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HEALTH 420 - INTERNSHIP EXPERIENCE

Intern's Final Evaluation/Rele!tion

"To #e !o$%lete& # Intern(

Post in %ortolio ) on or #eore A%ril 20* 20+,

PURPOSE: to help you reflect on and evaluate your total internship experience.

Answer each question completely in the internship section of your portfolio you mayinterate responses to these questions any way you feel is loical.

+ Revie. our oals an& o#e!tives or our interns1i% an& assess our

interns1i% site as it %rovi&e& a settin or a!1ievin t1ose oals an&

o#e!tives

Overall! while at "lemson University #nternational "enter for AutomotiveResearch $"U #"AR% # was a&le to achieve many oals # set for myself. 'hile

some were altered as the semester continued! # was still a&le to complete the

o&(ectives at the site. )hese oals helped me to develop a uide as to what werethe most important aims while at my internship site. # was a&le to wor* with a

variety of people from different &ac*rounds and areas of interests. # also was

a&le to wor* on different pro(ects that involved data entry! interaction with

 participants! and writin a literature review. # en(oyed my time at "U #"AR andthe research team # was a&le to call my +wor* family., # hope that in the future

many students are a&le to experience the welcomin environment where # was

a&le to find a new appreciation for research and achieve my oals. 2 E%lain an& s1o. 1o. ou a!1ieve& t1e oals ou set

'hile at "U #"AR! # set five oals to &e achieved &y the end of the semester at

my internship. )hese consisted of a health assessment oal! health plannin oal!

health development-implementation oal! health evaluation oal! and an affective

oal. )hese oals served as a uide for me at my internship and will help me tooranie my future oals for success in my career field. )he lessons # learned

from this experience will strenthen my a&ilities as a professional in the

wor*place and the oals and o&(ectives are one of the drivin forces for why.

a Healt1 Assess$ent 3oal

 By the end of my fieldwork experience, I will be able to run participants

through the driving simulator as well as complete the data collection sheets and upload the data to the hard drive. Each participant will have a

number and will not be connected with their name.

i. O&(ectives. # will accomplish this &y:/. Readin consent and &ac*round forms.

0. Performin the tas*s in the drivin simulation as a

 participant.1. Practice runnin the drivin simulator with a co2wor*er.

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3. Readin the prompts for the simulator to the participant.

4. 5ill out data collection sheets and ma*e sure consent and

 &ac*round forms completed &y participant.6. 7oc* up forms and data collection sheets in file ca&inet.

8. 9ove data from simulator to hard drive with the rest of the

data collection to &e evaluated at a later date.. ;iscuss how the data collection went with my preceptor or

supervisor and discuss concerns or suestions.

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 By the end of my fieldwork experience, I will be able to implement my

literature review into the article about defensive driving courses and their

effects on accidents. This literature review can also help to tailor theGuard our !ife "rogram.

i. O&(ectives. # will accomplish this &y:

/. ;iscuss what ideas and studies my preceptor is loo*in for.0. "onsult with a li&rarian on what types of &uwords to type

into a search enine.

1. Research the recommended &uwords and other ideasrelated to defensive drivin courses and the ?uard @our

7ife Proram.

3. "om&ine all the research found relatin to the ?uard @our

7ife Proram and discuss the results with the preceptor.

)he literature review was one of my &iest oals while at "U #"AR. #t was

very important that # compile the past research into a literature review so that

the results from the ?uard @our 7ife "hallene proram could later &e addedand the paper eventually pu&lished. owever! # was a&le to find some studies that seemed to &e the &est fit for the

literature review! despite some differences in the research. )his topic wassomewhat difficult as it lac*ed thorouh past studies on the su&(ect. # sent the

rouh draft to the research team in the hopes that what # wrote will help them

to continue on in this research area and pu&lish a paper in the near future

showin the value of the ?uard @our 7ife "hallene proram and otherdefensive drivin courses.

& Healt1 Evaluation 3oal

 By the end of my fieldwork experience, I will be able to evaluate and

discuss the research study and results with others outside of the research

team. This can include graduate schools, other researchers, or similarresearch programs.

i. O&(ectives. # will accomplish this &y:

/. )al* with the preceptor a&out the research study and

discuss the ideas to &e understood from the results.0. 7oo*in at the data results from the drivin simulations and

understand what the implications are.

1. ;raw up a diaram or write notes a&out what # ot from thestudy and those implications.

