GMI Student Blogs

HI!! Early post coming in because we are planning a weekend trip to Manuel Antonio this weekend! We plan on leaving Friday around 6:30 and coming back Sunday night. I am so excited because although we have been here for three-ish weeks we really haven't done a large...

Hi again from Costa Rica, this week has been full of many changes and new experiences in my field engineer internship for Meditek. Monday, was my first day at Meditek with Emily. First, we met Pablo who introduced us to the company and gave us an overview of all the...

Right after ending the Needs Finding short course we started the Medical Innovation Bootcamp (MIB) and it was just as I remember when I first took it in 2020. That 2020 bootcamp was what introduced me to Rice and encouraged me to apply, so I think it’s great that I...

Corporate America? More like corporate Costa Rica! This past Monday we started our internships around San Jose after a busy few days of the medical device design bootcamp. Here’s a recap of the past week and a half: Medical Device Design Bootcamp: From June 1-3, we...

Our second week in Costa Rica was so different from the first week but in all the best ways!! We didn’t do as many touristy things because we have been pretty exhausted with the first days of our internships but we are still loving it. We have eaten multiple times at...

Hi all! We've had a busy week and a half since you've last heard from us. In the last ten days, we've had our medical design bootcamp, started our internships, and continued exploring San José. Our bootcamp at the end of last week was a whirlwind experience that...

Thanks for tuning back into Ravi’s life in Costa Rica. Last week, we completed a grueling 27-hour medical innovation boot camp across 3 days. Our project was super interesting – we proposed a software solution to help correct excessive motion artifacts caused by...

This week was our first week of work, and it was great! While it is always going to take a bit to get used to a new place, we are starting to settle in. Although our mentor was out of town this week, I was lucky enough to observe various clinical visits with Dr....