Internship

Workplace:

While I started off with my skills for analyzing scientific articles and ability to work independently as my initial strengths as a team member, I was later able to offer my limited understanding of coding as a strength as well. Because my other team members were slightly less adept with coding and the technical sides of working with databases, I took over the tasks that centered on these skills and my teammates and I were able to divide and conquer. In this way, I believe that I was able to make important contributions to several ongoing projects that my research team is involved with, as I was the main person to work with the data collection instruments we would use to conduct our research. 

However, there were many areas that were equally important to our research yet not my strong suit, such as the recruitment process. These were the areas that my teammates spearheaded and through this I was able to see how each person in a team has their own strengths and it is the contribution of all of these strengths which allows the best results. I would like to continue developing my abilities in conducting the more technical sides of research and clinical tasks, as well as make connections and build relationships with field professionals who I will be able to meet through my connections with my site.