Comment on Edward Chan's post:
Timely communication between the educator, student, and specific sites should be consistent and professional. Address how the intern can receive the best outcome from meeting the objectives.
Good to mention that there is etiquette to engaging in feedback with interns during evaluations.
It is beneficial to review the site following the experience to ensure that it is a valuable learning experience for others.
Evaluation from the student and the onsite supervisor allow to identify the barriers and how to fix them.
It is important for the internship site to receive feedback, if they are doing something wrong they need to know about it in order to fix it. You can't fix what you don't know is broke. Likewise they need to know what they are doing right, what their strengths are.
Identifying intern skills in the workplace happens during an internship, and this will help them increase their skills and knowledge as they go forth in the workplace as adults.
it is essential to evaluate the student in the internship site, to determine if objectives are being met and an overall positive approach to learning/care is being met.
Practicum allows the student to experience the role in which they are training for, with supervision and independence
Validating internships are important to the student future success. Supervisors serve as preceptors and mentors to student, they should offer feedback, constructive criticism, open communication and highlight the expectations.
Obtaining feedback related to the student learner's performance from the external internship site represenative and the designated course evaluator is neccessary. This information can help the student learner identify needs of improvement and what actions have been identified as successful. I plan to gather this information to help formulate a plan of action for future development instead of only relying on my own evaluation findings.
Having the intern evaluate their experience at the work place is important to create a lasting relationship with worksites to make sure all students have a sucessful experience.
It is important to assess students’ internship experiences to make sure that learning objectives are being met, that students’ experiences are consistent with the program's mission, and that the expectations of on-site supervisors and future employers are being considered. The goal is to facilitate the transition.
That student feedback and supervision feedback is very important
Evaluation and Feedback should be implemented during the internship. This will allow students' to meet objectives, ask questions and get an snapshot of how they are doing.
I will be mindful in future to conduct exit interviews following a student's preceptorship experience.
Feedback should be objective and not personal, in the appropriate (private) setting, and timely and actionable.
"It is important to assess students’ internship experiences to make sure that defined learning objectives are being met, that students’ experiences are consistent with the program's mission, and that the expectations of on-site supervisors and future employers are being considered. This ensures that students are prepared for post-graduation employment and are capable of transitioning smoothly into the professional community."
The supervisor should meet with the intern at set intervals to allow the intern a report of successes and areas that need improvement so the intern can refine their skills to step up to the challenges presented for the given job at hand. This will over a period of time fine tune the learned skills to the objectives laid out at the begining of the internship and make for less distractions during the process. The internship should be finalized by a written report of the internship cementing the idea that the intern gained the skills needed with great understanding to perform the expected job at hand.
Effective communication and feedback are extremely important. As always, feedback should be given as soon as possible and in the appropriate setting.
The exit interview is essential for the intern to be able to identify their strengths and weaknesses and is a good opportunity for them to ask questions in both directions, which will make future internships more successful and will allow the student to be more successful in employment.
