Working as a intern for central valley leukemia and lymphoma society

1. Agency
   a. Describe the community agency in which you worked (e.g., government, nonprofit)
   b. Discuss the organization’s budget, number of sites, and geographic area.
   c. Describe your role within the agency. answering phones making calls and handing out information to patients
   on the available resources such as financial assistace
   program .
   Provide a brief “job description” of the internship experience and your position. Provide examples when you
   sought clarification for job responsibilities which were not clear to you.
   b. List your internship objectives and provide examples on how the objectives were met.
   c. Discuss the diversity of the population(s) served.
   Section B - Competencies
2. Describe the competencies addressed in this internship.
   a. Foundation competencies (3)
   b. Concentration competencies (2-3)
3. Explain the reasons you selected the competencies.
4. Explain how you applied each of the Foundation and Concentration competencies
   during your internship. Provide specific examples.
   Section C – Personal Reflection
5. Provide a summary of your experience in the internship during this semester. Discuss three items you
   learned and how they related to the competencies (foundational and concentration) you selected for this
   internship.
6. Write a narrative describing how well you feel you became proficient in the public health core competencies.
   a. Discuss how the program prepared you for this internship, reflect on all coursework taken in the program,
   not just this class.
   b. Be sure to give specific examples of internship activities to support your self- assessment.
   c. Include a description of the strengths and weaknesses of the experience, in relation to the objectives.
   d. What if anything would you do differently?
7. Write a narrative describing how well you feel you became proficient in the public health
   concentration competencies.
   a. Be sure to give specific examples of internship activities to support your selfassessment.
   b. Include a description of the strengths and weaknesses of the experience, in
   relation to the objectives.
   c. What if anything would you do differently?
8. How well did your academic training prepare you for internship experience?
   a. Provide two strengths.
   b. Provide two weaknesses.
9. Discuss how the internship helped you prepare for your career objectives in public health.
10. Discuss professional development opportunities evolved as a result of your internship.
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    Section D – Sample Work
11. Provide a minimum of ONE sample material from your internship experience. a. Be sure to obtain
    permission from your site supervisor
12. Describe how this sample addresses the competencies described in Section B above.
13. Discuss how the samples incorporate culturally responsible content for the population(s)
    served by the agency.

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