Evidence:

Assigned new activities to participate with patients as their trust in me grows.

Objective 4: Work with my fellow interns, volunteers, and employees to create an environment that will be most
beneficial for patients.
Activities/Resources:

Ask the therapists if all of their needs from the interns are being met.

Speak with the patients and make sure they are having the best possible experience within the facility.

Record useful key words and strategies seen within therapist/patient interactions.

Identify patterns in the most effective communication seen and record those patterns for later use.

Use the schedule to make sure all areas of the facility have proper amount of interns/volunteers evenly
distributed.

Speak with my supervisor on a regular basis to make sure all necessary parts of the internship are being
successfully completed.
Evidence:

Objective 5: Learn how to most effectively communicate with patients at my internship and learn how to apply these
tools to future patients.
Activities/Resources
Observe current therapists' interactions with patients and identify most useful communication techniques.

Observe translators and how therapists adjust to when a translator is needed.

Evidence:

Internship Details
Duties Included:

Stay up to date on laundry, emptying it when it is full.

Clean off all tables and mats before and after use of patients making sure they are always clean.

Clean off all equipment that has just been used my patients or that has a red sticker signaling that they need
to be cleaned.

Clean off all toys used in the pediatrics section of the facility.

Keep both floors of the facility neat, putting anything in its proper location.

Make sure therapists working with patients are always asking for proper proof of identity as well as using
hand sanitizer before and after each appointment.

Assist therapists and my supervisor with various tasks or projects that present themselves along the way.

Evaluation Methods:

Open communication with my supervisor to ensure I am doing everything that is expected of me.

Completion of all parts of paperwork and seminar work that the University of Rhode Island requires.

Expected Work Schedule:

32 hours/week, Monday-Thursday

Start date: September 3rd. End date: Mid-December