Reflection

At the end of my placement, I come away with more knowledge on program planning, implementing and evaluating and applying the theory of program planning to practice. I enjoyed having the flexibility to work on a variety of projects and was well supported by my colleagues at the CHC. I learned a lot about health inequity and barriers to health care due to the low socioeconomic population of clients at the CHC. I was also fortunate enough to work with the Francophone Health Promoter and Indigenous Health Promoter and by doing so was exposed to a variety of cultural considerations for these clients.

One highlight was being able to work on a program that addresses food insecurity in the community. This program ran every Monday afternoon and offered low income families the opportunity to buy fresh local produce at a fraction of the cost of retailers. This was a great example of breaking the barrier to social determinants of health. A challenge I had was definitely having a French Health Promoter as my supervisor. While she did speak English, she developed and facilitated all of her programs in French so I feel like I might have missed out on some good opportunities.

Reflecting back, I really enjoyed my experience at the CHC and it has sparked an interest in community health that I am hoping to pursue following my studies.

Zoe