Principles for Ethical and Effective Service

In reading the guidelines for ethical and effective service I felt that our class has really applied all of the principles which were discussed in some way. A couple which stood out to me, which I think are most relevant to our trip, are respect of diversity and reciprocity through partnership. The respect of diversity reminded me of the talks all of our guest lecturers have given, which at one point or another concentrated on the differences they had encountered in their specializations and the variance we will also encounter on our trip. We will have to be very mindful of a diversity in patients, diversity in clinic practices, and in beliefs regarding women's health disparities. In regards to reciprocity through partnership, I just thought it really defined how we work together in class and how we will work together on our trip, each of us will contribute something unique as well as take away priceless experience and knowledge given to us from our partners.