Internship Application - Student Evaluations Required?

[leahyhl]

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Hey All- I'm in my first year and just got back some unfavorable evaluations from two professors. Nothing major- just a comment about tardiness and one about "checking my cell phone in class."

Are these evaluations required for internship applications? I can't imagine my school would let these go out to internship sites, but I'm nervous about all my hard work being wasted on this. Of course I know that I need letters of recommendations for internship, but am I required to provide these evaluations as well?

 

[clinpsych]

Hey All- I'm in my first year and just got back some unfavorable evaluations from two professors. Nothing major- just a comment about tardiness and one about "checking my cell phone in class."

Are these evaluations required for internship applications? I can't imagine my school would let these go out to internship sites, but I'm nervous about all my hard work being wasted on this. Of course I know that I need letters of recommendations for internship, but am I required to provide these evaluations as well?

Rest easy. These evaluations will not be submitted as part of the internship application process. You will need three people (professors, advisors, practicum supervisors), however, who will be able to vouch for you in the form of a letter of recommendation.

 

[Marissa4usa]

Are you talking about internship applications at the end of your education? If so, I highly doubt that your professors will even remember any of these issues by the time they will write you letters of recommendations, given that you make sure that these things don't happen in the future.

 

[DUintern]

Yes, these evaluations may be included in your internship application. The training director of your program typically submits a letter to the internship site and the letter is based on evaluations from professors throughout your academic training. Professionalism is important and habits such as checking phones or being late may come across as unprofessional. During your internship (depending on culture of internship) professionalism is just as important as research, clinical experience, and technical knowledge.

 

[DUintern]

Yes, these evaluations may be included in your internship application. The training director of your program typically submits a letter to the internship site and the letter is based on evaluations from professors throughout your academic training.

This is actually not typical anymore. While the training director CAN submit a letter if they wish, it is no longer an APPIC requirement like it used to be as of two years ago when the match went online. When I applied to internship, all my training director HAD to do was log in online and sign off on my hours.

I applied the first year online and our training director did submit letters. As you said, it may depend on the school. But the bigger issue is about professionalism and integrity!

 

[roubs]

The training director of your program typically submits a letter to the internship site and the letter is based on evaluations from professors throughout your academic training.

If this letter contained stuff like "checks cell phone during class" or some variation on "Student is unprofessional" then the DCT may as well not approve the student for internship. What is the point of doing so, sabotaging the applicant and hurting the programs match rate? Student development issues are usually handled within the program and any issues of professionalism better be ironed out by 4th-5th yr...I'd hope.

That being said, as other posters have mentioned it'd probably be good to take the criticism seriously.

 

[AcronymAllergy]

I applied the first year online and our training director did submit letters. As you said, it may depend on the school. But the bigger issue is about professionalism and integrity!

I can only speak from y own experiences during this most recent application cycle--I know that our DCT didn't submit any letters, nor did any of the DCTs of students I met at interviews. This could be related to the fact that none of the sites to which I applied explicitly mentioned that they required an actual letter from the DCT, although I believe that's the case with the majority of programs now.

In any case, I agree with what others have said--take the criticism seriously, learn from it, and improve the areas you got "dinged" on. After all, that should (ideally) be the purpose of these sorts of evaluations.