My PPD First Essay

I didn't spend much of my time on this. No wonder it's terrible! whatever =))

COMMUNITY VISIT REPORT

NAME – ULIL AMRI KHAIRIL AMRI

STUDENT ID - 200449637

DATE OF VISIT – 30 OCTOBER 2009

VENUE – THE BIG ISSUE OF THE NORTH, 66 YORK STREET, LS9 8A

A. Before the visit -

Few days before the community visit took place, my partner and I discussed on how to get there. We divided our tasks in order to make things easier. During the day of the visit, we gathered at the Parkinson Building before we took a bus there.

B. Upon arrival –

Once we got off from the bus, we took a walk to get to the venue. By having known the building is a red triple-storey building, it wasn’t much a help since we got lost after half an hour walk in search of the venue. We asked the public whether they know where the building is, but none of them seemed to be familiar with the place. Alternatively, we used GPS navigator to track our location and luckily we found the building minutes later.

C. At the venue -

We received a warm welcome by the officers there. We were briefed about the nature of working by the chief officer and were made familiarized with the working areas for the workers. She assigned one of her colleagues to take us for a walk to the vendor selling points where we were given the chance to make interviews with the magazine vendors.

D. The interviews –

We had the chance to interview seven vendors from various backgrounds. The summary of the interview is as written below.

1. Our first stop was five minute walk from the building. We met one old female vendor sitting aside the pedestrian walkway when the officer introducing us to her. She was happy to get to know that we were medical students and without any reluctance she allowed us to interview her. Generally, she was satisfied with the healthcare services she received mainly from the NHS.

2. Then, we proceeded our journey to meet the second vendor, Mr. N. He was totally different from our first interviewee which he was rather a plainspoken person. He told that the doctors are being discriminative in treating patients. He also suggested that the doctors must have more understanding and care towards patients regardless of any preferences.

3. Next, we had the chance to interview Mr. R which he had more positive feedbacks with regard to the NHS. For him the doctors are the persons who he can confer his trust upon. He also agreed that the doctors are capable in simplifying his understanding of health complications that he’s in.

4. Next we met one cheerful vendor who welcomes us with warmth. He was rather positive in his response towards the healthcare system in the UK. As in his response, the doctors are seen as more approachable and reliable. He has never had any bad experiences with the NHS.

5. After that, we met Mr. R who simply described the healthcare system in the UK as useless. He had once broken his pelvis in which he most probably gets retained by hospital to receive intensive care. In contrast his request to get medication was not entertained by the doctors and had to walk back home with such a dreadful condition.

6. The next vendor felt he was under oppression by the healthcare system due to inequality of treatment received. He had no chance to have a two ways communication with doctors. The doctors were described as not having an eye contact with the patients.

7. The last vendor we interviewed also provides us with negative response. This lady mentioned that doctors are not a good listener. They also do show discrimination among their patients.

E. What surprised me-

During the briefing was given, I was surprised to get to know that this magazine company has been employing homeless people to be their vendors. I was amazed with the kindness of the nature of this company in giving chances to these unfortunate people to earn a living. I hope these people will have the strength to continue their living to move them ahead towards betterment in life.

Besides, I am also surprised with the openness of the vendors to spend some of their time to take part in the interview although busy with their selling of magazines.

F. What I have learnt-

In this visit, I’ve learnt a lot from reviews regarding the healthcare system in the UK by the vendors. Doctors must never show favoritism among their patients. Besides, the doctors must be approachable among the patients at the same time provide comfort to them. Discrimination towards certain group of people also ought to be demolished to create integrity between doctors and patients. With the good doctors-patients relationship, the healthcare system would be even more successful in providing healthcare to the public.