We’ve officially been in Argentina for a whole week! This has been an incredible trip both academically and personally. We started the day with a meeting with Dr. Gabriel Novick, the head of Swiss Medical. During this meeting, he reviewed most of what we had discussed in prior lectures about the history of the Argentinian…
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A Dose of Politics
Our day began around 10am today which was a later start than usual. We met with IES Abroad, where Dr. Gabriel Novak, the former Minister of Health and current director of Swiss Medical, hosted a review session on the Argentina healthcare system for us. He was able to address any lingering questions and offered insightful…
One Week In
Due to the rainy weather, we had to move some things around for today, and started off with a late morning meeting at IES headquarters with the former minister of health, Dr. Novick, to recap key learnings. We reviewed and learned about Argentina’s health ministry system, and how each part is run and financed, as…
From Healthcare to History
Unfortunately, it was rainy again today for our seventh day. Fortunately, we had a much shorter day and we’re able to finally catch up on sleep. We began our morning with a lecture from Gabriel Novack at the IES abroad center. Gabriel Novack was the former Minister of Health, and he currently directs one of…
Remembering Evita
Today was a chill day with a lot of free time. We started off with a lecture and Q & A from Dr. Gabriel Novick. He did a quick overview of Argentina’s healthcare system before and after the changes made by the current president, Milei. This was extremely helpful in putting together all of the…
Day 7 in Argentina
Today we talked with Dr. Novick who gave us more perspective on the Argentinian healthcare system. He highlighted the problems within the system and reinforced what we learned throughout the trip. Dr. Novick is the head of Swiss Medical, one of the largest private insurance companies in Argentina, which provided insight of the changing healthcare…
Argentina Day 7
We started our day off today by going to the IES office where we had a presentation from Dr. Gabriel Novick who is the head of Swiss Medical. He talked to us about the entire health care system, how each section is financed. We discussed the competition in each sector within prices and power and…
Day 7 – Museo Evita
We started the day with a short walk over to the IES office, where we had a presentation from Dr. Gabriel Novick, the head of Swiss Medical. He gave us a review session on the Argentine healthcare system, tying together everything we’ve learned over the past week. I found it really helpful and his talk…
A Day In The Life
It is day 7 of our trip (one full week down one to go!) and today it rained, and rained, and rained. We had plans to visit a ranch but of course that being outside got canceled. So, instead we had a bit of a late start and enjoyed some study time in the morning…
A Day for Evita
Today in the (rainy) city of Buenos Aires, we had a frantic day of rescheduled plans due to Mother Nature. Instead of doing a walking tour, we moved up our review session with the former Minister of Health, Mr. Novak. After going over and adding to what we had learned the past week, clarifying any…
Evita
As the title of my post today reveals today was mostly about Eva “Evita” Peron and her work in Argentina before and during the presidency of Juan Peron. We started today with a work/review session where we discussed what we have learned so far on the trip and worked on our presentations for this coming…
Medical Systems and Museums!
We started off our seventh day in Buenos Aires by walking over to the IES office to meet with Dr. Gabriel Novick. He gave an insightful presentation that greatly improved our understanding of how the healthcare system operates in Argentina. We learned all about the history of the system, and how it came to be…
Evita, Equity, and Everything In Between
We started our day by meeting with Dr. Gabriel Novick, the head of Swiss Medical, who led a review session covering the history of the healthcare system, further explaining the unions and how they work, and going over everything we’ve learned so far. After several days packed with new information, this session helped us piece…
One Week Down in Buenos Aires!
Day 7 of Buenos Aires! We started out with a presentation led by Dr. Gabriel Novick in which he spoke about the unions. He explained how they work, what they do, and how they became crucial in Argentina. In addition, he talked about the overall ideas of each system such as public and private sectors…
Evita and Economics
Today, our day started with a lesson from Dr. Novick to summarize and clarify what we have learned so far. He directs one of the biggest private sector hospitals, Swiss Medical. It was great to hear his perspective and get a holistic point of view on what we have heard from all of our lessons….
Day 7: Rainy Review
We had a slow start to our Saturday morning due to the rainy weather, which canceled our walking tour of the city. Instead, we headed to the IES office to meet with Dr. Gabriel Novick for a review of Argentina’s healthcare system. He shared insights from his experience working with Swiss Medical, part of the…
Empty Beds Full of Lessons
Today was our sixth day in Buenos Aires! We began the day by meeting with Dr. Daniel Ferrante, the current Deputy Minister of Health for the City of Buenos Aires (CABA). He explained that although Buenos Aires functions like a province, it technically is not one which creates administrative challenges. One key issue he highlighted…
Navigating Argentina’s Health Care and Culture
Today started off with a lecture from Dr. Daniel Ferrante, the current deputy minister of health of the city of Buenos Aires (CABA). For this lecture we visited the headquarters of the ministry of health, and learned about how CABA runs in its own providence. CABA made a lot of effort getting people out of…
Day 6: Obras Sociales y Ministerio de Salud
After another quick bus ride, most of the day consisted of meetings with extremely important people in the Argentinian healthcare system. To begin, we heard about the public healthcare system from Dr. Daniel Ferrante, the current Deputy Minister of Health of CABA. This was a huge honor to be able to listen as he explained…
From Union Health to Ancient Masks: Digging Into Argentina’s Present and Past
Day 6 in Buenos Aires! Today we went to the Buenos Aires City Government building, where we met with Dr. Daniel Ferrante, who is the current Deputy Minister of Health at CABA. We learned about the public sector of health care in the city of Buenos Aires. In 2016, an integrated healthcare network was implemented,…