Ark Valley News - VCHS intern of the month

Ashlyn Jacobs getting to be the patient at her physical therapy internship.

VCHS intern of the month
By Abigail Sheahan
Last Updated: February 16, 2017

Student intern stretches her knowledge of physical therapy

Many Valley Center High School interns started the new year with new internships, but they're still working as hard as ever. As the first month of the new year came to a close, it was time to pick a student as Intern of the Month once again. Congratulations to Ashlyn Jacobs for being chosen as the January Intern of the Month.

Ashlyn is one of many interns who began a new internship at semester. She is a physical therapy intern and has had the opportunity to see how two different businesses operate on a daily basis. Ashlyn stated that for the first semester she interned at Premier Physical Therapy and this semester she is interning at TRUE Physical Therapy.

She also shared with us some of the differences between the two saying, "At Premier, it was usually just me and Jay, the owner and therapist, and there was mainly just one patient at a time. At TRUE, they have therapy technicians that either start or end with a patient and the therapist is with the patient the other part of the time. They also overlap their scheduling at TRUE instead of just having one patient at a time. It's cool to see the differences between the two clinics."

According to internship coordinator Cody Lee, Ashlyn earned this honor because she "does a phenomenal job at communicating and making sure she is doing the right things at all times. She has put herself out there to gain an even more diverse experience in the physical therapy field this semester, and she found a second internship placement at TRUE Physical Therapy. Ashlyn took the initiative to make contact with potential internship partners, and found a great placement with TRUE Physical Therapy. Ashlyn enjoys making connections and continually provides quality work, timeliness and accuracy in everything she pursues. She is very organized and dedicated to her internship."

Hard work and a dedication to learning will get Ashlyn where she wants to be. She is an ambitious student with a strong work ethic. As one of Ashlyn's closest friends, I know she will go far. Her work in the internship program has shown that she makes the most of every opportunity she is given.