Playing Doctor: Preventing Prostate Cancer

In this final unit of our Cure class, we discussed prevention of diseases. This unit was also very interesting, it made everything we had learned in the two classes (Cure and Disease) feel connected. We cannot talk about curing diseases if we don't talk about how to avoid them first. I found it amazing that there are also so many ways of preventing diseases from a healthy lifestyle to going into surgery. In this case, we have a worrying patient named Joseph who is worried about his risk of getting prostate cancer. This is a fake scenario with fake facts with a fake person, this is necessary to ensure nobody's personal information is exposed. This action project is particularly interesting because we discuss how we can help the patient feel safer from diseases by recommending specific habits to a specific character. First, we analyzed the patient and their demographics, then I go on to explain why the best prevention methods are going to help Joseph. This action project was a delight to create, and I hope you enjoy!


Overall, I thought this unit was very special, it seemed different from the other action projects. I was able to complete a lot of the work in a short amount of time. This action project was definitely a success for me; I'm proud of the work that I'm putting out there. This was a positive working experience for me, I was also able to get tons of feedback from classmates, so I hope this goes well in terms of grades. The class was interesting and relevant, and I'm not sure I can say that about a lot of classes. Thankyou.