I have come to the end of my internship with Patient Knows Best in conjunction with Diagnosis and am happy with the experience I have gained. Dr. Mohammad Al-Ubaydli tasked me with finding out if, given the current climate, the NHS could save money by shifting certain services to the home environment. As this was a broad area, the internship was challenging at times. However, it was interesting because as well as building on the research methods I grew accustomed to at medical school, I also needed to collect information from a variety of people. This included interviews with doctors, health economists and health care organisations, each with a different way of thinking and thus providing different perspectives on home health care. I also used social networking sites such as LinkedIn which proved more valuable than I anticipated. As technology becomes cheaper, more advanced and widely available, it was interested to see how telemedicine could fit into the model.
I must thank Dr. Al-Ubaydli for his guidance on the project and thank Diagnosis for the opportunity. I encourage those interested to apply for Diagnosis internships as they provide a valuable experience for the internee.
