Week 3: Female Ward
Friday, December 20th, 2019 |
It is hard to believe week 3 is now complete, which means our time at Kijabe has come to an end. The time surely has flown and it is sad to be leaving. However, I have a feeling we will likely be back someday in the future. This week, I was on the inpatient female […]
Week 2: OPD
Saturday, December 14th, 2019 |
This week we were seeing patients in OPD. This is the outpatient clinic for older children and adults. Like pediatrics, the visits are walk-in. The majority are acute visits , however, occasionally people would come in for a blood pressure check, medication refill, or hospital follow up visit. It always is tough changing departments and […]
Maasai Mara
Sunday, December 8th, 2019 |
The hospital kindly gave us the weekend off to do some traveling! We are currently at Maasai Mara which is a wildlife reserve and definitely one of the most amazing places I have ever been. Kenya truly is beautiful.
Pediatrics
Sunday, December 8th, 2019 |
It seemed like each day in the pediatric clinic last week had a theme. Day 1, we saw a lot of congenital limb abnormalities and developmental delays (delayed walking, talking, etc). We referred many of them to physiotherapy and some were also referred to the AIC-CURE international hospital which is an orthopedic pediatric teaching hospital […]
Week 1
Thursday, December 5th, 2019 |
Week 1 at Kijabe is almost over and we have gotten over the jet lag and are feeling more settled. This week I was in the pediatric outpatient clinic. I do not have access to the computer system yet, so I worked with one of the interns this week seeing patients. We saw a good […]
