We started off our Tuesday by walking to the train station. Throughout the entire day, it rained on and off, which was not the best. My umbrella also would not cooperate with me because it was very windy outside, so trying to stay dry became a challenge. Even with the rainy weather, it still felt…
Category: School of Nursing
Much Ado About Stratford
Today was such a fun and memorable day during our study abroad trip in England. I got to take my first very first train ride in the UK and traveled from Birmingham to Stratford-upon-Avon, which is famously known as the birthplace of William Shakespeare. Even the train ride itself was exciting because it made me…
Shakespeare!
This morning we took a train from Birmingham to Stratford-upon-Avon. This was my very first time ever riding on a train, so I was really excited for the experience. I had always imagined train rides in Europe looking peaceful and relaxing, with beautiful countryside views outside the windows. The ride itself, though, honestly, was not…
OMINT and AMTENA
Today was less of an experiential day and more of a day filled with lecture style learning. We had many lectures to demonstrate and educate us on the different types of private insurance stakeholders, such as private and union payers. We had lectures at Austral University. The first lecture was from the medical director at…
Day 9: Back We Go To Austral!
Today I went to a side campus of Universidad Austral and learned about the business part of healthcare. Our first speaker talked about how coverage and financial responsibility in the public system is 36%, social health is 48%, and private is 16%. There are 7.6 million people enrolled in prepaid healthcare and 159 institutions have…
Obras Sociale vs. Prepaid Insurance (Day 9)
Both prepaid insurance companies and obras sociales serve an important role in Argentina’s healthcare delivery, however, each serves different portions of the population in distinct manners. One commonality between the two is providing access to medical treatment through a network of hospitals, clinics, and physicians. Both types of systems also help consumers by reducing the…
Day 9: THE big conference day
Today was the day we have all been waiting for: presenting at the international nursing conference at Birmingham City University! I like to talk to literally anyone I can so I am not usually nervous to talk, but the pressure was on today. Ruby, Jordan, Jubilee, and I were in a group researching Women’s Reproductive…
Day 9: BCU Nursing Conference
The day we have been anticipating our whole trip finally arrived- the day of presentations! Before we even left for the UK, we were put into groups with differing topics to explore. My group, for instance, was given single parents as our group of people to look into. The main goal was to research how…
OMINT and Watermelon Mints
Day 9! Today we visited an Austral building to discuss prepaid insurance companies, such as the commercial company OMINT, which is a private healthcare plan that is paid out-of-pocket. Other commercial companies include SMG, Medicus, and Galeno. They were created in 1967 as a for-profit payer. They do not own any hospitals, but they pay…
Healthcare Coverage in Argentina! (Day 9)
Today we went to the city campus of Austral University! We had a couple lectures today all about very interesting and important concepts. First, we had someone come in from OMINT insurance, which is a private health insurance company and he talked about how it works overall. Next, two people came from AMTENA. This was…
Day 9: Presentation Day!
Today was finally presentation day! I woke up feeling pretty nervous knowing that we would be presenting at the conference later, but luckily our morning was filled with activities that helped distract us from the anxiety. We started the day with Anatomage simulations, which ended up being a really interesting and engaging way to begin…
Day 9 – Back to Austral!
To start off week two, we headed to Universidad Austral’s downtown campus. The first presentation was about OMINT insurance which is one of Argentina’s leading private, prepaid insurance companies. OMINT provides medical coverage and operates its own medical centers. Earlier in the trip we visited ClÃnica Bazterrica which is one of their medical clinics in…
Day 9 – International Nursing Conference Day!
I started off the day today by being very nervous. This obviously doesn’t sound like a great start, but I was also a little excited at the same time too. Today was the International Nursing Conference and we were to present our slideshow to the staff/members of Birmingham City University. Knowing that my group was…
Day 9: Presentation Day
Today was such an exciting day full of amazing experiences, eye-opening presentations, and so many snacks! We started the morning with our usual walk to the BCU campus, but instead of heading straight into a lecture, we got to do something completely different. We were able to do a mini skills lab using the Anatomage…
Day 8: Presentations
Today was the day of our presentations at the conference. We first looked at some Anatomage tables simulating fetal development and childbirth. After playing around with the simulations, we went up to our classroom to work on our presentation slides and practice presenting. For the conference, my group presented on “Socio-economic Status Impact on Healthcare”…
Day 8 – Presentations!
Today was an exciting day for all of us since we got to finally do our presentations we have been working on since March! Before that, we started out morning by learning more about child development and labor. We got to use the anatomage tables and see fetuses of different gestational ages and really get…
Presentation Day!
Today was a very full and exciting day. We started our morning by doing the anatomage. The other Pitt nursing students were able to use this during their anatomy labs, but the Greensburg campus does not have one available. Instead of using the anatomage, we learned the organs of the body through pig dissections back home. Even…
Conference Day Chronicles
Rise and shine, it’s conference day! Today definitely caused some nerves but also excitement for we were presenting at a nursing conference in a professional setting. As a freshman nursing student from the Oakland campus of the University of Pittsburgh, this felt like such a huge opportunity and an important step in my nursing journey….
Birmingham Day 9:
Happy International Nursing Conference Day! Today started with a lesson about pregnancy and fetal development, and ended with attending an International Nursing Day conference that was hosted by Birmingham City University (BCU). We were able to use the Anatomage table, which was so cool to see because we have one back home at Pitt as…
Presentation Day in Birmingham
We started our day by walking to Birmingham City University. In the morning, we learned about pregnancy and fetal development. During the session, we got to use the Anatomage tables to view the different stages of fetal development and better understand how a baby grows throughout pregnancy. We also watched an animated model of a…