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Philippines Blog 2014

Pre-Practicum to Orientation

Heather Sonntag and Courtney Koch

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Courtney, Rachel, Rebecca and Heather travelled to Banaue, Batad and Sagada to see the Philippines’ Rice Terraces

Before our placement our nursing group travelled around the Philippines to see the sights and learn more about the culture.

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After hiking 150 meters down into a cave, we swam in an underground river. 3

Jenna and Shelby travelled to El Nido, Puerto Princessa, and Boracay. 4

This is our home! The Imaculada House at St. Michael’s Retreat Centre.

On January 12th we were picked up in Manila by Jocelyn Molo and Maria Luisa Uayan (Louie) and taken to Antipolo City.

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We were taken to the Pinto Art Museum for a glimpse of the local talent surrounding Filipino art.

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On January 13th, 2014 our first day of our practicum, the University of East Ramon Magsaysay Memorial Medical Center, Inc.

made us feel so welcome! 7

We were introduced to the President of the University, Dr. Romeo A. Divinagracia. As seen here, the Vice-chairman of the board of Trustees, Wilson T. Young the Consultant for Special Concerns, Carmelita C. Divinagracia, PhD, RN, and the Dean of Nursing, Wilhelmina Z. Atos, PhD, RN accompanied with our Filipino facilitator, Jocelyn Molo MPH, RN and Canadian facilitator, Arlene Kent-Wilkinson RN, PhD

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Our 8 Filipino student nurse colleagues (aka “buddies”) pictured at the Retreat House

with faculty Arlene Kent-Wilkinson and Jocelyn Molo. 9

We asked permission from the local government authorities to work in the community.

We are pictured here with the mayor of Antipolo, Jun Ynares III. 10

In the afternoon we took a walking tour of the community we will be working in.

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This is one of the health clinics we will be working in, doing things such as immunizations, prenatal checkups, etc.

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In order to get to know our “buddies” better, we spent a morning doing team building activities.

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One of our activities was to make a team name and cheer. This is Team Saskapinos. 14

This is Team Canalinos, preparing to work on a blind folded bridge building activity.

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Mealtime at the retreat house! Best part of the day. ‘Nuff said. 16

To end off the week we attended a seminar at the University of the East with Arlene Kent-Wilkinson as the main speaker! She spoke about her specialty in forensic nursing.

Arlene pictured here with Carmelita C. Divinagracia, PHD, RN, Consultant for Special Concerns

and Dr. Romeo A. Divinagracia, President of the University. 18

We hope you enjoyed the tour of our orientation week. Stay tuned for a more in depth summary of our adventures in the Philippines!

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