It has been a great rotation! I had a chance to see illnesses and disorders that I have never seen before in the US. I especially liked working in the ID unit and the HIV unit. Both were full of enthusiastic professors and students. And my last week working in the surgery department with the cleft lips and palate specialist was amazing!
It was eye opening to work in an environment with such limited resources. We are so used to ordering tests and images that sometimes we forget to focus on the history and physical, on the clinical signs and symptoms. But it also made me grateful for the abundant of resources that are available in the states.
These four weeks have been wonderful, both working in the hospital and visiting the country. And now I'm off for more adventures! I'm heading to Siem Reap to see the great Angkor Wat! And then I'm off to Thailand before heading back to the states. Hopefully some of this wonderfully hot weather will follow me home!
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