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First Day Fears

Thursday, June 13th, 2019 |

It’s probably better for most of us to not know what is ahead of us on any given day, because we might just find a way to never get out of bed.   I went to the hospital a little ...

Work and eat

Thursday, June 13th, 2019 |

First day duty list Didn't expect the patient list to include so many of my ER admits in the first 24 hours. The cafeteria food is really good. The "daily special" has been good on each of the first three days. ...

Getting to work

Thursday, June 13th, 2019 |

Shortcut to the ER at night. More fun in the daytime.

Why now?

Sunday, June 9th, 2019 |

When to set out and start seriously working in the low resource areas of the world is a very personal decision. In the classroom portion of INMED training, I looked at my daughter who had already spent two ...

Getting here

Sunday, June 9th, 2019 |

The blinking light on my phone at 4:00 a.m. with the text message from United Airlines (another delayed flight) should not have been a surprise after a week of delayed flights. But the math was easy. I wouldn't ...

Why Loma de Luz Hospital?

Friday, June 7th, 2019 |

The real story started in the 1960s, as I tried to read the book my brother was reading for a book report--The Night They Burned The Mountain by Dr. Tom Dooley. As a pre-adolescent on a Kansas farm before ...

Introducing Myself

Wednesday, May 15th, 2019 |

Hello! My name is Bryce Loder. I am a family physician in Alaska and I’m starting my INMED service-learning experience at Hospital Loma de Luz in Honduras in June 2019.