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I was sent to Arnprior, a town of 7,500 people located about an hour north of Ottawa. After a week there, my classmate, Justin Bell, Meds카지노 게임 컬렉션15, and I drove 2,000 km to Dryden, just east of the Manitoba border, to spend an additional month working in a 카지노 게임 컬렉션summer studentship카지노 게임 컬렉션 at a rural family medicine clinic.
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Spending five weeks working in rural communities was an eye-opening adventure for me. I learned about the value of tight-knit communities, saw a variety of medical practices, and caught a glimpse of native culture.
In Dryden, I was struck by the uniqueness of the Aboriginal patient population. I encountered young men who were plagued with suicidal ideation because most of their family and friends had already attempted or died by suicide. I met a lovely elderly woman who suffered horribly because her grandchildren kept stealing the narcotics she needed for relief. I saw intoxicated men who were within inches of death because they were high on deodorant, paint thinner, and hairspray.
However, I also got a chance to learn a little about Ojibway culture and to see wonderful instances of Aboriginal families helping each other. For example, I met an exhausted daughter caught between old traditions and modern living, trying to care for countless troubled family members while holding down her own job. In addition, I observed a loving mother sternly lecturing her grown son in Ojibway to stop drinking, and helping him get off the streets.
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