I'm an Associate Professor,

and I work in the Department of Clinical Psychology.

Well part of what led me into the field

was doing hands-on work and seeing situations

where you can apply it.

So I don't, to me it's not as motivating

the kind of learner I am to read about things

in a book or read a case study.

So what I do with my students is I take them out

into the field with me.

In my community projects,

I have some that are international and some that are local.

And I bring students with me,

with a team of psychologists.

So we just got back from the Philippines,

and I brought a team of 10 students.

We work with the International Justice Mission

and the Child Protection network in the Philippines,

and they participated in a training with us

to train mental health workers in how to work with kids

who've been rescued from trafficking.

I just wanted to have the students

have the experience of talking to people

in these situations of addressing complex problems

and realizing that they have what they need

to really make a difference.

A lot of them collect their dissertation data there.

That's an agreement we have with them.

And I've noticed that the investment in their work

changes after they have met people.

They start to really care about the participants.

They really see that their dissertation

is gonna make a difference.

And the results of them are given to the group

in the Philippines.

The results are actually used of the students' dissertations

to change our training

and make it more culturally sensitive.

And the students have been a part of it from the beginning.

So I think it just,

I can see a different motivation.

They can, I see a confidence in them.

I see a passion growing in them.

So that's part of I think the value of taking

them out in the field.

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