How do you plan to fully engage in your externship experience? What aspects of your technical skills and professionalism are you seeking to exercise?

What will be an ideal response?

Fully engaging in the externship involves arriving to the site on time as scheduled, arriving prepared, having a positive attitude daily, asking questions to enhance learning, taking notes or keeping a journal, and attempting to learn about other areas within the office or facility to assist in learning about the bigger picture of managing patient care and maintaining a successful practice or business. Students may list the technical skills they anticipate putting into practice. Possible responses for aspects of exercising professionalism are providing good customer service, having a pleasant and cooperative attitude, effectively communicating and learning from other professionals, and being a dependable worker.