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...
by Travis Dowd | Jun 1, 2023 | Uncategorized
After our introduction to San José, it was time to get to work! I like that the sun comes up so early here because it allows me to get my training runs and cross training before classes/work and keeps me on a good schedule. I am looking to find other routes other than...
by Hannah Delatte | Jun 1, 2023 | Uncategorized
Since Monday, we have had the pleasure of immersing ourselves in various aspects of Costa Rican healthcare. Our class was split up into groups and sent into rotations for observing clinical atmospheres. My group started with with a visit to UCR Dentistry. Originally,...
by Emily Murray | Jun 1, 2023 | Uncategorized
After a weekend of settling in and drinking coffee, we woke up bright and early to start the next few days of needs finding. Over the past few days, we’ve been traveling to various hospitals and clinics to perform clinical observations. On Monday, all of our...
by Abby Dowse | Jun 1, 2023 | Uncategorized
The first half of this week has absolutely flown by! For the past three days, we’ve been taking part in a Needs Finding Workshop, in which we’ve had the opportunity to observe a variety of clinical settings. I was admittedly very nervous about this, as I have never...
by Siddharth Jadhav | May 31, 2023 | Uncategorized
Welcome to my second blog post! This will be on the needs finding workshop that we conducted over the past 3 days with Dr. Casey Howard and my group, Group 4. To begin, we all got divided into different groups of 4-5 students, and each group contained one...
by Sarah Blau | May 29, 2023 | Uncategorized
Hi everyone! We are all safe and sound here in San José, Costa Rica and have enjoyed a few days of getting settled in the city. We’ve had some long travel days, but have also explored our hostel and neighborhood and even ventured out of San José for an...
by Pablo Angulo | May 29, 2023 | Uncategorized
This weekend we organized a trip to Hacienda Alsacia to check out the Starbucks coffee tour. It was exciting to see everyone from the summer program finally together since I wasn’t staying with the group at the hostel. As a Costa Rican (Tico) it was exciting for...
by Emily Murray | May 29, 2023 | Uncategorized
Hola from Costa Rica – we’ve finally made it! The past few days have been pretty eventful, between flying in, exploring San Jose, and getting settled in our hostel. Our first day was pretty much just a travel day. I had a 7am flight with Sarah from Chicago...
by Michael | May 29, 2023 | Uncategorized
So where to begin? Started my journey to Costa Rica early, waking up at 5:30 am to catch a 7:52 am flight after two hours of sleep because I decided to start packing at 1 am. Don’t know why I decided that was a good idea, but it happened, and I suffered the...
