UTMB March Rotation Day 2 (7 March 2016)
PA students Elizabeth Knipp and Beth Thompson climbed into an ambulance yesterday morning for the commute to work in the pueblo of La Esperanza. I have driven by this community many times, usually on...
Category: Consultants for Community Development
Moving into March with another UTMB Clinical Rotation in Guatemala
It’s 15 degrees and windy out as I sit here in my home office in upstate New York working on a presentation about using “cultural competence” in mental health assessments. It’s a subject that...
Kids of Xepocol
In retrospect, one of the ironies of my life is that although as a kid or young adult I never had any desire to work with children, I have spent most of my adult life working with...
You know you’re in the tropics when ….
While in Chichi we spent A LOT of money (thanks to some very generous donations from various sources) on medications in a little local pharmacy called “Adinqui.” In fact, I visited the pharmacy every...
Despedidos at the ACEBAR Office
My professional family in Chichi. No finer bunch of people anywhere, and I can very honestly say I’ve never worked with a more committed, dependable, compassionate, honest, and accountable group. When I first get...
Two Days in Chicua III
So I’m in a room at my usual little hideout, The Spring Hotel, in something-less-than-sublime Guatemala City. Nice here, and there’s hardly any guests so far, so it’s extraordinarily quiet. Of course it has...
Outback Medicine – The Rotation Begins with a BANG in Canton Xepocol
So the first day of the clinic began with a bang – 101 patients between the 3 docs – in the far-flung canton (Spanish for “precinct,” but in Chichi a small village) of Xepocol....
The February 2017 University of Texas PA Program Rotation Begins
Well, as always I’m slow to get things posted to the blog. But better late than never, I suppose. Anyway, the two new students arrived on Sunday, February 5, just a tad later in...
Milpa Medicine
In November 2016 Wendy and Sara, students in the University of Texas Medical Branch Physician’s Assistant program, worked for several days in a very rural clinic set in the tiny little central highlands village...
Independence Day (Sept 15) at Plaza Mayor in Guatemala City
September 16 – 7:30 PM: At the moment, I’m sitting in my armchair in our little apartment in Chichicastenango, where we arrived a few hours ago, having been picked up at the Spring Hotel in...
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