by Emma Kirchhoff | Jun 23, 2025 | Uncategorized
Welcome back y’all! During my 4th week at Medevice, I continued working on the circuit simulations for my pulse oximeter design. I have gotten to test different layouts and circuit components to determine how my prototype should function. In addition, I was able...
by Colin Guilbault | Jun 23, 2025 | Uncategorized
Hi everyone! I am starting my fifth week here at Medevice. At the end of the week, we will be pretty much at the halfway point of our experience. This past week at work, I spent the majority of my time working on the SolidWorks for my preliminary prototype. After many...
by Luisanny | Jun 22, 2025 | Uncategorized
Hello everyone! I have wrapped up my 3rd week at Hospital de Amor, which means I am one-third of the way there! On Monday, we spoke with one of our mentors here in the hospital and explained our plan for the rest of our time here in the hospital. In last week’s...
by Malcolm Williams | Jun 20, 2025 | Uncategorized
This week was all about selecting a project to help Hospital de Amor. However, after seeing the time we had left and all the amazing research projects we could not just pick one project. We decide that the most helpful thing we could do for the hospital was to pick...
by Colin Guilbault | Jun 18, 2025 | Uncategorized
Hi everyone! I’m alive and well in Nairobi. I’m currently working on my 4th week at Medevice, and I am still having a super enjoyable, informative, and meaningful time! This past week, I was able to join Casey and the ISEED and Rice 360 students, as well...
by Connor Bly | Jun 17, 2025 | Uncategorized
Hey everyone, it was an adventure filled week here in Costa Rica as I finished my last finals of undergrad and explored San Jose with the 3 other GMI students (Apple, Rei, and Alex) over the weekend. Being on a quarter system, finals for my undergraduate program at...
by Jasmine Ferrarer | Jun 17, 2025 | Uncategorized
Hello everyone and welcome back to my blog! The previous week in Kenya has been very busy for me because my schedule was jam packed with clinical observations at local hospitals, group meetings, and delicious dining experiences. For the clinical observations, I met up...
by Rei Guo | Jun 16, 2025 | Uncategorized
Hello hello! I can’t believe its already been a few weeks into this summer program. This will be my third week doing observations at Hospital Nacional de Niños with Dr. Bogantes, and I think I’ve settled into a pretty good routine. I wake up around 6:00...
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 Apple Lee | Jun 16, 2025 | Uncategorized
Another week of rain and sunshine in Costa Rica flew by. This week, we are starting to get into more of a routine. We now know exactly which office to go to every morning, what each consultation room does in the pediatric neurology wing, and even which grocery stores...
