by Travis Dowd | Jul 1, 2023 | Uncategorized
The week started with last weekend, where we went on an awesome tour of the La Paz waterfall gardens and wildlife refuge! From getting to be inches away from sloths and toucans to having butterflies landing on my face to seeing spectacular waterfall views to getting...
by Ravi Nataraj | Jul 1, 2023 | Uncategorized
Hey guys, welcome back to the midway point of Ravi’s time in Costa Rica. Life here has become my new normal; I haven’t considered returning to the States. From the dreaded synchrony of mosquito bites to Thursday pizza nights at Lolita, it’s safe to say living in Costa...
by Pablo Angulo | Jun 25, 2023 | Uncategorized
This week Sarah and I went to the Molecular Biology Lab at Clínica Bíblica. We were kindly received by Gabriel the lab technician, who showed us around, explained to us what all the machinery at the lab did and even gave us a crash course on PCR testing! We got to see...
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 Emily Murray | Jun 25, 2023 | Uncategorized
Hola from San Carlos! Once again, I’m out of town for a Meditek trip this week. Since I posted early last week because of our Manuel Antonio trip, I have lots to update on. Here’s the weekly recap! On Friday night, the GMI crew loaded into a van for our 3...
by Hannah Delatte | Jun 25, 2023 | Uncategorized
Last post I mentioned a future trip to Manuel Antonio that I was excited for – now I get to brag about our time! We stayed at the cutest Air BnB that had a little private pool, and was just steps away from the beach. The weather was mostly gorgeous for us the...
by Santiago Aparicio | Jun 24, 2023 | Uncategorized
Hello again from Costa Rica, this week was full of exciting new experiences in my internship as a field engineer. Monday, we traveled to San Carlos a very beautiful place full of volcanos and hot springs. On this trip, we had a very hands-on task as we had to do...
by Siddharth Jadhav | Jun 24, 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. This week, I...
by Ravi Nataraj | Jun 24, 2023 | Uncategorized
Hi everyone, welcome back to another week of Ravi’s life in Costa Rica. Work at Confluent Medical has been going really well (and also super repetitive). I’ve learned so much about catheter development and verification/validation. Currently, I’m...
by Travis Dowd | Jun 23, 2023 | Uncategorized
This past week, we began to narrow down the ideas that we wanted to work with Dr. Vargas on, and we began to look further into the background behind each of the ideas. Accompanied by clinical observations were discussions with Dr. Vargas on how these designs could be...
