Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Internship Week #3

6. What are you thankful for in your internship experience?


I am thankful for my mentor and all of my co-workers at internship because they are all very nice people willing to help and teach me what they know. Every time I ask any of them a question about what they are doing they happily answer my question(s) and teach me more about that topic, that is why I've learned so much so far in my internship experience. Every day I learn something new and different and that has all helped me because I can apply anything I learn about animals with the puppy I have at home, now I can better take care of him and understand him. I can also apply what I learn to the work I do at internship and what I'll have to learn later on if I become a veterinarian. On the picture to the right you can see some of my co-workers, Angela, Stephen, and Dr. Mason. In this picture they were doing a dental on the hospital cat, Chester.


8. What are social interactions like in your workplace? Do people spend a lot of time socializing? Are people isolated, doing their own things? Lots of collaboration on work projects? Not much collaboration? How does the social dynamic impact or reflect the organization's work?


Everyone at my internship is basically friends with each other. They all are nice and respect each other. They all do their work and get it done but it involves team work. If a dog or cat comes in and the doctor needs blood from them to check something in it then the technical assistants have to do it. But one person can't do it by themselves, they need someone to help them hold the pet, like in the picture to the left. Sometimes when the pet is really big or really mean then you would need about 3 people to help you. Also with many other things you have to do on pets you need one or more people there to help you. This is the same as with doctors, usually a doctor is assigned a technical assistant that is with them all day helping them and getting them what they need so that they can do their job well. There is a lot of collaboration and team work that is seen at my internship. All this collaboration helps jobs get done faster and helps everything get done well. Like for example, when someone can't do something like they just can't find the vein to draw blood from a pet then they will ask someone else if they can do it for them, and if that other person isn't really busy then they will do it. Everyone helps everyone and almost all the jobs are done as a group or team.






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