Today was our last day on this trip. I’m sad that it’s over, but also excited to go home. We spent the day walking all around London. Which I love walking and getting to see the city. In the morning we took the underground train or the tube to the main part of the city….
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Birmingham Day 10: Beginning of London
Today was our last walk to and lectures at BCU. I’ve really enjoyed walking to campus and other places. It makes me really want to live somewhere more walkable. Me and the two other education students separated from the nursing students and went over the educational system in the US and UK with Dr. Marks….
Birmingham Day 9: Stratford and Shakespeare
Today I rode on a train for the first time. Me and my group walked for about 20 minutes to the station and then took the train to Stratford Upon Avon, the birth place of William Shakespeare. The train ride was nice, I took a short nap and woke up to see fields with tons…
Birmingham Day 8: Presenting Day!
Today we went to BCU and headed to one of the skills lab rooms that has Anatomage tables. The tables are a great tool for nursing and other healthcare fields as it allows you to view anatomy in a 3D form. We talked about pregnancy and birth and then viewed newborns and a baby being…
Birmingham Day 7: Beauty of Blenheim & Oxford
Today was an exciting and rushing day. We went a couple hours by bus until we got to Blenheim Palace. When we got there we met our tour guide, Tim, who right away was share his knowledge. He led us around the grounds and taught us about the history of it all. Blenheim palace is…
Birmingham Day 6: Exploring More of the History and Culture of Birmingham
Today we went to Black Country Museum, which is not quite a museum at all. It is a collection of historic buildings that were relocated to Dudley, England. I really enjoyed going into the school house where there was a teacher actor. People sit down and we go to “class.” She inspected our hands for…
Birmingham Day 5: Children’s Hospital
Today we started out with a lecture on female genital mutilation. This doesn’t sound like a nice topic and it’s not pleasant to talk about, but it’s important to be aware that this does happen. It happens in 31 countries across Africa and some countries in the Middle East and Asia. This has affected 230…
Birmingham Day 5: Catheters and Care
Today we spent a lot of the day in the skills lab. This is something all the nursing students have not yet done, but will be doing next semester. Skill labs are a hands on simulation of likely scenarios that practices necessary skills for a specific field. We did two skill labs, one was catheterisation…
Birmingham Day 4: Supporting Students with Varying Needs
Today we went to the Joseph Chamberlain College. College in England is not how it is in the US. In the US college and university are used synonymously, however in the UK college is the second part of high school before university. This specific college or sixth form school supports many lower-socioeconomic individuals. However, this…
Birmingham Day 3: Public Health and History – How it connects to education.
Today we walked to the south campus and began with a lecture on public health in the UK by Dr. Sara Zarti. Public health is preventing disease, prolonging life, and promoting health through organized efforts of society. Health specifically includes your physical, mental, and social wellbeing. Public health promotes healthy lifestyles and tackles inequities, protects…
Birmingham Day 2: Birmingham & Burns
Today we got to explore the Birmingham City University, also known as BCU, campus where we will be studying over the course of this study abroad trip. To get there we took a double decker bus, it was mostly everyone’s first time on one. We all sat on the second floor to get the full…
Birmingham Day: 1
Today we arrived early in London, and even earlier in what time it would be in Pittsburgh. At first glance the city appears similar to the US. It reminded me of what my one neighbor said about how traveling makes you realize we are all more connected than we may think. There are people and…