Today we are in london!!! We started our day with a quick trip on the tube to downtown to check out the Florence Nightingale museum. We learned about her a lot in school, but seeing it from this new perspective was cool because it talked not only about her impact to nursing, but her whole…
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Day 10 – Off to London!!
Today is our last day in Birmingham!! As excited as I am to go to London, it’s also bittersweet to be leaving knowing that our trip is coming to an end. We started the day with our last lecture at BCU. We first had the chance to talk about critical care nursing and cardiovascular diseases…
Day 9 – Stratford Upon Avon
Today, we got to visit Stratford upon Avon, a very cute city about an hour away from Birmingham. We met up with Tim the tour guide again to get a walking tour of the area and learn the history. This city is most famous because it was where shakespear was born and raised. We started…
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…
Day 7 – Oxford
Today we started our day by taking a 1.5 hour bus ride to Blenheim palace. It was a beautiful place to walk around, explore, and learn about. It was built in the 1700s and took around 17 years to build, but later had some finishing touches in the 1730s due to issues with funding and…
Day 6 – Black Country and Gelato!!
Today, we went to the black country museum a few miles outside of the city. This museum focuses on life in the 1960s when coal mining was a huge thing and how many people made their money. We first got to see a huge steam engine that was used as part of the mining process,…
Day 6 – Children’s Hospital!
Today, we got the chance to learn more about the healthcare system in the UK and experience it firsthand, and it ended up being a really emotional day. First, we had a lecture on female genital mutation (FGM). This is something I thought was not much of an issue now, but learned that it still…
Day 5 – Sim Lab!
Today we had the opportunity to practice some skills in BCU’s simulation labs. First, we got a tour of their simulation ambulance that they use for their paremedic students. Both the inside and outside look just like the ambulances they have in the UK as they tried their best to make it as realistic as…
Day 4 – Schools and Gardens
I think today was my favorite day of the trip so far. First, we started our day by taking a bus to Joseph Chamberlin College. In the UK, they use the term college to describe what for us is similar to high school, for ages 16-19. Joseph Chamberlin is a school that focuses on providing…
Day 3 – Lots of Learning!
Today we spent a lot of time at the college being able to hear from many different people! First, we got to talk to Dr. Sar Zarti about public health in the UK. She started her career as a medical doctor, then swithed to public health later in her career. She said that the switch…
Day 2 in Birmingham!
Today was our first day at Birmingham City University. First we grabbed a quick breakfast at the hotel before getting on the bus to head to the college. We had to take one of the city busses, which was a double-decker bus. We sat on the top, which I thought was really interesting. The bus…
We’re Here!
After a long plane ride and then a bus ride from the airport, we finally made it to Birmingham! The flight was a little rough, and most of us are exhausted since we barely got any sleep on the plane. I had never flown for that long, so I had a hard time getting comfortable…
Introduction – Addison Dugan
My name is Addison Dugan and I am from Hershey, PA. I am a first year nursing student at the University of Pittsburgh in Oakland. I am also working towards a certificate in global health. On campus, I am involved in the Nursing Student Association where I serve on both the Social committee, and attended…