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INTRODUCTION

On the job training are part of the college curriculum that aims to train and

orient the students about the work and their future career. It is important for the

students to have an idea about the working place and to show the reality about

working as a professional someday.

This is composed of 360 hours which is divided into three settings. Industrial,

Clinical and Guidance respectively with 120 hours per setting. The first setting to be

complied by the students is the industrial setting. This was done at Gentri Doctors

Medical Center in Human Resources Office in which the student works here as an

HR to apply her knowledge and to gain experiences of this kind of field when it

comes in industrial procedure.

The second setting to be complied by the student trainee was the clinical

setting. This was done at Lord's Agape Recovery Center in which the student works

here as a staff. It was for her to experience how to handle a client, to deal with them

and to help them for their own recovery. This setting exposes her in the real situation

when it comes to clinical setting.

The third and last setting was the educational. It should be done in a guidance

office in any school. This was done at City College of Tagaytay in which the student

works and experienced to be a guidance counselor. Her job was to do the set of

services for the improvements of students in their behavior, feelings and attitudes.
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Objectives

The objective of this practicum is for the student to :

 Acquire an appropriate training and experiences for the different

specializations of their course;

 Get an opportunity to apply their knowledge in a real situation;

 Practice their abilities when it comes to professionalism in a work place;

 To develop skills in which will help them to perform better for their future

jobs; and

 To enhance their confidence and communication skills to develop their

competitiveness in the workplace.

Time and Place of the Practicum

The 1st Setting was in Gentri Doctors Medical Center located at Governor's

Drive Manggahan General Trias Cavite.The student started her training on June 08,

2017 and ends on June 24, 2017. Her duty was from Monday to Saturday, 8:00am to

5:00pm.

The 2nd Setting was at Lord's Agape Recovery Center located at Salaban

Amadeo Cavite. The student started her training on June 28, 2017 and ends in July

24, 2017. Her duty was from Monday to Friday, 8:00am to 5:00pm.

Finally, The 3rd Setting was at City College of Tagaytay located at Kaybagal

South, Tagaytay City. The student started her training on September 04, 2017 and

ends on October 03, 2017. Her duty was from Monday to Saturday, 8:00am to

5:00pm.
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INDUSTRIAL SETTING

GENTRI DOCTORS MEDICAL CENTER

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GENTRI DOCTORS MEDICAL CENTER

In 2010, Dr.

Ireneo G. Lumubos,

Jr., together with Dr.

Ricardo M. Beroncal

and Engr. Angelito S.

Angeles initiated the

organization of GENTRI DOCTORS MEDICAL CENTER (GtDMC). The main

objective was to establish and to operate a tertiary hospital as “A Healthy Investment

for the Future”. This is a concrete manifestation of their desire to serve and give back

to the community they vowed to serve. The local government of General Trias,

Cavite headed by Honorable Mayor Luis “Jon-Jon” A. Ferrer, IV approved and

supported the project. Forty five distinguished doctors and professionals were chosen

and invited to be the founding members of the institution. The first fifteen Board of

Directors were elected to govern and implement the project. Through the manifold

blessing and guidance of the Great Architect of the Universe, success and realization

of the projects was achieved.

All of these physicians, some of whom are internationally trained, have passed a

strict credentialing process. The medical staff is supported by an organization

composed of allied medical and administrative staff, many of whom have honed their

expertise. The hospital was formally opened and inaugurated on August 11, 2013.
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Mission - To provide a safe and integrated medical care attuned to the highest

clinical and ethical standards by a team of dedicated and dynamic healthcare

specialists.

Vision - By 2020, Gentri Doctors envisions itself as the best medical center

committed to innovative, excellent and state of the art healthcare services in Cavite

for the benefit of the community it serves.

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ACTUAL OBSERVATION AND EXPERIENCES

Working at Gentri Doctors Medical Center was a great experience for the

trainee. When she starts working here she observed how approachable the people

inside the company towards the interns, Because of this ,she can work comfortably.

The trainee experienced a lot of things when it comes to the Human Resource's

works. They experience to be an interviewee and to be an interviewer at the same

time. They have a lot of tasks in the company like receiving phone calls, giving

memos, receiving and giving some HR forms and to be familiar in some forms of

benefits when it comes to the compensation. Because of those task she felt like a real

employee. The trainee spent too much in doing the 201 filling, it is complicated for

her, she needs to be more cautious on handling those papers because those

documents are really important and they need to secure confidentiality.

