It was a whirlwind experience but it really was amazing. Here are some of the things I learned/benefits:
(1) Growing up I was used to how the healthcare system works in the United States. Whether visiting a clinic to get immunizations, visiting a hospitalized family member, or visiting a clinic. I was able to see the healthcare system in a 3rd world country. The differences between the poor hospitals, the social security hospitals, and the private hospitals.
(2) I was able to complete two research projects. The first project was a secondary analysis of data from a neonatal asphyxia training program. The second is a follow-up project on folic acid fortification in the bread in Peru in the hopes to preventing spina bifida. Both projects were presented at the 23rd Annual National Forum on Quality Improvement in Health Care (Orlando, Florida) hosted by Institute for Healthcare Improvement. The asphyxia project was presented at the Global Family Health and Development Conference (Provo, Utah) hosted by Brigham Young University.
(3) I was able to interact with four different medical doctors over the 5 weeks. It was great to be able to get to know them personally. Often doctors can be busy or distant and it is hard to get to have a conversation with them.
It is through the University of Utah but I was accepted as a Brigham Young University student.
Here are some pictures:
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| Summit of a large mountain a few hours outside Huaraz, Peru |
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| One of the rooms of the NICU (neonatal intensive care units) in La Maternidad (largest birthing hospital in Peru) |
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| Local hospital in Trujillo, Peru |
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| Machu Picchu |
For more information:
http://www.globalhealth.utah.edu/where/programs/Peru.html
http://perustudyabroad.org/
That mountain in Peru brought me here.
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