One Year. One Physical Therapist in Trujillo, Peru.

Combining passions of global public health with travel and cultural immersion... With the help of the Catholic Medical Mission Board, I was afforded the opportunity to live outside of Trujillo, Peru for one year's time (2010-2011). Check out old posts about my experiences as a PT working in hospitals, a school, an outpatient clinic, doing research/community based rehabilitation, and a little teaching too. And my experiences with an entire calendar year of holidays, cultural customs and new culinary experiences!

I make it back about once a year with university students/CMMB projects, so I will periodically provide updates :)

Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Volunteers!


I want to give a big shout out to two friends and colleagues, Layna Shorter and Keri Vonkalinowksi, who came down here to help me out last month! Also, a big thanks to Beth Calder and Preferred Home Care for their equipment donations – much appreciated! And, thank you Cathleen Daly for organizing our work out in Chimbote and letting us crash at your house!

My volunteers were here a week helping with assistive device modifications at a school, work in the clinic and in Winchinzao, home health visits in Cambio Puente and various educational projects. We did a session with teachers talking about preventing disabilities in children and later a session with Clinica Santa Clara healthcare workers in the theme of prevention of disabilities in adults, with a focus on body mechanics and lifting techniques. It was so great to have other sets of hands, eyes and opinions in patient care and they did a fantastic job in the educational sessions too. And, we even managed to squeeze in some time for the beach, Pisco Sours and archaelogical ruins. :)

My only complaint is that they left so quickly. (I miss you guys! Come back soon!)

Assistive Device modifications..
Before...
& After!

 Clinic work...


Home health visits in Cambio Puente...



 Educational sessions...

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