The trainee experiences how to deal with different person that makes her

enhance her skills when it comes to interpersonal. She learned the different strategies

to be more productive in a workplace. Those experiences contributed a lot for her

own improvement. The one thing that is memorable for her was that she observed the

company as a nice place. The employees inside have treated each other as a family.

She felt welcome staying here for days. She can say that the employees in the

company treated them like their co-workers also. Despite that there was some issues

about some of the employees, but it was still manageable and this things did not
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affect their work.

Duties and Responsibilities

 Interview in which she asseses and filters applicants.

 201 filing, securing records confidentiality.

 Time keeping in which she encodes and familiarizes the schedule of the

employees of Gentri Doctors Medical Center.

 Distribution of files (memo)- distribution, communication to be able to

keep the confidentiality of the documents.

 Receiving phonecalls- to train her self confidence and to filter all HR

concerns.

 Promotion and selection- training, filing, familiarization with employees

information.

 Giving and Receiving HR forms- monitoring forms, familiarization to be

able to communicate with other department.

 Mass coordinator and doing videos for necrological mass.

 Assigned in costumer care service.

 Assigned in preparing a board meeting.

Problems Encountered

 The trainee faced some difficulties when the HR department asked her to give

memos for the different departments in Gentri Doctors Medical Center , She was
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not familiar with the locations of almost 40 departments and the exact person to

whom the memo for.

 The intake interview with one of her co-interns. The trainee forgot some of the

questions that she should ask, so during the interview the trainee was distracted

and panic at the same time.

 Doing the video for the necrological mass, when it was almost done, it cannot be

played and the mass will start about an hour.

Solutions

 The trainee asks some of the employees about the locations of every department,

and when she was giving the memos, the trainee asks person concerned for the

memo.

 The trainee acted like that she was just taking notes when she forgot a question

to take time to think about it.

 The trainee seeks help from the other department who knows how to fix the

problem.

Insights

In almost one month of staying and working at Gentri Doctors Medical Center,

the trainee has learned a lot of things. She gained a lot of knowledge and experiences

in her working environment.

In this setting, she realized that there are always rooms for improvement.

Because of this practicum, the trainee was given a chance to apply her knowledge in

a real situation. First, she was thinking that working as an HR was boring, but when
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the days passed, she learned how to love it and enjoys it. Being a psychology student,

it is important to practice her communication skills and to enhance her self-

confidence first in dealing with different people. Her experiences of being a trainee

makes her more competitive and more responsible. As a student, she realized a lot of

things during this practicum, like the working place is another thing, and she was

given a chance to experience to face the possible reality of life when it comes to a

real work place. The trainee was so happy because she enjoyed so much working as

HR and she shows interest in working in this field to gain more experiences and

knowledge about this setting.

Recommendations

The company must continue the internship in their program. It gives an

opportunity to the students to make themselves prepared in a working environment.

But they should limit it, there are situations that they can't handle the interns because

their total number was out of their capacity for supervision.

They must limit the job rotation for the interns, It takes a lot of adjustments and

efforts for the students to work in a different department every week. Some of the

interns did not specialize and practice their own fields because most of their jobs in

other department are not related to their course.

The whole experience of the trainee in the company was great. She observed

how approachable, good and accommodating the people in the company to the

interns, thing that makes the trainees to work comfortably. The company does not let

anyone to learn nothing. They can maintain and continue this kind of ways of
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handling their interns.

CLINICAL SETTING

LORD'S AGAPE RECOVERY CENTER

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LORD'S AGAPE RECOVERY CENTER

Lord’s

Agape

Recovery

Center was the idea of the couple Lil and Jun that challenged their dedication to

continue their advocacy to help in the recovery of the victims from the “disease of

addiction”. This advocacy started on the 3rd quarter of year 2009 in the province of

Cavite. The couple developed a simple approach being a Happy Family living

together in a Therapeutic community, it started as TC (Therapeutic Community)

treatment approach. The center was completely setup with nurturing programs

together with the relationship with God, which was inspired by exposure from certain

community. The Catholic Servant Community, the retreats, the ME (marriage

encounter), and the spiritual services. The TC (Therapeutic Community) approach

was combined with the Spiritual Recovery, where we find the best and effective

approach in healing the “disease of addiction”.

