Today was my first day at my CHILI internship. I was very excited to start and not as nervous as I thought I would be. I guess it was because I was familiar with Mr. Greenberg and because I had already worked with him on health flicks. I was given a tour of the Cushing/ Whitiney Medical Library which was extremely fascinating. What caught my attention the most was the Cushing Center. I found it spectacular how a single man contributed so much to science. I learned how all the brains lined up in the shelves belonged to previous patients that had been operated on by Harvey Cushing . Mr. Cushing the founder of this library treated his patients like actual human beings unlike most people. Most of his patients had disabilities and were considered to be "circus freaks". Harvey Cushing did not believe so and told his patients that they were an important contribution to health sciences.
After having the tour of the library I interviewed Mr. Charlie Greenberg. He manages human support of the medical library. He was an English major in college and believes that it helped him a lot with the job he is pursuing now. He enjoys the fact that he is helping others by teaching them important knowledge pertaining to their field. He teaches doctors and nurses different kinds of information which could lead to saving a patient's life. Mr. Greenberg enjoys the work environment because of his excellent co workers and the well rounded university he works in. He is very patient with his patrons and embraces the idea of global citizenship. This means he gets along and is open to the culture and believe of anyone from a different foreign country. Over the length of his career Mr. Greenberg has learned that people who make wrong choices are effected by them later on in life.
