Assignment #10: Internship Update

From August 2017 to May 2018, I will participate in an internship with a pediatric doctor. I have started my mentorship when I had first started my senior year. When I saw my acceptance letter from this internship program, I did not know how to react and more or less what to expect. After job searching around numerous clinics and hospitals, I had found my doctor and clinic in which I will be shadowing. At first my perception of the internship and organization was filled with doubt in myself. I was split between confidence that I could do this and the anxiety and doubt that filled my mind. From the start, I did not think this internship would be easy. I knew that this was a serious and important opportunity for me; this internship will be a crucial and impactful internship for the my future years in the medical field. When I first started the job, I was very surprised by the system and the order of things. When I would go to the doctors office, I would always experience the clinic through the eyes of a patient; However, when I went as an intern and sat behind the counter to greet and assist patients, I was opened to a new and exciting perspective.

My schedule of what I would do in the clinic would depend by the day and the number of patients we had. Sometimes in the clinic there would be exciting medical cases like patients coming in with a "splinter" in the eye and we had to put florescent dye in the eyes to see the splinter, while other times I had to sit behind a desk with a mound of medical charts and phone calls. However, the prosaic parts of my internship has taught me a lot of things that I didn't realize before. When I would look at patient charts, I had to research and identify the diagnosis from the symptoms given. Doing this tedious job taught me more about the paper work part of the job but also more about the biological medical facts.

All in all, my internship so far has taught me than I could've ever imagined and I am excited as to what will come ahead of me.