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Weekly Journal #9

Public Health Internship

Dr. Kaninjing

Sarah Buttermore

July 10, 2020

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On Monday and Tuesday, I began writing the section “Sociocultural Factors in the Grief

Experience.” In this section, I plan to describe how cultural, religious, and spiritual backgrounds

may influence how individuals cope with grief. Rituals and traditions offer individuals a way to

process and express their grief. I included some information regarding rituals and traditions from

a few different cultural and religious systems.

On Tuesday and Wednesday, I posted my discussion post and posted responses on my

classmates’ discussion posts. On Wednesday, I felt a little under the weather so I rested in the

morning, which explains why my hours started much later in the day; however, I was still able to

be productive. I continued to develop the section containing information about the “Sociocultural

Factors in the Grief Experience” and began working on the reflection paper that is due July 19th.

On Thursday, I improved sections regarding non-clinical healthcare professionals that

play such an important role throughout the grief experience for patients and families in the

United States. On Friday, I began adding any remaining citations, updating my reference page,

and adding a key words page. These improvements will be some of the finishing touches before

submitting the final paper to my supervisor. She has already acknowledged that my information

has been very detailed and thorough. She even recently said that my research paper is the best

research paper she has read on patient advocacy, which was very rewarding and reassuring. I

think if my internship was in a normal length semester, I would have liked to add more

information in certain sections but there simply was not enough time. I worked on my journal

throughout the week but finally submitted it on Friday. I plan to submit my research paper to my

supervisor either on Sunday night or Monday. I will complete my reflection paper early in the

week in order to focus on perfecting my resume and completing the mock interview.
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Hours Worked 7/6-7/10

Monday: 9:30am-11:30am, 12:30pm-3:30pm (5 hrs)

Tuesday: 9:00am-12:00pm, 1:00pm-4:00pm (6 hrs)

Wednesday: 12:00pm-5:00pm (5 hrs)

Thursday: 9:00am-12:00pm, 1:00pm-3:00pm (5 hrs)

Friday: 9:30am-12:00pm, 1:00pm-4:00pm (5.5 hrs)

Total Weekly Hours: 26.5 hours

Total Hours to Date: 225 hours