Internships - Internship Blog

Photo Essay Additions

6/12/2013

POL Preparation part 1

6/11/2013

How did your project go from an idea or inspiration to a final product

My Project was a guide for what and what not to do when you break your bone.

How was your work as an intern meaningful to your education?

I learned about what I need to do in college and what that will help me do when i'm out of college.

College and career connections

6/11/2013

I believe that my mentors have helped me understand what I need to do In order to get where I want to be and how to do that. Farley taught me about a grant site that will help me get money for college.

self-advocacy

6/3/2013

How have you advocated for yourself during your internship, or seen advocacy demonstrated in other situations?
I believe that I have advocated for my self by asking if anyone needed help with getting supplies and clearing linens and putting on new ones
asking if any one needed help with anything and seeing what i could help out with.

Photo Essay

5/31/2013

INternship journal 1 and 2

5/30/2013

What questions do you have about your internship?
I don't have any real questions right now.
What connections can you make between this internship and what you've done in school?
Some connections I can make is that the work group is like a group of friends hanging out.
Has anything happened that's worth telling us about? Funny stories?
So my mentor shooter had me making a cast on him for practice and we went down to the exchange while the cast dried and the cashier asked how his day was and he said it would be ok except i broke my arm and the cashier girl was oh no how did you do that and shooter says well i was fighting to protect my girlfriend against five guys and i karate chopped one in the neck and broke my arm and the cashier was like thats so sweet and we left without telling her we were joking.
What have you learned about your organization's mission and purpose?
To help people fix their bones
What new skills are you developing (or will you need to develop) for this internship?'
cast making and cutting

First Impressions from Day One

5/24/2013

What strikes you most about your workplace?

What strikes me is how the other corpsman make a lot of jokes all the time.

What strikes you most about your colleagues? (remember this is a publicly visible blog)

What strikes about them is there sense of humor and attitudes

What strikes you most about the job you're doing?

What they have to go through every day

What are you excited about?

I am most excited about this whole internship

What are you worried about?

I am not very worried about anything yet

Mentor Interview

5/24/2013

I am waiting on my mentor to email her answers because she had asked me to email them to her.

Getting Started

4/30/2013

Where are you going?
I am going to the Orthopedic division in the Balboa Naval Hospital.

Who's your mentor?
One of the surgeons.

What will you be doing?
I hopefully will be watching surgeries.

What are you excited about learning through this internship experience?
I hope to learn what it is like working in a hospital.

What are you nervous about?
Just that I might not know how to do something and they would be expecting me to know how to do it.