On Monday the 10th of October, Good Hall hosted the internship seminar event. They provided major specific rooms with various speakers who talked about how they found their internship, their experiences there, what they enjoyed and learned, and any advice they have for freshman those interested in interning. I went to a biology focused discussion group and listened to Shannon Brumbaugh- Altoona Family Physicians, Gayle Gottlieb- Dental Assistant, Elijah Hall- IE in Boulder through REU in the mountains, Mark Lee- Spanish Emersion at a local hospital in Orizaba, Mexico, and Kelsey Pfau- Research in Neonatology. I actually enjoyed hearing their brief overview of their experiences and feel more interested in applying for an internship in the future. They informed us that two of the …show more content…
Shannon Brumbaugh described her experience there and was our first speaker. Coincidentally, she is currently training me at my new job at the Science in Motion Biology Outreach program. She has also interned at a few other places. Many of the students have actually had two to four previous experiences, which I think is pretty incredible. On the other hand, Mark Lee experienced a more local hospital in Mexico. He explained that both locations offered great learning opportunities, but there were differences between a larger scale institution and a smaller more intimate facility. Mark was able to appreciate Orizaba culture as well as the medical teachings. His hospital also had much more freedom than Shannon’s in that there were less formalities and technicalities. Shannon had the benefit of having more modernized resources and large scale programs, labs, and facilities. Kelsey was also in university hospital program. She mainly worked in the lab and was even stipend enough to finance her own housing and food which was very helpful. Both of these options offer unique experiences and I would be interested in