Today’s blog post prompt is to discuss the most important thing you learned on this trip. There were many things I learned on this trip. I learned about healthcare and the culture of Argentina. We had many lectures where we learned about different roles of the healthcare system. We also had many hospital visits where…

Today was a more relaxed day and different than the rest. To start it off we got to sleep in and did not have a scheduled event until 1:30. It was so nice to have a break and get to relax in the morning. But we did have to do something productive so at 1:30…

Today we saw yet again another university. At the beginning of the day we started with touring and learning about one of their local hospitals. This hospital was a public hospital, but not quite like the others. It looked very worn down, but it seemed like the care was good. They have 303 beds. They…

Today we went to Medife and had a lecture led by Dra. Flor Ledesma. Medife can be quite confusing when first learning about it because it is the name of both a corporation and an insurance company. We learned that Medife is a corporation that splits into ASE Nacional, which is Obras Sociales, a union…

Today was a very long day of walking, learning, and exploring. We started with a tour of Recoleta which was about 3 hours of walking around and learning about the area and what attracts many people. The biggest attraction Recoleta has is the Recoleta Cemetery. We went to visit the Recoleta Cemetery and it was…

Today we had a very fun day because we got to learn and experience more of Argentine culture. We left the hotel around 8 in the morning and we had an hour long bus ride to a ranch. The ranch was called Don Silvanos. We got to walk around and look at horses and a…

Today we started our day once again at 8 in the morning. It was actually a very exciting day that I was looking forward to all week. We went to Universidad Australs campus to look around, learn about the hospital connected to their University, and meet with current students. It was an hour long bus…

Today was a little different than the rest. We had an entire day planned where we were supposed to go on a boat tour and learn about how they used boats for healthcare, like transportation. But it got canceled because of a strike going on in Argentina. Workers from big businesses went on strike and…

Our day in Argentina was full of hospital visits and crazy experiences. We started off by going to a public hospital in Buenos Aires called Fernandez hospital. When we first got there we learned a little bit about the hospital itself, while also learning about public hospitals in Buenos Aires. The Fernandez hospital is the…

Today was a long day of learning with exploring to follow. We started our day at 8:30 by going over to the State Government of Buenos Aires to meet with the current Minister of Health. The building was really cool, but the most interesting part was getting to hear from someone who holds a lot…