by Alexandra | Jun 16, 2025 | Uncategorized
Welcome back! Week 2 at Niños has wrapped up and we are still doing clinical observations, but with a bit more focus. We spent the week narrowing down what our summer project will be, but more on that later. We are still being flys on the wall, but this week the flies...
by Alexandra | Jun 9, 2025 | Uncategorized
Welcome back! It’s been a really great first week of my internship at Niños, were we’ve (Apple, Rei, and I) spent the last week doing clinical observations with Dr. Bogantes, a neurologist. It has been a captivating experience thus far as I’ve sat in...
by Alexandra | Jun 1, 2025 | Uncategorized
Welcome back! Yesterday wrapped up the last day of the Medical Innovation Bootcamp, which was focused on the design process and all it’s steps – identifying a need, crafting needs statements, creating design criteria, brainstorming and creating a solution....
by Alexandra | May 29, 2025 | Uncategorized
Welcome back! Today wrapped up the three day Needs Finding Bootcamp here in San José. We spent this time doing a variety of clinical observations and learned to identify different needs for users – from patients, to clinicians, to techs, and more. To kick the...
by Alexandra | May 25, 2025 | Uncategorized
Hola, hello, howdy, or however else you may say it – hi! I’m Alex and this summer I’m very fortunate to be a part of the Summer 2025 Global Medical Innovation (GMI) cohort in Costa Rica. Before we dive into what this summer will hold, I want to let...