The training at the Dangerous Drugs Board, Quezon City Anti-Drug Abuse

Advisory Council and exposure with various Government facilities and private drug

rehabilitation center motivated the couple to do more research and study on how to

improve such approach. They have developed the recovery of spirituality as the
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highest concepts, utilizing the Twelve Steps Program aims to treat patients with

chemical dependency, endorsing a set of values and beliefs about the powerlessness

of people over drug taking and turning to a “Higher Power” to help them combat the

disease. In this approach, counselors and patients collaborate in defining the path to

recovery. Intervention is made so effective and applicable for the recovering addicts.

The combination of this approach is considered as the best program for us, but still

the Center encounter difficulties like securing DOH accreditation, Family or guardian

relationship and the unhealthy feedback outside the center. From the old name and

trademark CARE that denotes personal love or a serious attention or consideration

applied to doing something correctly or to avoid damage or risk, the couple digs for

the deepest level of love fueled by a desire to serve and do what is correct. This kind

of love is patient and kind. It does not envy or boast. It is never proud, rude, or self-

seeking. It always puts the need of another first. It is not easily angered and does not

keep track of wrongs. It’s AGAPE, a GOD’s Love, a GOD’s character. AGAPE

celebrates truth, protects and trusts, hopes, perseveres, and never fails (1Cor. 13:4-7).

Lord’s Agape Recovery Center (LARC) pushes an effort to provide effective

treatment by utilizing ECLECTIC APPROACH. This approach is Holistic which

means that Agape focuses in the restoration of a well-rounded individual dealing with

all aspects of mental, emotional, social, physical, physiological and spiritual health.

The concept is most suitable to address addiction problem as it takes into

consideration all factors in the healing process. It is also commonly known as a

multi-disciplinary team approach.

Mission - To intervene and empower victims of addiction and related conditions

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to maintain sobriety by providing innovative and holistic treatment services.

Vision - To be an advocate and effective provider of addiction treatment and

other related conditions in the country.

ACTUAL OBSERVATION AND EXPERIENCES

Working at Lord's Agape Recovery Center was a great experience for the trainee.

She experienced the possible reality that she can face for the future when it comes to

the clinical setting. When she started working at the center, she observed that the

people inside were treating each other equally. The center have a good program when

it comes to the recovery of their clients. It was because the trainee observed that the

clients were well discipline, have unity and also the center have a way to make their

clients understand the importance of their recovery. She experienced to interview a

client, to administer some psychological tests and to interpret those. She became a

facilitator once and a lecturer too. Those experiences contributed a lot in her own

improvement and personality. Because of those, her perspectives when it comes to

the recovering addicts have changed.

The student also observed that the center has limited psychological tests and

some of them was out of date. Due to the limited number of staffs, each one was

always busy and there was also a time that they were out of supervision. So, they

always experienced to take the initiative. When it comes to the relationship to their

working environment, she observed that the family inside the center was nice and

would make them feel welcome . She can see the center as a nice, beautiful place and

their facilities are good for the recovering patients because of its cleanliness and the
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environment is just like a retreat house that she can feel the peace and warmth.

Duties and Responsibilities

 Orientation- This was done because they should know the workplace first, To

know the things that they should and should not do.

 Immersion- Was done in one day, the purpose of this was for them to gain the

empathy for the clients.

 Lecture in Psychological Report

 Lecture in Psychological Tests

 Interview with the client

 Administering Psychological Tests with the client.

 Making a Psychological Report

 Group Dynamics for the clients.

 Lecturing the Clients

 Oral Case Defense for the Psychological Report.

Problems Encountered

 The student trainee had a hard time in interpreting some psychological tests and

they had just given the copy of interpretation.

 She cannot decide which staff should she follow because their instructions were

not parallel to each other.

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 Some of the psychological tests were out of date so she a had hard time to

interpret those.

 The schedules and the deadlines of their works were always changing.

Solutions

 She followed the instructions carefully that were written on the copy of the

interpretation, and if she had the hard time to understand it, she just asked the

staffs.

 The student trainee asked the staffs to make things clear if they gave different

directions.

 She asked the staffs whenever she had a hard time interpreting the test results.

 The student trainee does her works as much as possible because it needs to be

readied anytime she needs it.

Insights

In almost one month of staying and working at Lord's Agape Recovery Center,

the trainee has learned a lot of things. She gained a lot of knowledge and experiences

when it comes to the working environment in clinical setting.

