HORATIO’S GARDEN

My advice to future interns would be to think about the skills you already have and the skills

you would like to gain before your internship. My line manager encouraged me to do so and

to share my ideas with her, which meant that I could take on tasks and projects that would

play on my strengths while developing my weaknesses.

I would advise future interns to take on not only work that matches their existing skills but

also work that develops new ones - even if the prospect of moving outside your comfort

zone is daunting at first. During your internship, I would also advise you to keep a list of the

projects that you have been working on and how these projects contributed to your

development. This list will definitely be useful for future job applications, but it also allows

you to reflect on your own progress.

I would also recommend you keep note of how you juggled smaller, more urgent tasks with

larger, longer term projects to figure out how you manage your schedule effectively to stay

on top of things. Finally, I would advise you to never be afraid to ask questions - they show a

willingness to learn rather than a lack of knowledge.

Rafiah Niha, Magdalen College, Second Year Undergraduate, MBBS Medicine, A mixture of in-person and remoe working

I worked with Horatio’s Garden which is a Garden Charity that is in some of the Spinal

Rehabilitation Centres across the country.

Throughout my internship, I spent a week at 5

different Horatio’s Gardens and 1 last week virtually from home. The internships aim was to

collect data from the patients and to create an impact report for the charity. We were given

an induction on the first morning by the Chair of Trustees, Dr Olivia Chapple, and the rest of

the team at Salisbury Head Office. We were also given T-shirts to wear as well as Tablets