Week 12: At the Finish Line

Hi All,

Luana here again.

As we are coming towards the end of this internship, I thought I would reflect on the experience as a whole. I can definitely say that this internship has been completely unique to any other learning experience I have had at university so far. It was great to be really hands on and self- directed with my own learning. Even the more formal-learning aspects during the workshops and coding classes were skills that we could apply immediately in our projects. Sometimes at Uni we get a lot of theory thrown at us without being given an opportunity to apply it ourselves, so I can say I really enjoyed the ‘learn by doing’ approach to this internship. I gained so many new skills in these past four months, just by being able to try things myself.

It is also amazing how different everyone who does the internship’s experience is. As we have all worked in different areas, with different supervisors and on entirely different projects, everyone’s experience has had unique triumphs and challenges.

Also, we were able to get a better understanding of other labs, as we shared our experiences with each other. In this way we got to broaden our understanding of what Psych research can look like, while creating a comradery amongst each other. I was nice to be able to share in each other’s struggles and triumphs. We shared in similar hurtles we all faced (like proposal writing) as well as difficulties that were unique to our projects; from mastering photoshop, to understanding EMG analysis, to the best way to talk to a busy supervisor.

I can say I definitely achieved my goals I had set at the beginning of this internship. I have learnt about research, how it works and that I actually like it much more than I thought I would. I have gained a lot of new skills in data analyzing, writing and presenting. I have a clearer idea of my future direction. I met great people and I am really proud of the last four months.

I would love to hear about the other Deviant’s thoughts on the experience.

Luana x

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