First she was nervous and curious before she started thinking that the

rehabilitation was a harmful place because it is a place wherein there are lot of

recovering addicts and so on. After days of working at the center, her perspective

when it comes to the rehabilitation and the patients have changed. The student

realized that the patients were always trying to do their best to change. They are just

a victims who seek help to understand them. She realized that they are the people
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who need an extra care and guidance.

Being a psychology student, she learned the importance of understanding

people and not to judge them quickly. Working as a staff in the center, the student

shows interest in the clinical field. She wants to continue the path going to this

helping profession, she hopes that someday she can help those people who needs

help regarding those issues about substance abuse.

Recommendations

The center must continue the internship on their program, It gives an

opportunity to the students to make themselves prepared in a working environment.

But they should limit it, there were some situations that they can't handle some

interns because their total number was out of their capacity for supervision.

The place is nice and warm. It is a good workplace for the interns, the center's

environment is a place in which student can work comfortably. They must continue

the retreat house like environment.

People inside the center are treating each other equally, the patients, staffs and

the guards treats each other as a family. They called everyone as "brad" and "sis" that

makes the interns here to work comfortably and welcome.

The whole experience of the trainee in the center was great. She observed that

the center was a nice place. She learned a lot of meaningful things inside. The center

must maintain and continue the good environment inside the center. The peaceful

surroundings can help a lot in the recovery of their patients and their place can be a

good environment for their workers and staffs.

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EDUCATIONAL SETTING

CITY COLLEGE OF TAGAYTAY

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CITY COLLEGE OF TAGAYTAY

The City College of Tagaytay has come a long way, tested and persevered

through the challenges and trials to what today it has become, a beacon of hope and

enlightenment for the youth of Tagaytay. It was founded by two devoted and

visionary sons of Tagaytay.

It all started when in 2002, Hon. Francis N. Tolentino, then the City Mayor, saw

the increasing number of high school graduates of Tagaytay who were unable to

continue their education in college due to lack of financial means, thought about

establishing a local tertiary institution.

On September 30, 2002, the Sangguniang Panglungsod, through the

sponsorship of the then City Councilor, Hon. Celso P. De Castro, passed City

Ordinance No. 2002-229, establishing the City College of Tagaytay.

In 2003 the City College of Tagaytay(CCT) officially opened its doors to the

public providing affordable quality tertiary education, offering the following courses:

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Bachelor of Science in Commerce Major

in Management, Bachelor of Science in Nursing, Bachelor of Secondary Education

(Major in Biology, English, Mathematics), Bachelor of Science in Hospitality

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Management and Tourism, Associate in Computer Science, Associate in Computer

Secretarial, and Associate in Hospitality Management and Tourism, and Associate in

Health Science Education.

In 2009, CCT transferred to its new home in Akle Road near the City Hall. This

was made possible through the effort of the then City Mayor, Hon. Abraham

“Bambol” Tolentino. Being also the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the

College, never contented with his accomplishments and being mindful of the plight

of his constituents, he made history by providing free college education through the

passage of the Sangguniang Panglungsod Ordinance No. 2010-017, popularly known

as the “City College of Tagaytay Free College Education Ordinance”.

Then in 2010, a new College Administrator, Mr. Edgardo T. Castillo, was

appointed by the then City Mayor and Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Hon.

Abraham “Bambol” N. Tolentino.

CCT may have humble beginnings. However, its unwavering commitment to

offer free quality education remains, as the current College President, Mr. Edgardo T.

Castillo focuses on holistic development of the students that includes active

involvement in the fields of academics, culture and arts, and sports.

Mission - To become committed to provide relevant and responsive academic

programs in the arts, sciences, technology, business, and management that will

produce graduates equipped with knowledge and skills possessing high ethical

standards prepared to compete in the global environment.

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Vision - To become globally competitive university in upholding character

formation effecting social change.

ACTUAL OBSERVATION AND EXPERIENCES

City College of Tagaytay for the student trainee is not just a place for the

education, it is the place wherein she learns not just to be a well educated individual

but learn how to be humble and be responsible. The school is always open to

everyone and the student trainee observed that the students, professors as well as the

person that is in the higher position was very humble and genuine. The student

trainee was assigned to the student welfare services as a guidance counselor trainee

in Guidance Counseling Services of City College of Tagaytay where in she

experienced the group counseling and other set of services using different approaches

to the development of every students in college to be a well functioning and a

psychologically healthy individual by helping them to facilitate positive change in

behavior, feelings and attitudes through the help of the Guidance Counselor of the

school and other people who were involved in the Guidance Office.

