|
Date : Thursday, March 15, 2012
Time : 8:22 PM Title : Child Guidance Clinic I understand that I have been talking about my internship recently.
Apologies to those friends who have been hearing about it - via different social media network. This internship seems so important to me; it's like a stepping stone for my future career. (am i exaggerating it here? i hope not.) - - - - - Here are some details about the programme (if anyone is interested; if not, just skip the whole chunk): Programme Scope: Student will be attached to the Research Unit, Department of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Institute of Mental Health. - Orientation to the department - Work alongside research team on research-related tasks such as : 1. Review medical records for potential patients who might meet the inclusion criteria 2. Plan and conduct intake interviews for research patients (e.g. setting of appointments, explanation of research study to patients) 3. Administer paper-and-pencil questionaires to research participants 4. Administer computer-based structured interviews to confirm clinical diagnosis of participants 5. Co-faciliate group therapy sessions - Observe departmental activities including : 1. Inpatient ward visits - ward rounds with psychiatrists 2. Sit-in observation sessions with doctors, allied health workers and researchers 3. Sit-in observation sessions for psychological assessments & group therapy sessions - Participate in departmental training : Department weekly training sessions (including journal, articles review, cases conferences and live supervision) - - - - - I was in dilemma for weeks after my interview with CGC; worrying what if I have to choose between CGC & THK. (yes, i was 80% sure that CGC will want me after the interview. i have confidence in my ECH background!) And this worry came true before I can actually make up my mind. I personally think that it is a really rare opportunity? Since I checked online, and IMH usually don't take in undergraduate students as internship (i think that's for those who wanted to apply for it on own accord). I wanted CGC so much at the beginning of my internship programme. but after hearing about the pros and cons of my job scope, i was afraid. Afraid of those helpless moments that I have to experience in a new environment full of strangers. Guess that's part and parcel of entering a new working environment? I'm glad I have my lovely ladies to discuss this issue with. (: they helped me so much in making up my mind. I guess they really know my capabilities after working together on countless assignments over the 3 years? I'm thankful for them for helping me see myself better; and of course their faith in me. (: #luckygirl verbally accepted CGC on the phone with this admin lady who kept forcing me to make a decision. -.-" then she even sent me an email to remind me to officially accept the internship via a link. i don't understand why she has to force me to make up my mind when im entitled to 3 days to make my decision. maybe she just want to clear her job; and if i reject CGC they can find another candidate? oh well... just hoping that i made the right decision. (: P.S. oh ya. mindef didn't even get back to me. not even a rejection email. what are they doing? - - - - - Every time when I recall back my school years, I always feel grateful for everything. Somehow, I think I am a really lucky girl when it comes to academic area. Primary School - although i can't make decision on which school i want to enter, but i met great friends. (: friends who live nearby me, till now. friends who truly cares about me, and like me for me. friends who are still keeping in contact even after so many years. friends who we don't have awkward silences with. (: Secondary School - mindset back then is just find a neighbour school, enter a secondary school with my primary school friends. and yes, i got the secondary school of my first choice. not that it's hard to get in! hahaha! but nonetheless, i got it, and i was in the same class as several primary school friends too! (: & i had really awesome, fulfilling and meaningful secondary school days. made lots of stupid mistakes, hurt self and people around; but those are all part and parcel of life. isn't it? (: teenagers are the stupidest creatures on earth. xD heard it from a show. and we all had our stupid period. upper sec, getting to choose the subjects we wanted. i didn't manage to get into the class i wanted initially, but i got into a better one. that's something good, right? (: some people tried so hard yet couldn't get it. lucky right? (: Poly, ECH - choosing course for poly after sec sch graduation. never knew what i wanted. was looking around, and "early childhood education" caught my eyes, and i set my eyes on it too. honestly, back then, i only wanted ECH. i can't even remember my other choices now. other choices seems like... totally not important to me? haha! lucky girl, i got ECH, the one that i wanted badly! so smooth sailing. and best, i met a bunch of wonderful, and just-use-all-the-nice-words-on-earth-to-describe-them ladies. ^^ they had the biggest role to play in my poly days. without them, school won't be fun, lessons won't be interesting, projects/assignments will be worst than hell. im thankful for them, very. Uni, NTU, Psychology - i faced my first hiccup in my academic years. i wanted NUS, FASS. i got the chance to go for interview, but i screwed it up. but still, i got my first choice course from NTU. isn't that another smooth sailing transition to my uni life? at least i had the course i wanted, and not some other? (: it's just a different campus. then i met my current clique of friends. coming from diverse background - JC, Poly, Indo, Jap, Tall, Short, Lame, Creative.. (ok..i drifted away from 'background'). It's these people whom I turned to when facing troubles in school - like application for internship; signing up for courses; etc. they are the people who gave advice, discuss the issue, and overcome everything together with. (: im such a lucky girl to be blessed with this clique of friends. When applying for internship, I also got what I wanted in the first phase of application! how lucky it that? How long will such luck last? I just hope there's no price to pay for all these smooth sailing academic experiences I had, cos if there's a price, I will be bankrupted 10x over and over again. What goes around comes around; I shall continue to be nice to people, most of the time. (I'm human, I can't be nice to everyone ALL the time.) Enough of such a long, boring, naggy entry. Just wanted to pen down my messy thoughts somewhere. so sleepy now. bye. Labels: PRIVATEspeech, RANDOM |
WENDY. 21st June. Everything else, you'll know when you know me. (: Leave some of your love. (: xueni joanne.beloved jenn.beloved xf.pei flor janice ziqi yuchin xinting lina linda yvonne beekwoon weiearn mic.tan jie March 2005 April 2005 May 2005 June 2005 July 2005 August 2005 September 2005 October 2005 November 2005 December 2005 January 2006 February 2006 May 2006 June 2006 July 2006 August 2006 September 2006 October 2006 November 2006 December 2006 January 2007 February 2007 March 2007 April 2007 May 2007 June 2007 July 2007 August 2007 September 2007 October 2007 November 2007 December 2007 January 2008 February 2008 March 2008 April 2008 May 2008 June 2008 July 2008 August 2008 September 2008 October 2008 November 2008 December 2008 January 2009 February 2009 March 2009 April 2009 May 2009 June 2009 July 2009 August 2009 September 2009 October 2009 November 2009 December 2009 January 2010 February 2010 March 2010 April 2010 May 2010 June 2010 July 2010 August 2010 September 2010 October 2010 January 2011 April 2011 May 2011 November 2011 February 2012 March 2012 June 2012 January 2013 Designed by { ★CRUSHthespeaker } Thankful to { blogskins l xox } Blogged to { 53-percent } |
||