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| Left to right: Sabrora Lemmon, Brittany Lewis, Brittany Brown, Kathryn Johnson, Courtney Brown, Synobia Miller, Samoria Session |
Summer interns in the Pee Dee AHEC Health Careers Summer
Internship Program have begun their summer work experiences. Students have been
placed in facilities that align with their health career aspirations. This
summer’s internship class includes high school and college students from
Florence, Sumter, Clarendon, Horry and Marion counties.
To prepare for the work experience, the interns first gathered
for an orientation and training session at McLeod Regional Medical Center in
Florence. The session addressed topics such as communication skills,
professional appearance, and ways to optimize internship experiences. Orientation
also allowed the students to meet one another and interact in person with the health
careers program coordinator.
During orientation, three health professions students along
with Traci Coward, Pee Dee AHEC Health Professions Student Coordinator, offered
advice to the interns to help them enter their internship successfully. Traci
Coward told them to “remember, the preceptors have been where you are – they
were students at one point too,” encouraging the students to not be afraid to
ask questions. Other tips included finding ways to integrate into the
interdisciplinary team, communicating with staff, and showing engagement. Two of
the health professions students: Aaron Sloan and Erin Myers were able to offer advice
from a preceptor-student relationship, as Aaron Sloan is pharmacy resident and
preceptor to Erin Myers.
This summer’s interns have interests in surgery, nursing,
pharmacy, occupational therapy, healthcare administration, human resources,
optometry, pediatrics, obstetrics and gynecology, and cardiology. The interns
will work through the end of July. As both an educational and work experience,
interns will also participate in enrichment activities for student development and
present a final project.
For more information, please contact Pee Dee AHEC Health Careers Program Coordinator Larrissa Clavon at lclavon@mcleodhealth.org.
For more information, please contact Pee Dee AHEC Health Careers Program Coordinator Larrissa Clavon at lclavon@mcleodhealth.org.
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