Two weeks has flown by. I’m honestly pretty exhausted, but every day was worth it. I met a bunch of great people, I learned so much about healthcare and the financing of it, and I experienced different people and places than I’m used to. The mornings and early afternoons were packed with site visits and…

This morning at Austral University, our guest speaker was the founder of a medical software start up company. In his lecture, he detailed the whys and how’s, and basics of innovation. He talked about a few of his own products, and how they failed. But then he explained how his failures turned into successes. It…

Today we went back to Tigre, but not to a nice, wellfunded hospital. Today we went to a kid’s center in the lower income portion of Tigre. There, kids will receive a medical exam to determine if they are meeting the height and weight goals of kids their age. This is to determine if the…

In one week from today, I will be back at home, recovering from my first study abroad experience. It has been a crazy, slightly stressful, exhausting week so far, and the next will be no different. However, it has also been one of the best weeks of my life. This is my first study abroad,…

No lectures today! Instead we went to the neighborhood of Palmero Soho, and the Modern Art Museum of Latin America. Palmero was a pretty neighborhood, with lots of restaurants, shops, and street art. We walked around for several blocks, and then perused a bunch of street merchants that were set up in the square. After…

We had two lectures today, and though they were on completely different topics, they actually had a lot of similarities between them. The first lecture was presented to us by a representative from Argentina’s National Ministry of Health, and the second was an Argentine culture/history lecture from one of Austral’s professors. The biggest similarity between…

I have never believed in coincidences. And after today, I still don’t. Today, our professors had organized a day of visiting community health centers and learning about more about how the impoverished in Argentina access healthcare. However, after lunch, the days took a turn that I don’t think our professors were expecting. Instead of learning…

Today we visited the Andromaco Pharmaceutical company in Buenos Aires. Andromaco is a company that has been around for about 90 years and produces dermatological products. 70% of what they produce is over the counter creams and emulsions, and 30% requires a prescription or is applied by a doctor. After 90 years it has developed…

Today was the tour of Austral Hospital. For whatever reason, I thought the hospital would be run completely differently and all the similarities we saw proved it otherwise. We started in the Emergency Room and learned how they triaged patients, and walked through the NICU, PICU, and pediatric floor. We spoke to several nurses about…