During each visit, I was able to learn about certain pathologies as well as how different components play a role into that pathology. I observed the lack of education during multiple occasions. An example of this is when I was at the rural health clinic and a pregnant woman came in for a check-up, but she didn't know how pregnant she was. During the community visits, I was able to visit inside the houses of the local community members. Here, most of the houses ha...

We left for Goa on Saturday, 11/08/12 and returned Wednesday, 15/08/12. I had a couple goals for my trip to Goa: 1. Be a Tourist. In order to successfully meet this goal I didn't pack any salwarkazeems. I packed all my American clothing I brought and called it good! 2. Swim in the Arabian Sea. I think this was the best part of the entire trip. Yes, even better than eating semi-American food. I felt like a child (in a good way), I didn't have a worry in the world....

My title might shock some of you, but let me explain. I miss food! No, No, No, that doesn't do the trick- I MISS FOOOOODDD! It is always in the back of my mind, I constantly dream about it; I can't get it out of my head! It's so painful, but when I get real hungry some of the other interns (that feel my thirst for real food) and I will look on Pinterest at all the different food recipes. I just can tell through the computer screen, the texture that it would be in...

Four-hundred and sixty four is the number of deliveries carried out in the labor room last month. It is the number of mothers that lay in a bed waiting for their turn to enter the room. I know the sentence sounds depressing, and to tell you the truth it kind of was. But every experience, good or bad, I am able to learn about the hospitals' procedures, the local women's mindset, the Indian culture and about myself. In two days I was able to observe five natural bi...

This last week, 23/7/2012 to 29/7/2012, I have been working on a Health Promoting School workshop with my fellow interns for two schools-Little Flower School and Pravara Girls English Medium School. Before we designed the workshop we talked to the principals about what they already had implemented as far as health promotion, major health problems they faced, and ways we can help, etc. One of the major barriers, in my eyes, is that health is not a part of their sc...