Celie Schulteiss and Daphnée Brun, both aged 20, medicine students at Université Jean Monnet in the city of Saint Etienne, France. They are in the 6th semester of the course. Through a partnership between International Affairs Center and CLEV, they performed an Internship in Gynecology and Obstetrics at Santa Casa Misericórdia.
They arrived in Brazil on July 2nd and have gone through several important experiences for those who leave their country to live inserted into another culture. “We wanted to go to a country that has a completely different culture than France,” said Celie. Being able to perform the Internship in English was also an attraction.
She is pleased with the experience in a Brazilian hospital and addresses the difference between the two forms of stage approach in Medicine: “In the hospital, the relationship between students and doctors is not the same thing as us (in France). It is very hierarchical in France and the doctors here take the meals with the students. It’s a good environment. ”
“It’s like a small family in the hospital,” she adds. Celie Schulteiss still punctuates how Medicine is made in Brazil and French: “In France, it is very mechanized. We do everything with using devices, clinical tests are not, in any way, as detailed as here. ”
The trainee in Gynecology also talked about the habits and culture of the Brazilian people. “The first thing what caught our attention is that in Brazil we eat forever. Always have to eat, eat, eat”, she said in a tone of laughter. “It’s very, very good, but we’ll gain a few kilos,” she joked. About Brazilians, she confesses: “Brazilians are super generous, we were very well received. No matter where we go, we are greeted with a smile”.
She exalts the fact that at Santa Casa de Misericordia de Anápolis they can closely monitor deliveries and are always in contact with pregnant women during pregnancy. For Daphnée the Internship in Brazil is being a great opportunity and explains that in France there are some differences, such as the fact that there is only one room for each patient, however in Brazil, infirmaries are home to several patients. “It’s a way to see things differently,” she said.
08.24.2016
