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As an intern at the Augusta VA Medical Center, you will have oppurtunities to work with a variety of patient population groups. Your primary focus would be the Alzheimer's unit; however, you would also receive referrals from other treatment programs within the medical center, such as psychiatry and rehabilitation.
Interns spend the first two weeks of training in orientation. After completing orientation and observation of the supervising music therapist for approximately six weeks, the intern will gradually assume full responsibility for planning and conducting all music therapy sessions and completing all related documentation, for the remainder of the internship experience.
During the course of the internship, the clinical director will meet with the intern regularly to discuss his work and foster self-awareness and professional growth. The intern will also have the oppurtunity to attend a variety of workshops and inservices provided by the medical center and will encouraged to attend regional and national AMTA conferences.
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