Reflection goals

Hi everyone,

I am still feel like I am running a marathon with this term. In between work, placement and uni assessments I was finally able to take a day off to spend it at Byron Bay which was amazing.

When I finish my end of term assessments I plan to write reflections on the following experiences I have gained from my placement:

• Training sessions at QuIHN and Biala and the webinars I have been involved in
• Homelessness Connect event
• Outreach Programs
• New Hepatitis C treatment
• New study conducted by UQ on the research and treatment QuIHN has and will complete on the new Hepatitis C treatment
• NSP
• Networking
• Hepatitis B Rapid Testing Project

Unfortunately as the other student that is working on the project with me was ill last week I am unable to start this project until next week as tomorrow I have the homelessness connect event.

I will also be involved in the outreach program QuIHN operates in Redcliffe and Caboolture. I am still unsure about the details but these outreach programs are meant to provide the basic health services that QuIHN offers to individuals in these communities. I am also pushing to have an outreach mobile NSP run regularly for individuals who live in vulnerable ‘small’ communities who may not have access to an NSP. Many NSPs in the outskirts of Brisbane are not used often by the injecting community as the communities are so small it is easy for these individuals to lose their anonymity by attending these clinics.

Hopefully I will have time tomorrow night to post a small reflection on the homelessness connect event.

Michael