Cardinal Health - global healthcare company

Cardinal Health is an $87 billion global manufacturer and distributor of medical and surgical supplies and technologies dedicated to making healthcare safer and more productive.

Their customers are located on five continents and include hospitals, medical centers, retail and mail-order pharmacies, clinics, physicians, pharmacists and other healthcare providers.

They distribute an unrivaled selection of medical products and supplies to hospitals, laboratories, surgical centers and physician offices. They also provide integrated supply chain and logistics solutions to help control costs, improve efficiencies and increase effectiveness.

On the other hand, they develop and manufacture essential medical and surgical products used in healthcare's most frequently performed procedures. Products include infection-prevention supplies, such as gloves, masks, drapes and gowns; interventional radiological products; respiratory care products and services; surgical instruments; and clinical laboratory products.

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My Reflection:

After learning about the information about Cardinal Health Inc, I understand more about the organization of biological companies. I think their jobs are very important because everyone can be sick at anytime, so that someone has to figure out the ways to cure the patient in an effective way. I especially appreciate Cardinal Health company 's slogan "Our mission is to make health care safer and more productive." I think that human lives are really valuable and all people have a right to live healthily. Therefore, I hope that the health companies can develop more medicines and treatments to cure all diseases. Furthermore, I think this career is very appreciatable and I wish that more people will work for healthcare companies.

Guest lecture: Anatomy and Pathology of Eyes

Today, Dr. Pamela Fong had a guest lecture in my biology 2nd period class.

First of all, Dr. Pamela Fong showed us a poster about the eyeball to give us a detailed explanation of the structure and function of the eye.

I learned that despite its small size, the eye is actually a very complex structure.

It is consist of numerous different parts and each part has a unique function.

For examples, retina is the lining of the eye which contain millions of light-sensitive cells called rods and cones, while rods respond best to dim light and cones repond best to bright light and enable color vision.

After that, Dr. Fong used a eyeball model to continue further explanation.

The greatest part of the lecture is the photos of real eyes.

Dr. Fong showed us several different characteristics that different eyes have.

For instances, the eye of a person that has blonde eyes is redder than other eyes.

She also explained the different effects of eye diseases to the internal structure of the eyes.



Finally, we had an interesting sheep eye dissection lab.

Even though I thought touching the sheep eyeball is kind of disgusting, I still participated and finished the dissection at last.

I was able to look into the real eye and it really helped my understanding of the structure of eyes a lot
and I always think that it is better to learn science through real experiences.

From the dissection, I learned that if the lens is unclear that means the sheep is a old sheep.

I think that this guest lecture is very educational and it really gave me a lot of information about the anatomy and pathology of eyes.

I also think that we should have more guest lectures in the future because they always give me additional knowledges other than the ones in the book.