Babies Milk Fund
Intern Goals: (what the intern will gain by the end of the summer):
- To gain clinical knowledge of pediatric primary care, including immunizations, well-child exams, and ill visits.
- To gain experience and interpersonal skills in serving a mostly urban, low-income, and at-risk population.
- To better understand barriers to healthcare and the other complex social issues that many of our patients face.
- To gain awareness of available community resources and how to link patients with relevant and needed services.
Intern Objectives: (specific activities that will aide in achieving goals):
- To shadow physicians and nurse practitioner throughout the week.
- To assist clinical staff in taking patient histories and completing other medical assisting duties.
- To assist with clerical duties in order to better understand the management of patient files and schedules.
- To shadow the social worker and spend time discussing social needs directly with patients.
- To learn referral processes for various community agencies and make appropriate referrals as needed.
- To learn about and utilize early intervention programs like Every Child Succeeds, Help Me Grow, and Head Start.
- To learn about recognizing and reporting child abuse and neglect.
Job Description
The intern will be expected to work 9am-5pm Monday through Friday and schedule any days off in advance. The intern
will be supervised by the social worker, but will also spend time shadowing and assisting physicians, medical
staff, and clerical staff. The intern will spend time learning about community resources and linking families to
those resources as needed. The intern will also spend time working on a special community outreach program funded
by the United Way. This project is based on gaining a better understanding of why some families do not seek regular
health care for their children and working to get those children up to date on immunizations and well child exams.
The intern will spend most of his or her time at the MLK location. If the intern is bilingual it will be arranged
for some of the time to be spent at the Norwood location interpreting for the medical staff. Approximately 30% of the
patients at the Norwood location are Spanish speaking.
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