GlobalEd Abroad

I learned a lot about myself through this online internship. Each week we had relevant assignments due. Various tasks included creating/updating a LinkedIn account, completing quizzes to learn our personality type and how we best relate and work with others, and reading various articles. I enjoyed getting to work with other students completing online internships as well. I felt as though it gave me great tools for the in-person portion of my internship and has helped me become a more confident working professional.

My health care internship was amazing! I had the opportunity to shadow various physicians in different specialties and nurses multiple times a week. My background in Spanish definitely helped, as I was listening intently to every conversation, trying to pick up on new words and understand to the best of my ability. However, every provider was so kind and knew English, so even if you don't understand everything, they are always open to answering questions. The hospital was just a short walk from my host mother's house, making it very convenient to get to. It was also very modern and clean. My internship coordinator, Masé, was amazing at her job. She took note of my medical interests and did her best to place me with providers I would enjoy to learn from. She was always available to answer any of my questions. The most interesting part of my time at this hospital was when it was my turn to be the patient. After being sick for a few days, my host mom and I walked to the hospital I had my internship at and I found out I needed my appendix taken out. It was an awesome opportunity to experience the hospital from a patient's point of view. I felt very well cared for and even had some of the nurses I had worked with as my nurses. As I woke up from surgery, I was brought back to my room and welcomed by my host mom, my actual mom, and Masé with smiles. It was the moment that Seville truly felt like home to me.

I learned a lot from the 6weeks internship as a project manager. The supervisors focused on a skill each week for us to live in it and develop it. Therefore, by the end of the week, we had to share a real example of how we accomplished our goal, and as a project manger we had to submit a weekly progress report. With the great internship I gained a lot of skills in short period of time, on top of that, I know how to control working remotely with both international company's managers and local team members. It was a tough internship but our supervisors was always their assisting us with our needs, and fill our energy to get our work done perfectly and promptly. In addition, there were webinars almost every couple days to educate us. Lastly, this internship taught me how to become a better leader and employee in the future.