The team visited the Rural Sub-Health Centre, where they learned about the various health services available to people within the community. They were able to see various contraceptives and vaccinations offered. The team said that the lead doctor was proactive in his approach to health promotion and disease prevention, aligning with UK public health. They also met the ASHA workers, they expressed that it was nice to see how they act as health activists in the community, promoting nutrition, sanitation, and healthy lifestyles to improve health.
They visited the Community Clinic, where they saw the collaborative work bringing together multiple disciplines to benefit patient care and well-being, including social workers, psychiatrists, and nursing staff facilitating the community outreach program. They also went to the Hombelaku Rehabilitation Centre where they found it was a step down from acute services to get the patient ready to be discharged into the community diagnosed with schizophrenia or bipolar. They found that the unit uses the recovery
model, which looks at empowering the individual to give them hope to recover, aligning with the UK in advocating for patients to be involved in their treatment. Along with the student community posting, the team visits the morbidity clinic and the rural home visits. They observed that basic healthcare was provided to the community as a team. The additional visits the team had were at the yoga division, ayurveda division, occupational therapy, speech therapy, asare centre, and spandana.
The team participated in the workshop for equity, diversity, and inclusion, where they learned about Meyer's model, Health Hierarchy, Elder Abuse, Gender reveal, LGBTQIA+, and different perspectives that differed from their settings.
Dr. Toni and the students visited different departments in MAHE and learned the workings of the areas. The team also visited various places surrounding the Udupi district and revealed the nature and beauty of the place.
At the end of the visit, the students and Dr Toni Bewley presented the visit report and expressed their experiences, perspectives, and differences in the two settings. The session was attributed to Sustainable Development Goal 4, Quality Education.