4 "om&ine my ideas and the ideas of the preceptor that the

research study provided to help understand what the entireresearch pro(ect entailed and explained

'hile this oal has &een achieved to some extent! it is an onoin aim for

myself. # have tal*ed to numerous individuals a&out what # have &een

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wor*in on and what my role has &een at "U #"AR. # have &een involved

with a plethora of aspects of research while at my internship site and it has

iven me an overall sense of what the research entails. #n the future! # hope touse the *nowlede and s*ills from this research experience to explain to

medical schools my role in the studies at the research center. # have an in2

depth understandin a&out what # was wor*in on while at "U #"AR! whichwill help me to &e seen as *nowledea&le a&out the research process. )his

will hopefully reflect well in my interviews for further education at medical

schools. e Ae!tive 3oal

 By the end of my fieldwork experience, I will be able to articulate how I

 feel about pursuing a career or further graduate studies in researchrelated to defensive driving courses and the use of driving simulators to

reduce accidents.

i. O&(ectives. # will accomplish this &y:/. #nterviewin my preceptor alon with additional staff that

wor*s with the drivin simulator or helps to oranie the

?uard @our 7ife Proram.0. ;iscuss the oals or mission of research at the site # am

internin with my preceptor.

1. O&servin data collection and other research studies

 performed at the site.3. 7oo* into other avenues of research similar to those # have

 &een wor*in on durin my internship.

4. Reviewin the desired qualifications and (o& descriptionsof the proram.

6. ;iscuss my qualifications and s*ills in relation to those of

the site in which # am internin.8. "ompile all of the information and reflections a&out this

type of wor* into summary format to express my feelins

a&out pursuin a career in the area of research.

'hile # would say # achieved this oal mostly! there are some aspects that #

did not do as stated at the &einnin of the semester. # loo*ed further into the

mission and oals of "U #"AR and tried to determine if # was qualified to dothe type of wor* that occurs at the internship site. Althouh this experience

opened my eyes and forced me to thin* more a&out research! # do not thin*

that # would want to pursue a strictly research career at the research center.

>owever! # do thin* that # would en(oy doin some research pro(ects in a moremedically &ased institution. Also! while # did come up with a summaried

version of everythin relatin to this career in my head! # did not put it on paper. Overall! this oal was met in a more a&stract manner and # was a&le to

determine whether # would want to pursue the (o&s offered at "U #"AR as a

career.

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5 C1oose one %roe!t/assin$ent an& &es!ri#e it as ollo.s6

One pro(ect # was responsi&le while at my internship site! "lemson University#nternational "enter for Automotive Research $"U #"AR%! was a literature review

for the ?uard @our 7ife "hallene proram that ta*es place at the

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 paper for this literature review since the style can vary from pro(ect to

 pro(ect. # thin* the strenths on this pro(ect were that # was oranied

with my research and wor*ed hard to do my &est on the review. # alsomade sure to et it done &efore the end of the semester. # wor*ed

diliently to loo* for similar studies in the past to the ?uard @our 7ife

"hallene proram. # *ept a steady communication with the research teamso that they were up2to2date on the proress of the literature review. 4 Assess our !ontri#ution to t1e interns1i% site

At the internship! # had many roles and (o&s. )hese included runnin participants

throuh the drivin simulations at &oth "U #"AR and "hrist "hurch Episcopal

School $""ES%! collectin the data from the simulations and puttin it into Excelspreadsheets! writin the ?uard @our 7ife "hallene literature review! and any

other tas*s that were as*ed of me alon the way. 'ith these tas*s and pro(ects #

was a&le to ease the &urden for others in the research team &ecause they did nothave to stay late to run the participants throuh the simulators and they were a&le

to dedicated more time to their other responsi&ilities. # also attended meetins

and a couple ?uard @our 7ife "hallene courses to pass out and collect surveys.

; Has our e%erien!e !1ane& or reinor!e& our !areer oals C1ane& or

reinor!e& our e&u!ational oals8 Coul& ou see oursel as a %roessional

in t1is iel&8

As far as my career oals chanin due to this experience! # still want to pursue

medical school. >owever! this research experience has opened my eyes and ivenme a new appreciation for research. # thin* that in the future! # could see myself

doin more research pro(ects than # oriinally thouht. 9y educational oals

have &een altered in a similar way! me &ein a&le to see myself doin moreresearch in my career than # had oriinally intended. # do not thin* # could solely

do research as a career and # would want to focus more on medical research rather 

than automotive. )his experience has allowed me to see that while my plans have

not completely chaned as to what # want to do as a career! it has shown me that #en(oy research more than # once thouht # did.

, Relate our interns1i% e%erien!e to our a!a&e$i! .or7 on !a$%us List at

least ; s%e!ii! !ourses "# title* not nu$#er( eit1er in our $aor or outsi&e

our $aor t1at .ere useul at t1is site

owever!

 &ecause the &aseline research # was involved in would &e used in concussionstudies and autism studies! health research and courses had some &asis. 'hile at

"U #"AR! # wor*ed with mostly individuals with psycholoy &ac*rounds. )his

is specific to me &ecause # am wor*in on a psycholoy minor. )he classes that

most related to this internship experience are some psycholoy and health coursesas well as a statistics course. )hose related courses are:

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/. A&normal Psycholoy

0. 7ifespan ;evelopmental Psycholoy1. Statistics

3. Research and Evaluation Strateies for Pu&lic >ealth

4. #ntroduction to Pu&lic >ealth