Learning Feedback Diary

Student: _Mary Ann S. Ogoy ______ Date: _August 15-16/22-23, 2023_

Clinical Instructor: _ Tessie Reyta, RN_ Area: _RHU- Magarao_________

Describe your experience in the area

On my first day in Magarao, I had an orientation with Ma'am Amie, a facilitator part of
the RHU team. She provided us with a background about the municipality and the activities
of the RHU team in different barangays. She introduced us to the whole team and assigned
us the barangay for our rotation. She also explained vaccines, TB cases, and teenage
pregnancies status in their municipality. On my second day on duty, I was amazed by the
activeness of the RHU Magarao community. We joined the team at Barangay San Isidro
during People's Day, where various agencies from the LGU provided free services to the
residents. We participated in checkups, taking vital signs, assessing patients, determining
chief complaints, and prescribing medication. The Mayor of Magarao also attended the
event, offering incentives and raffles to the residents who attended the said activity. During
my third day, I was assigned to encode information from a profiling task in barangay
Casuray. We used Excel to input the data from the form used during profiling. However, we
only encoded around forty households, as there were five above the member. We had
difficulty in inputting the data due to the number of households, but through assistance from
the RHU staff, we managed to complete the task on time. On my last day, I was assigned to
be part of the staff in the TB caravan in the convention hall. I was assigned to the priority
lane of registration, where I took the information of senior citizens patients, including their
names, contact numbers, age, and barangay. I also assisted in interviewing patients about
their medical status and exposure to TB and COVID-19. In summary, my experience in
Magarao was enriched by the activeness of the RHU team, the opportunity to participate in
community activities, and the opportunity to work alongside the staff in the TB caravan.

What are your feelings and thoughts about your experience?

The first thing that I initially felt about being assigned to Magarao was nervousness,
specifically in Barangay Casuray, because I heard that there were parts of Barangay
Casuray where we were required to use boats for outreach and profiling residents. However,
as the activities progressed, my nervousness turned into excitement. The experience in
Magarao was different from my previous community duty experiences, and I found my first
day of exposure in Barangay San Isidro productive and enjoyable since we are asked to join
the activity in Barangay San Isidro since Barangay Casuray does not have an activity yet.
Working with the RHU Magarao team was enjoyable, as we provided valuable insights and
knowledge. Despite dealing with numerous patients with different complaints, I did not feel
toxic during the task. I enjoyed serving patients with gratitude and a sense of honor. On the
third day, I struggled with encoding information from the profiling of barangay Casuray zones
six and seven. I was initially concerned about using Excel, as I am not good at it and feared
incorrect data input. However, after completing the task together with my partner, my doubts
vanished. The last day was the most memorable, as I had the opportunity to interview and
assess patients for tuberculosis (TB). This was an interesting experience, as many patients
were positive but asymptomatic. My excitement was heightened by the fact that this was my
first time dealing with a patient with TB, which made me nervous and afraid to perform the
task. In conclusion, my experience in Magarao was both rewarding and challenging, with me
learning valuable skills and experiences while working with patients in various areas.

What is your evaluation of your experience?

List the good experiences

 Communicate with different patients

 Working with the RHU Magarao Team
 Taking Vital Signs
 Assessing the different patients
 Eating together with the LGU team
 Having some jokes with the RHU Magarao Team
 Learn how to use Excel for profiling.
 Learn how to use the formula to get the age of the household member.
 Working with other members of the RLE group that are not usually my group
during duty.
 Assessing the signs and symptoms of TB
 Interacting with different people inside and outside of the health team.

List the bad experiences

 Difficulty in entering the information in Excel from the profiling

 The environment is hot but tolerable

What is your analysis of the experience?

Why did the things go well? Why did it not go well?
We are fortunate to have community duty in a place where it is highly active since
RHU Magarao is quite engaged in providing care to the citizens there. This makes us very
productive. We truly put what we had learned in class and from our previous responsibilities
to use, which makes it much simpler for us to complete the tasks that have been given to us.
Overall, everything runs smoothly while we are on duty at RHU Magarao because the task
given to us is not difficult and is not entirely new to us because we have dealt with a variety
of patients in the past. Additionally, there is just a little difference between the tasks we have
been performing and those we performed in the past, which is why they have become easy
for us. The RHU team is also always available to us, teaching and explaining anything that is
truly unfamiliar to us. They also assist us in quickly adjusting so that we don't fall behind.
Because of this, everything we've done has gone off without a hitch. But during my third day
of exposure in Magarao, my experience was really completely different from my first day
here since we were assigned to encode the information they got during the profiling. At first, I
really had some trouble entering the data from the form since I am not really familiar with
Excel and the formulas used there. But through asking and seeking help from the staff
member of the RHU, everything really goes well. The task given to us becomes easier by
seeking help from the team. Encoding the information into Excel became smooth through our
joint efforts with my partner. So far, we are really productive during this exposure, despite the
fact that it is completely different from what we were doing previously, but we adjust
immediately and do the task right away. My overall experience so far has been really good
because, compared to my previous community exposure, this is the most productive rotation
that I have ever had. All the tasks at hand were accomplished on time and performed well,
and all the things went well during the whole rotation in Magarao with the help and
assistance of the RHU Magarao Team.
 What is your conclusion of the experience?

Helpful questions: What did I learn from this situation? How could this have been a
more positive situation for everyone involved? What skills do I need to develop for me
to handle a situation like this better? What else could I have done?
I gained a lot of knowledge while getting to know the Magarao. I've discovered that the
residents of each barangay in Magarao are extremely active participants in every activity that
the LGU of Magarao does, particularly when it comes to their health. During my exposure in
Barangay San Isidro, despite the heat and the fact that most of the people who came for the
checkups and to take advantage of the free LGU supplies were senior citizens, I have
discovered from my experience that no matter how worn out I may feel while working since
there are a lot of patients that need to be attended to, it will go away as soon as I see the
smiles on my patients' faces, which will make me feel truly privileged to be a part of the
health team in Magarao. The residents are very kind, which makes it very different from the
other communities to which I have been assigned. This makes it easy for me to do the task
assigned while enjoying it at the same time. There is a strong desire for me to return to this
community because of the experience and the kindly and helpful residents, whom I served
during my community exposure here. Since I am not particularly talkative, this exposure has
made me feel like I am capable of doing things that I had previously doubted I could.
However, during my experience, I found that I needed to talk a lot because the patients there
were asking a lot of questions and making some jokes that I found genuinely amusing. I think
since I have some struggles in having conversations with the people I just met, my
communication skills really need to develop in order for me to handle situations like this or
patients much better and in order to make them feel that they are really understood and
make them feel much comfort in order for them to express the things that they want to say or
what they really feel. But my overall experience during this exposure was really good and
productive. Upon finishing the rotation, I realized that learning by listening and acquiring the
new knowledge I have acquired in practical situations will lead to my ultimate goal.