{"id":40612,"date":"2014-10-12T09:31:12","date_gmt":"2014-10-12T13:31:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/?page_id=40612"},"modified":"2020-08-09T17:43:20","modified_gmt":"2020-08-09T21:43:20","slug":"service-learning-internship","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/maccp\/curriculum\/service-learning-internship\/","title":{"rendered":"Service Learning Internship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/gms\/files\/2014\/10\/MACCP_Mural-636x270.jpg\" alt=\"Medical Anthropology and Cross-Cultural Practice Mural\" width=\"916\" height=\"389\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-56762\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/files\/2014\/10\/MACCP_Mural-636x270.jpg 636w, https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/gms\/files\/2014\/10\/MACCP_Mural.jpg 754w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 916px) 100vw, 916px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>MACCP students engage in a service-learning internship throughout their first academic year. Engagement in the internship supports our program\u2019s commitment to community-based, participatory research. The primary purpose of this internship is to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Involve students in a service-learning experience that will afford them the chance to learn about, and give back to, the larger community\/ies surrounding the medical campus and Boston University.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Create an opportunity to identify, explore, and establish a potential field-site(s) and\/or community-based partnership(s) for ongoing participant-observation and later data collection.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Students who have participated in an internship preceding formal data collection in other master&#8217;s programs describe the internship component as a particularly valuable aspect of their anthropological and health research training.\u00a0This part of our program is\u00a0undoubtedly one of the most valuable parts of the training students receive.<\/p>\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h4 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Schedule<\/h4><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\">\n<p>Internships will consist of an average of one-day\/eight-hour per week (approximately 120 hours per semester) of volunteer service in an approved setting. Students will be expected to begin their internship by the beginning of October and continue through the fall and spring semesters.<\/p>\n<p>By spending the academic year at their internship site, followed by a summer of intensive fieldwork, students spend close to a year in relationship with the site community or group. Such internships facilitate a longer period of ethnographic fieldwork, which results in a richer body of data, stronger relationships within which to develop ongoing research and potential future employment prospects, and the opportunity to become more fully involved in the local community.<\/p>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h4 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Internship Placement<\/h4><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\">\n<p>The ideal placement will enable a student to begin establishing rapport with potential participants and\/or community partners, refine their research question(s), following a model of community-based participatory research, and explore and evaluate potential fieldwork site(s).<\/p>\n<p>During the summer prior to starting the program, the student\u2019s adviser, other MACCP faculty, and\/or affiliated staff at BUMC will work with the student to develop a list of resources, sites, and ideas for setting up an internship. Internships may be based at, or be affiliated with, Boston Medical Center, a local community health center, a non-profit organization, or a public agency or group. With the support of the internship director and other MACCP faculty, students will reach out prospective sites to set up their internship.<\/p>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<div class=\"bu_collapsible_container \" aria-live=\"polite\" data-customize-animation=\"false\"><h4 class=\"bu_collapsible\" aria-expanded=\"false\"tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\">Examples of Internship Placements<\/h4><div class=\"bu_collapsible_section\" style=\"display: none;\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.idealist.org\/view\/nonprofit\/MWKKmC8c5Dw4\/\" title=\"ACEDONE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ACEDONE<\/a> (African Community Economic Development New England)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/africancommunityhealthinitiatives.com\/\" title=\"African Community Health Initiatives\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">African Community Health Initiatives<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bmc.org\/obgyn\/services\/birthsisters.htm\" title=\"Birth Sisters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Birth Sisters<\/a>, Boston Medical Center<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.vpi.org\/boston\/\" title=\"Boston Living Center\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Boston Living Center<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/isbcc.org\/\" title=\"Islamic Society of Boston Community Center\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Islamic Society of Boston Community Center<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jfcsboston.org\/\" title=\"Jewish Children and Family Services\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jewish Children and Family Services<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tlcdeaf.org\/\" title=\"Learning Center for the Deaf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Learning Center for the Deaf<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nativeamericanlifelines.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Native American Lifelines\u2014Urban Indian Health Services<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bmc.org\/obgyn\/services\/specialprograms-project-respect.htm\" title=\"Project RESPECT\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Project RESPECT<\/a>, Boston Medical Center<o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<o:p><\/o:p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MACCP students engage in a service-learning internship throughout their first academic year. 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