Internship Goals
Goal 1: Learn how to communicate professionally with people of various roles
I have learned how to communicate with Dr. Shin and her coordinator but due to COVID I have not been working with near as many people as originally anticipated. I will try to get in contact with other people when the projects allow and interact with participants in the study when the time presents itself.
I can continue to work with different doctors and people of various roles in the healthcare/medical field in the future to sharpen my professional communication skills.
Goal 2: Learn how this site fits into the public health system
Through the projects Dr. Shin as allowed me to work on I have seen how this site fits into the public health system.
Goals 3: Learn how to analyze groups of data and apply it to real world situations
I have been able to see data from two different projects and analyze it both individually and as a whole. I concluded from one project that the higher the fat content of one's diet, the higher the percentage of bile acid in a stool sample. From a different project it was concluded that patients with IBS do not lack nutrition as might be expected with their tendency for food intolerances.
In the future I can work with different groups of data and learn how it fits into everyday situations.