I was not planning on completing any additional internships but after doing some reflecting, I thought it would be best to do another internship but this time in my desired career field: medicine. I have been interested in pursuing a career in the field of medicine ever since my grandfather was first diagnosed with Lung Cancer back when I was in eighth grade. I began going with him to all of his appointments with his thoracic surgeon and oncologist and formed a connection close enough with his thoracic surgeon that he gave me a tour of lung cancer research lab. It was really cool because he had a huge lab with so many successful researchers who I got to work with for a whole day and even got the opportunity to go in again and extract my own DNA! Ever since then, he has been a mentor who I am still in contact with. I decided to do my internship at the Queen of the Valley and after applying and interviewing I was one of the 3 people out of 15 others who got the internship! Originally, I was going to be working in the ER department but unfortunately after the health screening I had to do, I found that I was not immune to Hepatitis B despite receiving the vaccination when I was younger. Due to this, I was unable to interact with patients so instead I ended up working at the front desk. At the front desk I checked people in and assisted them with registering for ER’s, medical procedures, etc, provided people with directions, delivered flowers, and wheeled people around in wheelchairs. I was pretty intimidated at first and wanted to quit because of the amount of responsibility I was given but I slowly got the hang of it. I made several friends at the hospital including a few nurses, the woman who worked at the front desk, and with all the other front desk volunteers! There were always 3-4 other people volunteering at the front desk and I was kind of scared at them at first since everyone was well over the age of 70 so I thought they would be mean, but they were all so welcoming and nice. Overall, it was a super fun experience and I was sad to go but hopefully I’ll begin volunteering there again over the Summer!
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AuthorHibah Shafi is a Senior at New Technology High School. Archives
May 2019
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