by Sarah Blau | Jul 1, 2023 | Uncategorized
Hi all! I’m excited to give you my halfway-through-the-summer update this week. (Excuse me? Halfway through the summer already?) As we head into the second half of our internships, I’m excited to focus more on some prototype ideas that Pablo and I have....
by Sarah Blau | Jun 25, 2023 | Uncategorized
Hi everyone! This week I have two fun weekends to update you on, as well as some cool opportunities coming up with our internship. Last weekend we all took a trip to Manuel Antonio National Park, about a three hours’ drive south of San José. On Saturday, we...
by Sarah Blau | Jun 16, 2023 | Uncategorized
This week has consisted of more shadowing at Hospital Clínica Bíblica and starting to brainstorm some ideas of needs and projects we may want to work on. But first, a dinner party! Ravi cooked a great chicken stew on Sunday night and we all sat down in the kitchen to...
by Sarah Blau | Jun 11, 2023 | Uncategorized
Hi all! We’ve had a busy week and a half since you’ve last heard from us. In the last ten days, we’ve had our medical design bootcamp, started our internships, and continued exploring San José. Our bootcamp at the end of last week was a whirlwind...
by Sarah Blau | Jun 1, 2023 | Uncategorized
This week has been our three-day needs finding course with students from Rice and two universities here in Costa Rica – the Universidad de Costa Rica (UCR) and the Tecnológico de Costa Rica (TEC). We started with a classroom session on Monday where we discussed...
