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Running head: INTERNSHIP 1

INTERNSHIP 4

LaKisha Chapman

Liberty University

Professor Pastor Waugh

Internship 499

April 30, 2018

Following a two-hundred-and-fifty-hour internship period as an intern at Barnes Jewish hospital, in the Radiation Oncology Department, I have achieved a lot of relevant skills in both theoretically and practical. Within the timeline of my internship, as a patient registrar, you can see up to one hundred or more patients daily. I performed a lot of activities that counted in the improvement of my skills. I was lucky to get an opportunity in the medical field site, whereby the population of the patients’ everyday was usually very high (ITOIGAWA & SHIMONOSONO, 2018). Every day I was mandated to perform a variety of tasks including processing the patients’ radiation appointments as well as socializing and familiarizing myself with the patients. As an intern I was equipped with experiences that will be applicable during my times of job hunting.

I learned that I really needed to get an understanding of the way that the clinic flows, the types of patients that we see in an oncology setting. I was also told that the thing that’s important for undergraduates to understand is that medicine is a multidisciplinary field so it’s not only doctors. There are nurses, nutritionists and many others involved in medicine. It is something that involves a multidisciplinary team so despite your position you still must work with people. I learned how to perform medical chart abstractions and applied clinical vocabulary and terminology in the health information system. I was used remediation tools called EPIC, CLINDESK, and SOARIAN to Identity to remediate over 600,000 records.

I experienced going to meetings talking with social workers and psychiatrist and learning about ways to cope with patients. I learned how to take time to acknowledge and cope with your own emotions about the diagnosis before you see him or her. This way, you can keep the focus on helping the patient as much as possible. I experienced working at S. Lee Kling Proton Therapy Center at the Siteman Cancer Center and it’s the only proton therapy center located in Missouri and the surrounding region. I had the chance to meet the doctors and nurses and I learned that Proton therapy cancer treatment can be used as a solo treatment option or it can be used in combination with other radiation therapies or chemotherapy.

I experienced clerical tasks on how to analyze appointments of patients. In addition, I acquired skills on how to socialize with the patients in the hospital. In addition, due completion of my intern, I acquired skills on observing the medical insurances and inserting correctly the data required for the same. Following the very formal language we had there in the hospital I was really exposed to the formal information that I would really apply during the time of job hunting outside (DwiKristanto, 2017). As a former intern from Barnes Hospital, I really appreciated the quality of skills I acquired from them. They really exposed and diversified my thoughts on different life aspects, when it comes to public relations. Generally, it was really a good place and therefore I could advise other students required to be attached for industrial internship to secure the chance to be at Barnes hospital because it has high quality equipment necessary for the practical fields and the well-trained employees who are always ready to guide interns and give you the best experience as possible. I must say I have taken in so much knowledge and learned how to show compassion and to always remain humble no matter what. I think that this is a great place and I had a great Internship experience. I would highly recommend Barnes Jewish Hospital.

References

DwiKristanto, (2017). Konflik dalam Tim Mahasiswa Guru Internship [Conflict Within a Team During Their Student Teaching Internship]. Polyglot: Jurnal Ilmiah, 13(1), 79. http://dx.doi.org/10.19166/pji.v13i1.347

ITOIGAWA, & SHIMONOSONO, K. (2018). Differences in Selection Reference before/after Internship and the Influence of Internship to Job-hunting. Journal Of JSEE, 66(2), 2_30- 2_35. http://dx.doi.org/10.4307/jsee.66.2_30