26 January, 2016
One of the appreciations I have developed while being at internship is more of an understanding of the primary care providers. It's led me to have more respect for them knowing now how hard their work is, and how everything is constantly going fast pace. I understand now that when a patient is late it is on the providers to make a decision to fit them in their busy schedule or not, but at the end of the day all the primary providers are trying their best to make every single patient they have the healthiest they can be. Which also leads to my appreciation for my own doctor who probably goes through these similar things. While working at my internship I've noticed that many of the providers have lots of sympathy, but at the same are very strong and well grounded. I myself would like to develop these qualities, because if I do go into health care I need to be able to be professional and not cry over some of the hard diagnoses I might have to tell patients. I also think this quality in general, in life will help in the long run and will help me become more mature and adult. I have learned to be more compassionate and non-judgmental. I have seen so many different types of patients and the ones that break my heart are the ones I learned from most. I've realized that while people can look normal on the outside they can be suffering internally and mentally, people really don't how one is feeling until they've heard, seen, listened from their perspective. This leads me to have so much more compassion for them, I realize I cannot help change their health, but I can watch my mentor try his best to help them. It is has taught me not to judge from the outside and always have room for compassion for anyone. Internship has really encouraged me to pursue something in the medical field. I don't have my head set on any particular career, but I know now that I want to head in the medical field. Whether that's a doctor, nurse, nurse practitioner, pharmacist or psychiatrist I'm not sure, but I am keeping an open mind about my career choices. At internship communication is one of the keys to a nice running health clinic. I've noticed that Will, will look at the charts from previous visits and if anything looks off he will find that doctor or nurse who made that note and fix it. He also is constantly communicating with patients from phone, through "my chart" (this is patient/provider email) or even through another doctor. He's also constantly communicating with the nurses making sure that his patients are getting the correct labs or correct tests, while on top of that he communicates with his team. Communication is really a big key to a successful day. 25 January, 2016 I have contributed to my internship by working on the project that my mentor has been wanting for a long a time for his work clinic. He's been wanting this data analysis to support his idea on providers being more aggressive with ordering lumbar punctures in cases of syphilis and taking them more seriously. While interning I have learned that the medical field requires lots of math, science, problem solving, critical thinking and patience. It also made me realize that while I would be in the education for a very long time, my mind is more set on going to the medical field. My experience here at this internship has taught me not be judgmental, because what I have observed is that a healthy looking patient can have many problems, not just physical but emotional as well. A significant number of them have hard lives but they keep their troubles hidden. I have also learned to be very patience with people and myself. My mentor Will had suggested that we do data analysis for people who had the procedure of lumbar puncture done in the past year. We then had a data manger put all the lumbar puncture procedures and their result date into excel. Will then taught me to look for the VDRL RSLT, WBC and any symptoms for neurosyphilis if their syphilis test was positive. I then did a chart review of these patients and checked for signs of neurosyphilis. Essentially what this data supports my mentor's theory that the providers at Owen Clinic need to order more lumbar punctures to rule out for neurosyphilis whether the patients had the symptoms or not. Although the project is not quite finished and I still have to put this data into excel, it has taught me that I should always double check and keep an open mind. Sometimes I will think that I've got the right answer right away, but then I have another professional look over and say I'm incorrect, no matter how stubborn I am they seem to be right. So keeping an open mind has helped me through this project and will help me in life as well. 22 January, 2016
Internship has taught me so many different elements in my life. I believe one skill teachers can use in class is patience with students, even though we are very fortunate with our teachers already, there is always room to grow. This skill would work both in favor of the students and the teachers, which lead them both gaining more respect and understanding of each other. From this skill I think I will learn not to stress out about my academic performance. I will become more open minded and allow more and different ideas to flow. I will learn how to solve problems in a more efficient way, instead of just rushing into the problem and going with the first idea. I will have more patience with myself, and will try not push myself too hard. 20 January, 2015
Intern Blog #1: Diana Leon I was very impressed with Diana's daily internship days. Her days are very busy as well, but the thing I was most impressed about was how her mentor and her talked every morning about the work the mentor had planed for her. It seems as f she's doing something different everyday and learning new skill sets and broadening her knowledge. Intern Blog #2: Jonathan Abazan Jonathan has learned to mange his sleep schedule better because of internship. He is more aware of how important it is to be on time and get a good rest. I myself have also learned that a good amount of sleep is very important for the days work. Intern Blog #3: Stephanie Knutosn Stephanie is trying very hard to compete her project. It was brought to my attention that she was willing not to give so easily and try to work through her little bumps in her project. It will become very handy to her and her peers in the future. While she's not always making a lot of progress with her main project she focuses her time on smaller projects and writes blogs posts. 12 January, 2016
Today was the first day of internship, and it was a very busy day filled with back to back patients. During my time at this internship I am really looking forward to seeing the relationship between a nurse practitioner and patient. I am also looking forward to the project I will be completing by the end of this program. I will be doing some data analysis on neurosyphilis (STD), I will be calculating how many patients have neurosyphilis without the symptoms and the patients with the symptoms to compare to each other. 15 January, 2016 I have completed a week of internship, the days are very busy like I mentioned before. I attend to see the patients with my mentor, Will, I sit or stand and listen to him, while observing everything he is doing constantly, along the way he explains the information. My first impression was that Will was a very nice guy and my first day went very well. I learned so much and almost had the opportunity to watch a lumber puncture, however the patient did not show up. The first day I started has been by far the busiest day I have experienced so far. There were so many interesting patients, with different diagnosis that I was easily entertained and learned a lot. The most exciting thing I have seen so far is an actually Lumber Puncture, with a different patient from before, and while I was watching my mentor was explaining everything he was doing to me and the patient. The procedure went excellent, while the patient felt no pain, besides the numbing shot and was very pleased when he left the clinic. It was quite a joy for me to observe this relationship that Will has with his patients. The job requires a lot of kindness, open mindfulness, non-judgmental and patients (pun not intended). While Will already has all of these skills, I myself realize that I need a little more patients and to be more open minded when coming to this internship. The clinic that I am interning at is quite small. It is for people with HIV and also for normal health care. Will is a Nurse Practitioner who also practices primary health care for his patients. He has a room for his patients which is very small. By the entrance on the right side there is a medical mobile bed, and next to it there is a mobile table, another with a commuter and two stools. There are two windows, below them are two maroon chairs. Next to the chairs on the right side there is a wall with posters of HIV medications, surveys, studies and health advice. On the left side of the chairs there is a sink on a desk with cabinets above and below. Next to the desk there is a trash can, and above the portable bed there is a trash can for bio-hazard things. My work days are very different from school. I attend internship from 8-4:30, while school is 8:25-3:30. My internship days are much busier and longer compared to school. School goes by slower and has a shorter lunch which I do not miss. I carefully observe my mentor with his patients, and I am going to start working on my project next week, which I know will take a lot of time and effort. I really do enjoy this internship and I am seriously considering going to medical school or nursing school, it has secured that idea and I know I want to head in that direction. From this internship I will learn more patients, open-mindfulness and a lot of health facts, which will help in school. |
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