abby & Cassidy (Interviewee)

Abby: Thanks Peta-Gaye. Right now I’m here with Dr. Grass. I just wanted to ask you a few questions pertaining to what you do as a trauma pharmacist?

Cassidy: Okay.

Abby: What happens to a patient who is addicted to alcohol when they are in the hospital?

Cassidy: It would seem like a simple solution to give them alcohol to calm them down, but hospitals are allowed to provide alcohol.

Abby: What would you do in that circumstance then?

Cassidy: Instead of giving them alcohol, we give them a drug that stimulates the brain the same way that alcohol would.

Abby: Thank you Dr. Grass. Now back to you Peta-Gaye.

Peta-Gaye: Thank you Abby! That’s a wrap for today and thanks again for tuning into Navigation News Center 5. See you tomorrow and have a great day!

Outro music

Music fades in + logo pop up ( reverse of the beginning) Music starts after my last words

Dry-Dry-Run:

Journal #17:

After watching our dry-dry run, there are many things I believe we can both keep and improve upon. A lot of things were strong about our dry-dry run like the fact that it was long and took up a lot of time, which is good because this meant we were well prepared and know what we will be doing for our real speech. We expressed all our ideas to the audience and let them know just how we plan to do the speech and what parts we still must do for it. One thing that I do think that we can improve upon is the rehearsing and time for our speech. I think that we need to have it fully scripted out and go through it to see if we meet the time requirements and see how much we can do without big pauses or forgetting what to say. With news casting, they don’t have big pauses and always know what they’re supposed to say, so we need to have that same mindset. Overall, I think that our dry-dry run went very well, and we are already starting to improve our outline and script and creating the props.

Dry-Run:

Journal #18:

After watching my dry run for Speech 4, I noticed a lot of things that were working and some things that need to be improved upon. One thing that worked really well was we were all really good with our conversation and volume. We presented to the class nice and had good elements to our presentation like having one of us standing to the side like a newscaster would with a split screen. Another good thing is we had a prop when we did our dry run so it made it seem more real and we were able to get some good feedback based on our prop. A few people said that it would be better if we only had two microphones. One for Peta-Gaye and one to pass between the interviewer and the person being interviewed. I think that this was very good feedback that we used in determining how we are going to record for real. One thing we need to improve on from watching our dry run is memorizing our lines. This will come with practice and time, but I think we just need to keep rehearsing and like the other speeches, it will come. Overall, I think that our dry run went well and we are prepared for speech 4.

Final Draft Script:

Intro music and picture

*Newscast Sound*

Peta-Gaye: Good morning America! Thank you for tuning into Navigation News Center 5 for your daily news. In today’s news, a young man almost lost his life in a motor vehicle accident on the highway. Police officials say that he was driving above the speed limit when a car switched lanes and hit him off his bike; Therefore, tossing him 200ft from where he got hit. He is in intensive care at the moment, and may not survive this tragedy. Let’s turn to Cassidy for more info on the accident.

Cassidy & Abby(pharmacist in this role) at the hospital

Cassidy: What role do you have, as a pharmacist, in helping this patient?

Abby: As a pharmacist, I work with the interdisciplinary team, meaning I work with other medical professionals like the Medical residents, and the surgical team. More specifically, I look at how much medication adequately controls his pain through IV and I try to determine when he can start taking oral medication and how much of it he needs.

Cassidy: This seems like a very emotionally challenging job, so why did you choose to become a Pharmacist?

Abby: I chose to become a pharmacist because I want to help others live and lead healthy, dignified, and productive lives.

Cassidy: What are a few of the joys behind becoming a pharmacist?

Abby: It would be knowing that you can improve the lives of others. As a pharmacist, you can build a more trustful relationship with your patients so that you can give more personal, in-depth care.

Cassidy: Thank you Abby for your input and we wish the best of luck for your patient. Back to you Peta-Gaye.

Peta-Gaye: Thank you Cassidy. In today’s second news reporting, a 5K charitable event is being held in Saco, Maine for individuals who are suffering from alcohol addiction. This event will be held from 11am to 5pm today. The goal of this event is to highlight how traumatic alcohol could be to the human body if went untreated. Many people don’t view alcohol addiction as a disease, but if you live, breathe and drink alcohol to the point where you couldn’t do without it; then it is problematic. Let’s head over to Abby in Saco, Maine.

Abby & Cassidy (Interviewee)

Abby: Thanks Peta-Gaye. Right now I’m here with Dr. Grass. I just wanted to ask you a few questions pertaining to what you do as a trauma pharmacist?

Cassidy: Okay.

Abby: What happens to a patient who is addicted to alcohol when they are in the hospital?

Cassidy: When a patient is emitted to a hospital with alcohol addiction, they could suffer from alcohol withdrawal and die as their body is used to large amounts of alcohol every day. It seems like the simple solution would be to give them alcohol to calm them down and keep them from dying, but hospitals are not allowed to provide alcohol to patients.

Abby: What would you do in that circumstance then?

Cassidy: Instead of giving them alcohol, we give them a drug that stimulates the brain the same way that alcohol would.

Abby: Is it hard being a pharmacist in this type of situation?

Cassidy: Yes, it is difficult being a pharmacist in a trauma setting, but I know I’m helping the patient recover and improve their lifestyle in the long run.

Abby: Thank you Dr. Grass. Now back to you Peta-Gaye.

Peta-Gaye: Thank you Abby! That’s all we have for today. Remember to stay tuned to Navigation News Center 5 for your weekly news, weekdays @5am.

Outro music and logo

SPEECH 4:

Journal #19:

Overall for speech 4, I believe that it went very well. There were a lot of things that went right and everyone contributed evenly to the work load. Abby did the logo and I did the picture and music and Peta-Gaye did the props. As for editing, we did most of it together, but I also did some finishing touches. We all worked on hard on the script, editing it as we went on and got feedback from other classmates. The time in the green screen went very well and we were finished very quick because we were prepared and ready to record. The extra time in our time slot was spent editing. For the actual presentation, we got a lot of positive feedback about our speech saying how they liked the news-casting approach and we did a good job hitting all the spots on the rubric. One thing I think we could improve on is our time and speaking. I feel as though we could have added a bit more information to make it longer and we should have slowed down our talking a little bit more like news-casters do. However, I believe speech 4 was one of the best ones yet.