SLS Mirror - July 2019 SLS MIRROR JULY 2019, Volume 13, Issue 7 | Page 11

SUMMER INTERNSHIPS BY THE STUDENTS OF PSYCHOLOGY
MAY – JULY, 2019
Rapporteur: Psychology Area of the Department of Social Science
Introduction:
Every year to enrich students learning experience SLS, PDPU encourages internship in applied areas.
For May - July, 2019 Department of Psychology facilitated Internship in various applied areas. As
external mentors Dr. Rajendra Anand, Medical Superintendent, Kanoria De-Addiction Centre, Chirag
Parmar, Clinical Psychiatrist from Government Institute of Mental Health, Gandhinagar and Dr.Ritu
Sharma, Associate Professor-Psychology, SLS, PDPU facilitated as internal mentors for the internships
at Kanoria Hospital and Government Institute of Mental Health situated in Shahibaug, Ahmedabad.
Kanoria Hospital
Two students of SLS 2017 batch (Akanksha Rathore, Avani Vaghela, Astha Aloria, Bhavya Logar,
Sanskruti Patel, Shailly Vyas and Ananya Yadav) interned 25 days at Kanoria Hospital and research
center, Gandhinagar to gain an insight into the functioning of a de-addiction center and also
psychotherapy. Their focus was to collect the medical and general history of each patient that was
admitted. They also got the opportunity to accompany the in-house psychiatrist in her counselling
sessions. Apart from learning the functioning of a de-addiction center, they were also fortunate to access
and utilize the center’s vast research library in fields of psychiatry and psychology and attend a few
seminars for the same. The hospital was welcoming to their presence and open to their questions. Their
internship was an enriching experience for the students. This will help them in their future endeavors as
their first practical exposure to counselling and hospital management.
Government Institute of Mental Health
Ten students of SLS 2016 batch (Nirja Mistry, Priyanka Mistry, Hiteshree Dudani, Aditi Jain, Moksha
Meghani, Misha shah, Nishmin Unwalla and Vipanshi Chedda) interned at the Government Institute of
Mental Health. It is one of the well-known hospitals for mental care in Gujarat. It has a well-disciplined,
well-educated and clinically experienced team of doctors and nurses. The team of ten students from
SLS were divided into four groups of two to three members. Each group were assigned for various
departments. As there were four departments in the hospital, each group got a chance to work in each
of the departments for a week. The students gained knowledge of how each department functioned and
the activities that were done daily. They gained first-hand knowledge regarding the different
psychological techniques used by professionals. The students got exposure to four main departments,
i.e. Social Work, Psychology, Psychiatry and Occupational Therapy. The students also got a chance to
visit the male and female wards in the hospital and study the files of the patients to get details on their
case history and disorders. They had a chance to interact with the patients and look at the OPD
rounds conducted by the doctor on a daily basis.
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