The student trainee had experienced to work beyond the limits. City College of

Tagaytay is the one that challenges her work attitude. Because of the works and tasks

that were given to her, she has experienced to become more flexible and responsible.

She experienced to provide some activities for the students for them to learn to

interact well, to become more competitive and responsible as a professional

someday.
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City College of Tagaytay faculty members were approachable and always ready

to help the interns.The student trainee also observed the school as a nice place. She

can now see the place as a good learning environment and the school is good at

promoting their program that support in establishing the good character for the

students.

Duties and Responsibilities

 Conduct Group Counseling sessions in personal, social, emotional and

educational issues in students.

 Identify behavioral patterns or at risk students.

 Referring the students with suspected problems/ issues for the individual

counseling.

 Organizing Guidance Office files like the records of students,evaluations,

psychological instruments and the output of guidance program every year done

by the school.

 Prepare group counseling report and should be given to the guidance

counselor for the follow-up counseling.

 Development of Guidance Program that addresses student development in

academic achievement, career development, personal or social skills and

community involvement.

 Provide information and prepare recommendation to City College of

Tagaytay Guidance and Counseling Services Unit.

 Assist City College of Tagaytay Student Affairs and Services and Guidance

and Counseling Services Unit on clerical functions.

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 Assist the students regarding their concerns about the Student Affairs and

Services and Guidance and Counseling Services Unit.

 Making and releasing of good morals for the students.

Problems Encountered

 The student trainee can not decide whom to follow because the directions of the

staff at guidance office were not parallel to each other.

 Most of the time, the student trainee have the hard time to follow the directions

of the staffs in the guidance office because the directions were not clearly stated.

 There was a limited interactions between the student trainee and their supervisor,

so the student trainee can not work properly.

Solutions

 The student trainee asked the staffs to make things clear if they gave the different

directions and the student trainee learned to enhance her work attitude when it

comes to doing things more flexible in all aspects.

 To understand the directions, the student trainee asked the guidance staff to

clarify the given directions.

 The student trainee learns to initiate to talk to their supervisor for the progress of

their works.

Insights
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City College of Tagaytay helps the student trainee a lot for the improvement of

her behavior, attitude and personality. She learned to work beyond the limit. She

realized as a student that the attitude is way important in the work place.

At first, the student trainee was nervous and excited at the same time. She

expected that working at the guidance office would be very hard for her. She had the

thoughts that being a guidance counselor was a stressful profession because this was

a kind of work in which she needs to be knowledgeable in handling and helping a

troubled individual with their problems for their own improvement and to become

more healthy person emotionally and mentally. As a psychology student, this setting

challenged her a lot. She improved her skills when it comes to communication. She

learned to apply all her knowledge in the guidance setting. Due to some of the

counseling sessions she experienced, she realized that being a counselor was a

challenging profession. She realized that most of the people nowadays do not know

the importance of the guidance services in a school.

Working as a guidance counselor trainee, she appreciates the profession more.

Because of her realizations and experiences, she becomes interested in this field. She

hopes that someday as a professional she can help and serve the people who needs

the guidance services.

Recommendations

The City College of Tagaytay must continue the internship on their program, It

gives an opportunity to the students to make themselves prepared in a working

environment. But they should limit it, there were some situation that they can't
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handle some interns because their total number was out of their capacity for

supervision.

The school must orient first their interns, because orientation is an important tool

for them to become familiar of the different rules in the school, the job that they will

going to do and the things that they should know before working.

They must improve the communication between the interns and the guidance

staffs, There were times that they have a limited interaction of their interns and their

directions are not clearly stated.

The overall experience of the student trainee in the school was great and this

made her realize more about the realities of life when it comes to the work place. The

school's guidance office must improve their communication with the students, they

should focus on the needs of their students and help them to become aware of the

services that they can offer them.

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APPENDICES
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Appendix 1

Letter of Intent
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Appendix 2

Waiver Form
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Appendix 3

Job Description
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Appendix 4

Location Map of the OJT Site

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Appendix 5

Practicum ID
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Appendix 6

Daily Time Record

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Appendix 7

Certification
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Appendix 8

Performance Evaluation Sheet

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Appendix 9

Training Program
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Appendix 10

Case Report
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Appendix 11

Guidance Program
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Appendix 12

Guidance Program
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Appendix 13

Pictures
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Appendix 14

Curriculum Vitae
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