I have a mix of emotions while writing this blog post from the Atlanta airport and a few thousand miles away from Buenos Aires. I’m so incredibly grateful to have been able to participate in the Plus3 program this year and travel to such a beautiful city, but I am also very sad that we…

Today, we took a break from lectures and hospital visits and headed to two museums in the city. Before that though, some friends and I headed to La Boca, one of the neighborhoods that we visited earlier in the trip. We spent the morning walking around and shopping at the variety of vendors that lined…

Today was bittersweet, as we had our last hospital visit of the trip in the morning. We visited Hospital Paroissien, a public hospital in the county of Matanza. Out of the three public hospitals we have visited, this was definitely the most interesting looking one. The building had two floors, the top being for outpatient…

We started off today with a lecture from Dr. Flor Ledesma who works for ASE, one of the obras sociales, or unions, for managers. ASE and its parent company, Medife, are in a unique situation. Medife owns two entities, ASE and a private insurance company by the same name as the parent company Medife. The…

We started off strong today with a walking tour of Recoleta, one of the historical neighborhoods of Buenos Aires. Our tour guide took us around to the variety of palaces in the area and explained some of the histories of the families. The buildings were absolutely stunning and adorned with ornaments of all kinds. During…

Today was absolutely filled with adventure! We started off with a bus ride to the rural area about an hour and a half outside of Buenos Aires to a ranch called Estancia Don Silvano. When we arrived, we were welcomed warmly with empanadas and an overview of the days activities. We had a lot of…

With an early start today, we had plenty of time to fit in lots of interesting activities. Our first stop was the Universidad Austral hospital, a private hospital about an hour outside of Buenos Aires. We spoke first with the Dr. Marcelo Pellizzari and Mariano Pelorosso about the structure, history, and functions of the hospital…

Today, Argentina was partially shut down due to a general strike, so our scheduled events were cancelled. Although missing the boat tour of the city was unfortunate, we made the best of the day regardless! In the morning, we had a discussion about what we had noticed about the Argentine health system so far. This…

Today was a very exciting day, as we were touring the first two hospitals of the trip! We started the morning off with a lecture from doctor Josefina Medrano, the former provincial minister of health for Salta, a province at the northern tip of Argentina. She gave us insight into the challenges of managing a…

Today we had quite the packed schedule with two lectures and a bus/walking tour of three of the neighborhoods in Buenos Aires! Our first lecture was given by the current sub secretary of health of Buenos Aires. We were lucky enough to have this talk in the Ministry of Health’s building near the Plaza de…

After an unexpected overnight adventure in the Atlanta airport, we finally made it to Buenos Aires last night! Once we were through customs, I was struck by how similar being there felt to the US. There was a McDonalds and Starbucks right outside the exit, and if you didn’t know better, it could easily have…

About Me Hello, my name is Alexis Byrom, and I am a freshman nursing student at the University of Pittsburgh. I grew up just outside of Pittsburgh, and I decided to go to Pitt because I love the campus and it has a great nursing program. For most of my childhood and into high school,…