The end of the beginning

As the end is near for this rotation, I would like to take some time and reflect on how much this APPE has changed me. Not only did I learn about Thailand's healthcare system and how it differed from the USA but I also learned so much about myself. I grew as a person by learning how to interact with patients on a whole new level. They have different styles of dealing with patients here and I admire all the faculty and students that I had the pleasure of meeting. I will not only take back the knowledge I learned about dealing with difficult patients (ex. language barriers) but also this is the first rotation that I fully got to immerse myself into patients. I am so excited to be headed back home to my normal routine and also excited to further my learning however this was such a strong APPE to start off with. I am so thankful that my school enabled me to experience this and I will forever take what I learned here in the past 4 weeks and apply it for the rest of my days in practice and life.