Today in Argentina, we attended lectures at the Universidad Austral about healthcare, insurance, and the functionality of hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic. It was a long but very educational day. The first lecture we attended focused on OMINT, a private healthcare/prepaid insurance company. Individuals who are part of this system voluntarily pay a monthly fee…
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Healthcare Coverage in Argentina! (Day 9)
Today we went to the city campus of Austral University! We had a couple lectures today all about very interesting and important concepts. First, we had someone come in from OMINT insurance, which is a private health insurance company and he talked about how it works overall. Next, two people came from AMTENA. This was…
Day 9: International Nurses Day
Down to the last two visits to BCU and I am dreading Wednesday. I have had such a blast learning from the many speakers we have had the privilege to listen to. They have given me so much to think about and consider when it comes to nursing. We started our day like always walking…
Under Seoul City Hall
On the last day of the trip, we went on a tour of the Topis which is both a government operated system and a private company in Seoul that monitored all of the traffic in South Korea. We saw this headquarters that was in the basement of City Hall, and it was amazing. they have…
Moving Back to Seoul
Today we are heading back to Seoul the place where this whole trip started. Earlier today we went on a visit of the Hyundai Museum which was really interesting. We were able to see the first car that Hyundai exported that was actually the Ford brand as well as their first signature car that Hyundai…
A Preview of Postech
This morning was a little rough as it was a bit of an earlier wakeup call and I was sleeping like a rock. I went downstairs without breakfast and immediately got on the bus to go visit a school that we are partnered with here in Korea Postech. We arrived on campus which was actually…
Becoming Buddhist
Today was so interesting. We started the day by departing from Seoul to go to our one-night Temple stay at a Buddhist Temple. It was a great train ride that I spent most of the time sleeping on and beautiful bus ride through the Mountains until we arrived at the Temple. We then went on…
Day 8: Goodbye Argentina, Hello Uruguay
Uruguay here we come! During our super early morning today, we rode a boat all the way to Uruguay. Even though we were all tired, it was exciting to travel to another country by boat and spend the day exploring a new place. We visited Colonia, where we spent the day walking around the historic…
Day 8: Searching for the Harry Potter film sights
Our last weekend here in England, started off with a coach ride to get to Blenheim Palace. The drive was about 2 hours due to traffic. The weather was quite beautiful today and perfect for the amount of walking we had ahead of us. The Blenheim Palace was built to almost look like the Palace…
Oxford Comma-ing Soon!
Today was a brilliant day spent exploring beautiful architecture. As a freshman nursing student from the United States, I came into this trip expecting to learn mostly about healthcare systems and nursing practices, but I have already realized that studying abroad teaches you so much more than what can be learned in a classroom. Today…
Jurassic Park
Today was life-changing. I felt like I was in the dinosaur age as we swam through the Napo River; but prior to that, we started with another classic 8 a.m. breakfast. I wasn’t feeling my best, probably due to the lack of sleep and the intense activities from the night before, but the French toast…
Clay and Cacao
Day six started with waking up to the sounds of bugs and birds in the rainforest. Today’s breakfast was by far my favorite meal so far. They made us something that was almost like breakfast tamales. They were SO SO GOOD. They tasted like thick crepes, and they were wrapped in leaves. There were also…
Day 7: Walking Through Recoleta
This morning in Argentina, we went on a walking tour through the Recoleta area of Buenos Aires. It was very cool exploring such a historic and beautiful part of the city while learning more about Argentina’s culture and history. During the tour, we saw many important landmarks and learned about the influence of European immigration…
I am Tarzan
As I come closer to the end of my second day in the rainforest, I am starting to feel like Tarzan. I woke up to the first real view of the jungle during the day, and I honestly don’t know how to feel, as I am still trying to comprehend what I am seeing. The…
Day 7: Black Country Museum
Beautiful Birmingham weather today allowed us to walk around the Black Country Museum. We started our day a little later at 9:00 a.m. with a mini walk to the bus stop to take bus 126 to Dudley. The bus ride was really nice because we got to see apart the city we did not explore….
Last day in Bilbao!!
Last day in Bilbao!! Started our day off pretty normal. Breakfast in the hotel and then walked over to the school one last time. We meet with Saioa and we listened to her give a presentation on healthcare from the user perspective in Spain. We learned a lot about the healthcare system overall but learning…
Last Day aBroad in Bilbao
Today was our last full day in Bilbao. I’m so sad to leave but so grateful that I got to meet and become close with such a wonderful group of people. Everyone has made this experience so special and truly an experience I won’t forget. For our last day we had one final presentation in…
From Public to Private Hospitals! (Day 6)
Day 6 was filled with many different visits and activities. We started out the morning by visiting Sanatorio Mater Dei, a private catholic hospital in the Palermo area. They are an institution owned and managed by Schoenstatt Sisters of Mary. Although it is located in Palermo, they receive patients from all over the area, which…
Day 6: Two Sides of Healthcare
Today, we had the opportunity to visit both private and public hospitals in Buenos Aires, which helped highlight some similarities and differences between the two healthcare delivery systems in Argentina. The first hospital we visited was Sanatorio Mater Dei, which is a private Catholic non-profit hospital that belongs to the Hermanas de Maria de Schoenstatt….
Day 6: Lots of tissues
Our last adventure for the day was to visit Birmingham Children’s hospital. The entrance of the building was a bit hard to find because they are in the middle of renovations and expansion. This hospital is quite unique because it is inside a Victorian building, almost like a castle. A huge contrast to the Children’s…