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Medical Humanitarian Internship Amanda Kaschalk
We examined each patient and made preliminary diagnoses, which we reported to the doctor when presenting the patient’s case. Our first clinic was held in Pavas, a small Nicaraguan inmigrant community outside of San Jose, Costa Rica. We transformed this church into a medical and dental clinic using church pews and curtain room dividers made out of sewn bed sheets.
15 girls + 10 bunk beds + 5 pull out trundle beds = cozy living experience
This is our make-shift pharmacy which we organized by medication type. “Even on our last day of clinic, I still found myself pausing in the middle of filling a patient’s prescription. All of a sudden hit me that this would be illegal in the United States because I have no professional medical training. I am so grateful that I had this opportunity to get hands on clinical experience as an undergraduate student because it makes me all the driven to be a Physician Assistant. I am excited for what is to come.” -journal entry
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