by Hannah Delatte | Jul 9, 2023 | Uncategorized
Hey everyone! Another calm week for GMI students. No big trips planned or no super eventful nights, but still a great week. I got to have a day off of work this week due to my supervisor being out, and it was a much needed day of sleeping in and relaxing and more...
by Emily Murray | Jul 9, 2023 | Uncategorized
Hola from a staycation in San Jose! I am currently writing this from our AirBnB, a nice little apartment with some insane views of San Jose. This week has been incredibly laid back, which has been pretty relaxing and a good recharge. Here is your weekly recap: This...
by Sarah Blau | Jul 9, 2023 | Uncategorized
Welcome back to another exciting week of adventures in San José! This week I watched a lot of procedures in the hospital and struggled to understand my prepaid SIM card. On Monday morning, we watched a long-term EEG test being set up on a nine year old patient. These...
by Siddharth Jadhav | Jul 8, 2023 | Uncategorized
Hello there, readers! Welcome back to my blog as I continue to share my experiences during my clinical rotations in Costa Rica. Last week, Travis and I continued our journey at the Hospital Nacional de Niños (HNN) under the guidance of Dr. Roger Vargas. We have also...
by Pablo Angulo | Jul 3, 2023 | Uncategorized
So this was a bit of a slower week for me, since I am dealing with catching up on my Japanese course because my teacher took a couple of weeks leave for medical reason (She’s having a baby!); I also had to deal with Rice Apartments, Rice Engineering Masters Program...
by Siddharth Jadhav | Jul 1, 2023 | Uncategorized
Hello there, readers! Welcome back to my blog as I continue to share my experiences during my clinical rotations in Costa Rica. Last week, Travis and I continued our journey at the Hospital Nacional de Niños (HNN) under the guidance of Dr. Roger Vargas. We have also...
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 Emily Murray | Jul 1, 2023 | Uncategorized
Hola from 5 weeks done in Costa Rica! I can’t believe that we’ve been here for over a month, and only have another month to go — crazy how time flies. Here’s the recap from a pretty chill week: On Sunday, we mostly just hung out around the...
by Santiago Aparicio | Jul 1, 2023 | Uncategorized
Hi again from Costa Rica, this week was full of long drives and exciting experiences at Meditek. Monday, we stayed in San Jose with Jesus and Lucia working in a hospital close to the office. Our task for the day was to check the hospital’s vital sign monitors...
by Hannah Delatte | Jul 1, 2023 | Uncategorized
It is so hard to believe that we have already completed 1/2 of our time here in Costa Rica! The first half absolutely flew by and I’m sure the second half will too. So far I feel like we haven’t spent tooo much time doing touristy things but I definitely...
