Speaker: Olivia Cheek
Olivia Cheek: Hi, my name is Olivia Cheek, and the reason what inspired me to pursue um the advanced e-clinical training was just the flexibility of the program itself. Um, as someone who was in my senior year of undergraduate, I had a lot of classes and a lot of other outside obligations, and the e-clinical training allowed me to have that sort of flexibility in my schedule and self-pace myself, which I struggle sometimes with a structured program, so this was great.
Describe your overall experience completing the ACT program. What stood out to you the most?
Olivia Cheek: Um, as far as my overall experience completing the ACT program, I found it overall amazing. Um, some parts that stood out to me the most was just, first off, the flexibility of it all. It was all self-paced. So if I was super busy one day, I didn't have to worry about it. If I had a bunch of free time, I could just spend the whole day doing it. So that was great with my schedule. Um, and also a lot of resources to connect me with career options.
Olivia Cheek: So one part about the program that I really enjoyed was the interactive activities, um, instead of just flat out reading and memorizing all the material handed to me, I was able to apply what I was learning to these interactive activities, whether it was quizzes or um practice simulations or even just the modules themselves or videos, so that was a great way that allowed me to apply what I was learning to retain it better.
In what ways did ACT make you feel supported, even though the program was online?
Olivia Cheek: Even though the program was online, there was still, I felt like a great support system, there was assignments where there was still discussion based with other people in the program or, um, portals and everything where you could talk to everyone else, um, the people, the staff themselves, there was all these resources that allowed me to connect with individuals still, and so it was all remote remote at the time. Um, so that was great.
What advice would you give to someone who is considering enrolling in an ACT program?
Olivia Cheek: If you're considering enrolling in the ACT program, I would highly recommend it, especially if you have a lot of outside factors going on in your life. I know sometimes when you're trying to do a clinical MA program, it can be very time consuming, so this is, I found a great um alternative solution to that, and you're still able to get that externship experience as well in it all. And I also found that, You were still able to get the same experience as you would in a regular program.
