Homeless Rehabilitation and Social Adaptation Center
Sunday, July 14th, 2019 |
Every Monday afternoon I go to a homeless shelter to help with patient consultations. We take blood pressures and reapply bandages to wounds, often listening to complaints of chronic pain and worries about reinfection. We disperse a fair amount of ...
Neighborhood Tour
Saturday, July 13th, 2019 |
Here are some pictures of the area surrounding Agape's guest apartment. The name of the neighborhood is Kotelniki, which is considered Podmoskovye (just outside of Moscow city). Kotelniki! Only ahead!Mothers and children play outside until ~10 pmSidewalk vendors spread out ...
Rest Homes in Russia
Friday, June 28th, 2019 |
Meet Dr. Zhanna from Kyrgyzstan (I am a solid foot taller than her at least). Every week we take a train outside the city and visit elderly patients living in retirement homes. Many of them are bedbound and require full-time ...
Discovering Moscow
Thursday, June 27th, 2019 |
Monument to Karl Marx, the socialist revolutionaryBorscht is a traditional Russian soup that turns red from the beetsTroika (three horses pulling a chariot) is an iconic symbol of RussiaOnion-shaped domes adorn many Russian Orthodox templesMatryoshka (nesting doll)Kolomenskoye Park Moscow is a ...
The Metro
Thursday, June 27th, 2019 |
I live on the outskirts of the city in an area called Kotelniki. Agape provides guest housing so I have a bedroom and access to a kitchen, WiFi, and a washer (laundry is air-dried on a rack here). We ...
Arrival in Moscow
Thursday, June 27th, 2019 |
St. Basil's Cathedral has a museum insideRed Square and the Kremlin I'm working with a Christian outreach organization called Agape Unlimited here in Moscow. They have several clinics around the city that I've been assigned to rotate through during my time ...
INMED In-Class Sessions
Thursday, June 27th, 2019 |
Neonatal ResuscitationObstetric ManeuversSuturing PracticeCertificate of CompletionMixing F-100 (tastes like a milkshake!) It's time to start documenting my INMED journey! After finishing the 10-week online DIMPH course, I attended the in-class session in New York at the Long Island Jewish Medical Center. ...
Introducing Myself
Wednesday, May 29th, 2019 |
Hello! My name is Steven Duncan. I am a medical student at UT Southwestern, and I’m starting my INMED service-learning experience at Agape Unlimited in Moscow, Russia, beginning in June, 2019.
