Ellie Bricard's Blog!

What did I do? What did I learn? Why does it matter? Now what is needed? What do I plan to do next?

I started my first “Official” day as an Intern! The morning started with an Advisor check-in, where I was assigned new tasks for the week, informed what is coming, and offered a Q&A session. I have been assigned to update or “modernize” facilator guidlines for team focus groups; this requires me to find statistics, assess the potential needs of employees, and present neccesary guidlines to host a productive discussion on how to improve workplace Wellbeing.The Focus Group document will be the first item I finish tomorrow morning. Secondly, M., another intern and I have been assigned to work on a group proposal that will focus on wellbeing and purpose in the work place; we will start that project later in the week. Thirdly, M. and I organized population health strategy information, insightss, and cost drivers into an excell sheet before deciding what parts of that information should be included in the National Powerpoint. All of this work matter because it is a step to providing neccesary resources to support the wellbeing and health of the employees receiving them. I plan to continue working on these projects, to learn as much as I can from my advisor, and to consider what projects I can present that will have a positive impact on others.