Throughout a semester-long internship, the author learned about professionalism, ethics, and interview etiquette. As a volunteer at a hospital, they observed different medical careers and learned patient care skills and hospital codes. The internship experience helped the author determine their career path and gain useful connections, while teaching real-world workplace skills like professionalism and etiquette.

1. Pearl Craig
12/12/16
CTE Internship
5th
Reflection Essay
Throughout the semester long course of the CTE Internship class I have learned a variety
of new things that push me along the path to my post secondary education. I have learned
professionalism, ethics, and interview etiquette. We learned how to properly conduct ourselves in
the workplace in dress, eye contact, and communication. My internship site was at Banner
Health Boswell, there I was placed as a volunteer on the nursing floors. On the nursing floors I
was made aware of all the codes, like, code blue, code red, code grey, code pink, etc., which was
very exciting to learn. I was also able to observe the different medical careers in the hospital
which was very insightful in determining my career path. Personally, I want to be a pharmacist
but it was very interesting to see the different careers available to me in the medical field. I also
learned some aspects of patient care, although I was primarily stocking shelves for patient’s
personal care and assisting the secretary in whatever errands she may need. I learned proper
composure and how to greet visitors and other employees around the hospital. One time I even
witnessed a code blue and was able to apply the routines I had learn to properly react to the
situation. I also met a variety of new people that could be useful connections as I progress to my
post secondary education. All in all the CTE internship class has been very useful to me in real
life and post secondary readiness. I now know how to apply professionalism, ethics, and
etiquette to the work place.