I get this question a lot. I am so in love with my program and all the amazing stuff I'm learning, despite how swamped with readings/assignments/essays/craziness I have been all semester. And today, I received some new and exciting news to make me love it even more!
I have just been accepted into an international interdisciplinary course for spring 2011! The course is for students in the Faculty of Community Services (including social work, nursing, midwifery, nutrition, urban planning, etc) to work together in helping a community with all of our specialized knowledge and skills put together. We learn from each other's disciplines to understand how all of our knowledge comes together to help communities in a holistic way.
Neat huh?
But you know what the best part about the course is???
WE'RE GOING TO NEW ORLEANS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We will be in N'Awwlins for TWO WEEKS to work together and help to rebuild the community that has been devastated, after surviving Hurricane Katrina and the BP oil spill. Thousands have lots their homes and their jobs from these two events, and the community needs not only physical rebuilding, but economic as well. As health professionals-in-the-making and other community support people, our job will be to explore how the community has been impacted, how far-reaching these impacts are, and what can be done to help improve the health status of the residents of New Orleans and rebuild their lives.
WHEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!
I have no idea yet what the actual course content will be or what the project in New Orleans will entail (I suspect it involves a lot of hands-on community involvement, potentially assisting in construction and education opportunities). But I'm SUPER excited :D!!!!
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