Students from the Geisel School of Medicine write about their first day in Minnesota with the Indian Health Service.
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Progress and Hope in Rwanda
Lars Blackmore reflects on the time his family has spent in Rwanda and the successes of the HRH program.
Geisel’s Kristen Jogerst Selected for Global Health Post
Kristen Jogerst, a second-year Geisel student, was selected to the inaugural Education Committee of the Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH). Jogerst says being selected to the Education Committee of the Consortium of Universities for Global Health is “very exciting. I am hoping that with a lot of work, […]
A Heart-to-Heart With The Rwandan Health System
During his six week stay in Rwanda, Dr. Bruce Friedman brought decades of experience as a physician and educator in cardiology to an audience with a very different background from that of his students at Geisel and DHMC.
Wrapping Up Surgery
Dr. Nick Perencevich (Dartmouth ’69) was the first American surgeon on the ground in Rwanda when the Human Resources for Health program got underway this past summer. He has been a trailblazer here and reflects on his time there as he prepares to leave.
![Dr. Dorey Glenn, MD, uses a tablet to show some of the medical students and residents at King Faisal Hospital in Kigali, Rwanda how bilitool.com can help quickly assess the health of a jaundiced newborn under their care.]](https://geiselmed.dartmouth.edu/cghe/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2012/12/glenn_bilirubin-feature-650x320.jpg)
Changes and Checkboxes in Kigali
Instituting major changes at King Faisel Hospital in Kigali, Rwanda can be a slow and sometimes frustrating process. But Dartmouth’s Dr. Dorey Glenn, who’s working in the hospital’s pediatric department as a faculty member with the HRH program, is learning how to get things done.
Dorey Glenn, MD and The Kid That Coded
This never happens. Pediatric patients don’t get airlifted anywhere in Rwanda, but nevertheless: there’s the Air Force helicopter, idling behind King Faisal Hospital in the heart of Kigali after its trip from Butare Hospital, about 75 miles south of the capital.
What Do You Make of This?
Together with her first-year resident, Theoneste, and fourth-year medical student, Felix, Geisel School of Medicine Professor Lisa Adams, MD, works up a newly arrived patient on the infectious disease ward at the University Teaching Hospital (CHUK) in Kigali, Rwanda.
Hurry, call the imbangukiragutabara!
Undying Dedication to Students and Health Equity
Getting medical students into the community is Shawn O’Leary’s passion. As director of Multicultural Affairs and academic advisor to the Urban Health Scholars program at Geisel, O’Leary keeps students connected to community service.