by jnm6 | Jun 11, 2022 | Uncategorized
This week started out with an exciting trip to Arenal Volcano in La Fortuna, about 3 hours Northeast of San Jose. Our group got a fun little personal tour since it was just the 8 of us in the tour van. We took control of the aux and blasted 2010 throwbacks for most of...
by Raniyah Nathani | Jun 11, 2022 | Uncategorized
After finishing the Medical Innovation Bootcamp on Friday, my friends and I decided to go visit the Arenal Volcano on Saturday. We booked a 15-hour trip with a tourist company that promised us a hike of the volcano, a traditional Costa Rican meal, and a visit to the...
by Katy Garn | Jun 11, 2022 | Uncategorized
This week was another busy one! It included a day trip to Arenal volcano, a needs finding workshop, moving into a new hostel, and starting my internship with Meditek in La Sabana, San Jose. Lots of twists and turns along the way, but I’m finally starting to feel...
by lxc1 | Jun 10, 2022 | Uncategorized
This past week was definitely a blur. As I’m writing this blog post I can’t believe that we are closing in on 2 weeks in Costa Rica. I think for this blog post, I am going to touch upon our cohort’s venture to La Fortuna and Arenal Volcano National...
by Haruto Sasajima | Jun 9, 2022 | Uncategorized
¡Hola a todos! This week I will be writing about our cohort’s excursion to La Fortuna, the Clinical Needs Finding Workshop, and my first week of my internship at Establishment Labs. Here are my highlights and lowlights of the week: Highlights: Baldi Springs...
by kal15 | Jun 5, 2022 | Uncategorized
This week we participated in the Medical Innovation Bootcamp at UCIMED. We worked in small teams incorporating the lectures we heard into a project where we researched a need, developed a solution, and presented our findings. Looking back on all we packed into 38...
by jnm6 | Jun 5, 2022 | Uncategorized
What an exhausting yet exciting week it has been! This week’s blog week will mostly focus on my experience with the Medical Innovation Bootcamp that took place at UCIMED. Every day at around 6am, the sound of the early morning train nearby our hotel woke us up...
by Asma Farooqui | Jun 5, 2022 | Uncategorized
Week one of being in Costa Rica is complete!! This week, we had the Medical Innovation Bootcamp (which was pretty intense) at UCIMED. As we head to UCIMED on the first day, I was excited to interact with the Costa Rican students and learn more about device...
by vjs2 | Jun 5, 2022 | Uncategorized
Overview of the Week This week, we completed a Medical Innovation Bootcamp at la Universidad de Ciencias Médicas (UCIMED). Over the course of four days, we heard several lectures and worked on groups on various projects, culminating with a final poster presentation....
by Haruto Sasajima | Jun 4, 2022 | Uncategorized
¡Hola a todos! This week’s blog post will be about the Medical Innovation Bootcamp that GMI students, Rice undergrads, and Costa Rican university students attended this week. This bootcamp took place at UCIMED, which is the oldest private medical school in Costa Rica....
