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Weekly Journal #6

Public Health Internship

Dr. Kaninjing

Sarah Buttermore

June 19, 2020

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On Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, I continued research on treatments of grief. I was

very happy to see that there are so many options that can be as personal and individualized as

someone’s grief experience. I researched many different medications and therapy options:

individual counseling, group therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, inpatient or outpatient

rehabilitation programs (including luxury programs), psychotherapy, etc. On Thursday and

Friday, I began doing research for next week’s work on how family structures, attachment styles,

religion, and cultural factors impact the grief experience. With all of the research I have

completed this week, I will be able to develop new sections and improve pre-existing sections.

Throughout the week, I worked on my internship activities- discussion post, responses

and journal. I posted my discussion post and responded to my peers’ posts on Friday. I enjoyed

this week’s discussion post because it focused on the priority population. For some interns, this

might have required them to do extra research about their specific priority population; however, I

have an abundance of information regarding my priority population, which constitutes families

and patients in grief-stricken situations in the U.S. healthcare system. This population can

include individuals from any demographic characteristics, such as age cohorts, ethnic or cultural

background, socioeconomic status, marital status, etc. I contacted my supervisor to understand

more regarding what her organization does. She provided a list of her job’s responsibilities

which was very extensive.

I spent more time this week researching and comparing information to produce quality

research, instead of simply trying to write pages to meet the length requirement. I would rather

have a higher quality of work than a large quantity of pages. With such a large paper and many

assignments due in July, I am feeling more pressure. However, I know that I must focus and
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manage my time wisely. I tried to stay consistent with the times and hours that I worked this

week.

Hours Worked 6/15-6/19

Monday: 8:00am-11:00pm, 1:00pm-4:00pm (6 hrs)

Tuesday: 8:30am-11:30am, 12:30pm-2:30pm (5 hrs)

Wednesday: 9:00am-11:00am, 12:00pm-3:00pm (5 hrs)

Thursday: 10:00am-12:00pm, 1:00pm-4:00pm (5 hrs)

Friday: 8:30am-12:30pm, 1:30pm-3:30pm (6 hrs)

Total Weekly Hours: 27 hours

Total Hours to Date: 150 hours