WINTER INTERNSHIP FOR MA APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY AND BA PSYCHOLOGY
Rapporteur: Department of Social Science
February 2019: Seven students of Master of Arts (MA), Psychology from the School of Liberal
Studies (SLS) completed a one month long winter internship at Kanoria Hospital and Research
Centre. The internship by the ten students from Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) was conducted at DPS
Prerna, Bopal. The internship programme was facilitated by Dr. Rajendra Anand, CEO at Kanoria
Hospital, Ms. Sangeeta Hinduja, Head DPS Prerna in coordination with Dr. Ritu Sharma from SLS.
During these internship students learned about how addictions can damage or destroy human body
and the various therapies and techniques associated for treating such patients. The postgraduate
students got exposure for basic counselling techniques and dealing with patients at Kanoria Hospital.
The undergraduate students during their internship received exposure to various learning difficulties.
Various teaching aids were provided to the students by DPS Prerna. A number of workshops were
conducted on learning disabilities and teaching aids and understanding and accepting feedback from
students, parents, staff and fellow members.
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