internships

My internship with MHRI gave me hands-on experience as a database administrator within the Maine Department of Health. I spent 16 hours per week working on Maine's HIV Waiver program, within Medicare, developing queries to assist the nurses who worked directly with clients and generating data for quarterly and annual reports. This experience supplemented my academic knowledge by allowing me to test and hone my abilities in a deadline-based environment. It gave me confidence that I could succeed in this type of career. I am presently working as the webmaster for the MHRI website trying to add more functionality and updating the content as I go.

My internship was a 40 hour per week job. 10 hours were devoted to the co-development of this web site with Senthil Palanisamy. The other 30 hours I spent working for Franklin Memorial Hospital. The work there consisted of several projects in different departments. I created a 28 page publication, designed a 4th of July tee-shirt, and took photos at the golf tournament, all for marketing/people relations. For radiology I researched and wrote a business proposal for the acquisition of bone densitometers. For the Laboratory I created a database to keep track of supply orders. I also created classified ads to be published in 5 major newspapers. I acted as the communications person for plant operations during the Loop Road construction. This has been a great summer occupation with a vast amount of exposure to new skills and applications. I would highly recommend students to take advantage of internship possibilities, which are endless.

I have worked as an Intern for Maine Health Research Institute since May 1999. When I first began at Department of Human Services/Bureau of Medical Services I was placed with the Quality Management department. I was put in charge of the Diabetic Care project. This project involved researching/creating an information sheet sent to 1000 diabetic patients as well as physicians. In the spring of 2000 I was placed with the Third Party Liability Department. This job included adding pharmaceutical sheets. This was done to make sure Medicaid was getting the correct amount of reimbursement by other forms of healthcare. Summer of 2000 I was in Policy and Development working on various projects. Some of these included seeing if there would be more people allowed into Cub Care if the federal poverty level was raised as well as running queries on MMDSS to see how much money Maine is spending on natural childbirth's. This internship has given me the opportunity to expand my knowledge in computers as well as seeing first hand how government programs run.

Hello there! My name is Senthil K. Palanisamy and I worked as an intern over the summer of 1999 at the Franklin Memorial Hospital. My working hours ranged between 20 to 30 hours a week. I was working with the Cardiac Rehabilitation study group which consisted of Dr. Record Burgess, Dr. Sheena Bunnell, Dr. David E. Harris and Jane Gilbert-Arcari. I collected data about the study group from the hospital database as well as from charts. The collected data was presented in a fashion that allowed Dr. Harris to analyze the same in a meaningful way. The overall experience was tremendous. I am glad I got an opportunity to work with such professional people. I frequently attended the MHRI meetings. The meetings brought out new issues based on which new ideas were proposed. It gave me tremendous insights into research and its value. Currently (summer 2000) I am working a few hours for the above institute. I am developing this web site with Natasha Haugen.

Internships enhance the student abilities to interact and engage in active learning.

Interns are supervised by faculty and healthcare professionals. This interaction promotes collaborative learning.

Internship Opportunities			Updated: 07/26/2007
No Intern Positions posted at this time. To inquire further, please contact the Director, Sheena Bunnell.