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Internships at MOHAN Foundation

If you are interested in interning with MOHAN Foundation please send us a covering letter and your resume by email to info@mohanfoundation.org All Internships are rewarded only to individuals after screening of their application. The internship may involve some field work. If you wish to undertake any specific project related to organ donation or transplantation you are requested to send us a synopsis of the project along with your application. In past we have had students and internees from India and abroad for up to a year. Some have done a short stint of 2 week to a year. The time can vary depending on your requirement. You can work in either of our two locations in Chennai or Hyderabad. College credits can be also be awarded on an individual basis. Thank you for your interest in MOHAN Foundation.

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10weeks Internship schedule of one of the Internees from Overseas

MOHAN Foundation - first period of fieldwork

Week 1 - 13 april to 19 april 2009

Reading of MOHAN materials (mon - thur) observation at the foundation headquarters.

Meeting and interviewing with Dr. Sumana (friday) -- if possible continue on a weekly basis

Meeting and interviewing with Dr. Shiva, counsellor (weekend) -- if possible continue on a weekly basis

With Dr. Shiva maybe visit first interviewees? -- 3 families of brain dead donors

Note :interview sample aimed at

1) Families of brain dead donors (3)

2) Living donors and their families *both donors and sellers*
   - Related (3)
   - Unrelated (3)

3) Recipients
    - Of an organ from a brain dead donor (3)
    - From a living donor (3)

4)Families that have opposed organ donation from a brain dead patient

5)Donor card holding patient (2)

6)Living donor that has opposed organ donation (1)

For this study; in-depth interview is more important than sample size. Therefore, to conduct at least two visits per case study is a must. If the patient is non-english speaking you need to know that in advance so that you can arrange for a translator to come. It is also a must that people from different backgrounds - specifically with regard to caste should be represented in the sample. Variation in age, gender, and occupation gives better result. Samples preferably should include people who had both (respectively) good and bad experiences.

If there are workshops being organised, it would be a must for me to join Srilatha for such outreaching activities. Also, I would love to participate in conferences that may be organised during my stay in Chennai (negotiable as we discussed in person)

Week 2 - 20 april to 26 april

- Reading, Observing and Preparing for Interviews

- Meeting with Dr. Sumana

- If possible go with Dr. Shiva for observation of his counselling function

- Interview related to living donors and their families (3)

Week 3 - 27 april to 3 may

- Reading, Observing and Preparing for Interviews

- Meeting with Dr. Sumana

- To communicate with a transplant coordinator, anaesthesia team (for brain dead operations), neurosurgeons

- Interview of unrelated living donors and their families (3)

Week 4 - 4 may to 10 may

- Reading, Observing and Preparing for Interviews

- Meeting with Dr. Sumana

- If possible go with Dr. Shroff for observation at SRMC

- Interview recipients of organs from a brain dead patient (3)

Week 5 - 11 may to 17 may

- Reading, Observing and Preparing for Interviews

- Meeting with Dr. Sumana

- If possible talk to transplant team at SRMC

- Interview recipients of organs from a living donor (3)

Week 6 - 18 may to 24 may

- Reading, Observing and Preparing for Interviews

- Meeting with Dr. Sumana

- If possible talk to patients in need of a transplant

- Interview families that have opposed donation (3)

Week 7 - 25 may to 31 may

- Meeting with Dr. Sumana

- If possible go with Dr. Shiva for observation of his counselling function

- Interview 3 families of brain dead donors

Week 8 - 1 june to 7 june

- Meeting with Dr. Sumana

- If possible go with Dr. Shroff for observation at SRMC

- Interview 6 families of living donors

Week 9 - 8 june to 14 june

- Meeting with Dr. Sumana

- If possible talk to transplant team at SRMC

- Interview recipient families (6)

Week 10 - 15 june to 21 june

- Interview families that have objected to organ donation (3)

- Discuss joint publication with Dr. Shroff and Dr. Sumana

- Discuss the work to be done at Mohan during the second period of fieldwork

Schedule for Mohan Foundation - second period of fieldwork (July 2010 - March 2011 approx.)

- After period of writing in Belgium and contact through email, finalise joint publication in Tamil Nadu.

- Conduct some very precise interviews according to data that is still lacking after working up the data of the first period of fieldwork.

- Visit Mohan foundation in Hyderabad.

- If possible talk to ministers at health department of Tamil Nadu.

I will provide a more precise outline in the week of 15 june - 21 june after reviewing the results of the first period of cooperation.

If I have left out any important means of data collection, please do not hesitate to send me your comments! Other comments too, I will be more than happy to integrate in a second draft of a proposed research schedule.

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