Alex McCollum

7 February 21

Spring Internship

Week #3 Journal

Weekly Hours: 40

Hours Worked Total : 116

02/01/2021 - 9:00 - 5:00

02/02/2021 - 9:00 - 5:00

02/03/2021 - 9:00 - 5:00

02/04/2021 - 9:00 - 5:00

02/05/2021 - 9:00 - 5:00

40 hours total

Monday: This week was extremely productive at work and things are really starting to fall into

place. I am learning that public health ties into almost every aspect of health care there is. I am

learning more and more each week about patient safety, education and overall satisfaction while

interning here at ROSI. On Monday, I started my project which is creating patient educational

packets for the providers to give to their patients about surgical procedures and questions when

they come in for whatever problem it may be. The first packet that I completed was about “Total

knee surgery”. In this educational packet my overall goal was to educate patients and use words

that allowed for them to understand what the surgery entailed, while also using pictures to grab

and keep their attention.

Tuesday: I volunteered at the local food drive and it was an amazing experience again. I oversaw

“grape duty” that day and we fed about 200 families with all the food that was donated from
local farms, grocery stores, and farmers markets. The only down size was that I lost my water

bottle that I just bought last week. Overall, I am so lucky that I get to help these people and learn

about the community around me and how I can help them improve their quality of life

Wednesday: On Wednesday, I began working on another educational packet on a surgical

procedure called a shoulder arthroscopy. This is when the surgeon uses a small scope with a

camera to perform surgery on the shoulder.

Thursday: On Thursday, I continued to work on this packet and ended up finishing it up, printing

it out and handing it over to the surgeon for him to look at it and approve of it. So far, they have

told me how much of a help I have been. I am very thankful for this.

Friday: I started on another educational packet and now I have a total of almost 4 done. I am

happy with the amount of progress I made this week.