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Sydney Moretto

Exercise & Health Science Capstone

College of Western Idaho

11/24/2019

Internship Reflection Paper

This internship was a great opportunity to gain experience. I had five different options in

the medical/health field setting to choose from. I had the privilege of doing my internship at

Kaylor Family Medicine in Meridian. I chose to do my internship there for a few reasons. Dr.

Kaylor is my family doctor and I know him on a personal level, I felt that I would get the most

out of my internship somewhere that I felt comfortable. I mentioned the internship to him at one

of my appointments and he was more than happy for me to do it at his office.

Dr. Kaylor just recently opened his own practice, Kaylor Family Medicine, that

specializes in family medicine and women’s health. Since they specialize in those areas, I knew

that I would be able to see them work patients for many different reasons. I felt that my other

options wouldn’t give me as much insight since they would be more specific. Patients would be

coming in for regular check-ups, flu shots, and a variety of other things.

The internship went really well and I’m happy with my choice to do it there. The first day

of my internship I met everyone on staff and came up with a game plan for what I would be

doing. After the first day, I shadowed with Dr. Kaylor, the physician assistant, and nurses when

they met with patients. I also helped the office manager organize and file paperwork. Everyone
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was very helpful by answering any questions I had and explaining what they do pertaining to

their roles at the office.

I learned a lot about family medicine and women’s health during my time there. Dr.

Kaylor took the time to go over labs in detail with me, what certain things meant and what

abnormalities to look for. He also educated me on medications when they pertained to patients

we saw that day. I was able to see patients receive flu shots, get blood drawn, and even a skin

biopsy. After the first blood draw I saw, one of the nurses showed me the lab where they take the

blood samples to be processed.

I was originally inspired by my family members to pursue my career in the

medical/health field, my mom was a nurse for a very long time before becoming a nurse

practitioner and my sister is finishing up school to become a pharmacist. My career choice is to

be a radiologic technologist. I applied to the rad tech program at Boise State in February and

didn’t get in, which discouraged me from wanting to continue. The internship influenced my

career choice by reassuring me that I am taking the right path by going into the medical/health

field. Dr. Kaylor knew before the internship what I was going to school for and that I didn’t get

into my program. On the last day of my internship he encouraged me to keep doing what I’m

doing and that he truly believes I would be a great rad tech.

I really enjoyed my time doing the internship and it was such a great opportunity. I’m

glad that it was a requirement for this course because it gave me good insight. I will be

reapplying to the radiologic technologist program at Boise State this coming February with

experience from this internship, a health science degree, and more determination than I’ve ever

had before.