One of my goals is to be an
active participant in every aspect of the program and learn as much as
possible. In order to learn from new experiences and situations, I intent to
ask lots of questions, so I can understand as much as possible. This directly
relates to another goal which would is getting better at reflecting and
learning from my own experiences at a deeper level. In El Salvador, we did
nightly reflections as a group, which was really helpful at making me think on
a deeper level and about things I wouldn’t have thought about. For this trip, I
would also like to start doing some reflecting on my own and maybe trying a journal
to write my thoughts down.
I hope to learn a lot about the
culture of Bangladesh both in pre- departure meetings, my own research, and
experiencing it while being there. Experiencing culture shock, being a
minority, without my family and close friends, and being extremely far from
home will be an experience I have not had for an extended period of time. I am
hoping having these experiences and overcoming the difficulties associated will
make me more empathetic and understanding towards someone who just moved to
Canada or is attending University here. In the future, working in a pharmacy in
Winnipeg I will most likely experience a patient who is having trouble adapting
to a different country and possibly has a language barrier and I hope I will be
able to use my experiences to council the patient effectively.
Learning about Bangladesh’s
health care system is probably what I am the most excited about. It is going to
be very interesting to compare and contrast the two systems and I hope I can
learn something unique about Bangladesh’s that I could take back here, possibly
even at the Wish Clinic.
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