In today’s blog post we were asked to respond to one of two prompts: discuss the most important thing you learned on this trip or explain why you should smash your phone with a sledgehammer. As appealing as it sounds to take a sledgehammer to my phone and forget my credit card bill and all the money…
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la Boca-cabana
Hello all! One thing I can say with certain that this trio taught me is that I am definitely not a morning person. Justly, to say I was excited to sleep in today, would be an understatement. Knowing that we had a late 1 pm start, a group of us ventured over to La Boca to explore…
Drawn to the Art of Palermo
If you thought this trip was filled with enough universities, think again! Today we we traveled over to Matanza to visit Universidad de la Matanza and their local public hospital. The two-floor hospital was divided into inpatient care on the first floor and outpatient care on the second. It was clear that there are funding issues within the public sector of…
BA has my HEART!
Some days you just need to sleep for 12 hours straight. Today was one of those days. After waking up from one of the deepest sleep of my life, we met with Dr. Flo Ledesma, health innovation manager of Medife. Medife is the owner of an insurance company of the same name as well as…
Evita-zen, adieu!
Ciao from Argentina! Today was a day of culture and history. We started with a walking tour of Recoleta that ended in the neighborhood’s famous cemetery. As we strolled through the alleys and backways, we saw beautiful palaces and mansions surrounded by beautiful scenery. While a cemetery may not be the first thing to come…
Lunch with a side of Ranch
The American frontier was born from the cowboy, his herding, and his exchange of goods. Similarly, the Argentinian economy started in the ways of the gaucho. Today we learned about the significance of gaucho culture in Argentinian history on an authentic guacho ranch. Not only were the gauchos drivers of trade through their work raising livestock, but they…
You just watched a TTI
Today, any thoughts that I could turn myself into a morning person were thrown out the window with today’s early start. Today we travel over to Pilar to visit the Universidad de Austral other campus, and to tour the connecting hospital. Being a private hospital, the university facility was very similar to hospitals here in…
BA is STRIKE-ingly beautiful!
Hello Again! For those of you unaware, Argentina has been facing some political conflicts resulting from the rise of the new president Miele. With Miele’s sudden budget cost and his approach to free previously constrained insurance prices, many Argentinians have found themselves unhappy with this new approach. Economy now in free fall, a general strike was planned for today, May…
L’Hôpital’s rule
Hello again from Argentina! Today was a day packed with important and informative lectures and tours. We started with a wonderful lecture by Dra. Josefina Medrano, the former minister of health of the northern Salta providence. Josefina, the first woman in the position in her province, came to office shortly before the start of COVID-19. She mentioned that she had…
Pretty in Pink
This morning started with lecturers from the minister of health for the city of Buenos Aires in a government building. Not only was the talk education but the room itself was also. While hearing about the problems with estimating a population for a system that can serve anyone on earth, we were able to gaze…
Patience makes the heart grow fonder
Joining plus three I expected to grow personally while bonding with my fellow students, all while undergoing new and unique experiences. I did not however expect all this to be accomplished before landing in Buenos Aires. As it turns out spending 15 hours in the Atlanta Georgia airport can really bring a group of people…
Introduction: Caitlyn Grady
Hello! My name is Caitlyn Grady and I am a first year Nursing student from West Chester PA. I am an active member in the University of Pittsburgh Nursing Student Association. After finishing my BSN, I hope to continue my education in anesthesiology by receiving my CRNA and DNP. I cannot wait to start clinicals…