Jasmine Harrison

Week 1: Journal Entry

This week, I focused on completing paperwork and meeting my team members. My

internship this spring is under DPH’s Health Protection Division as part of the Injury Prevention

Program. Unfortunately, I am unable to start until January 16th due to DPH only offering new

hire orientation on the 1st and 16th of the month. Ahead of my orientation, I have completed

several important documents given to me by HR. I was also able to read my new hire orientation

reference guide, which contains important information about the training courses I must

complete. It also has important information on connecting to DPH’s intranet, setting up my DPH

specific email, and completing my timesheet. I will be receiving my employee ID by January

19th, which will give me access and instructions for Team Georgia Employee Self Service.

I will be an intern as a part of the BOLD (Building Our Largest Dementia) Public Health

Programs to Address Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias. My role involves identifying

risk factors and current interventions for dementia, Alzheimer’s disease, and related chronic

diseases and injuries. I am excited to use my previous experience of writing and synthesizing

literature reviews from the DICR summer research program and my coursework in my

internship. Of course, I will also be responsible for presenting my findings at meetings and using

the information to help develop injury prevention educational materials.

This week, I was introduced to the team I will be working with. Elizabeth Head is the

program manager and is also my site supervisor. Chloe Hale is the evaluator and co-program

manager for BOLD. April-Spring Wood, whom I had the pleasure of meeting back in December

when sorting out my internship, is the implementation specialist, and she helps with evaluation

work. I was also introduced to Steve Davidson, who acts as a mentor for the program and is an

evaluation and rural health expert. Once I have access to my DPH email, I will be having short

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meetings with the other Injury Prevention Program managers so that I can better understand

some of the other work that my team works on. I am excited to get started next week, and I can’t

wait to see what I can add to this amazing team. I look forward to meeting more people and

learning more about injury prevention topics and how to apply what I’ve learned over the last

few years to this internship.

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WEEK 1:

DATE TIME IN LUNCH TIME OUT HOURS WORKED

Monday, January 8, 2023 - - - 0

Tuesday, January 9, 2023 - - - 0

Wednesday, January 10, 2023 - - - 0

Thursday, January 11, 2023 - - - 0

Friday, January 12, 2023 - - - 0

Total Weekly Hours

Total Hours to Date