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i’m guilty of getting crabby and forgetting all the lovely things that have occurred in my life. because of this, i am assigning myself the task of remembering 2011 for all that it was. i’m babysitting for the evening, so why not reflect as i watch kourtney & kim take new york. cheers!
Amendment:
Apparently iMessage and Facetime will work because they run off WiFi. The options just might be expanding. Hurray.
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I’m sure most of you are aware of the hefty international rates that apply to phones…regardless, I thought I’d toss this little post up. The phone won’t really be an option at $2.49/minute and while I can receive texts at the normal rate, sending rates increase quite a bit. Thus, internet, Skype, and snail mail are in. If we’re close enough that we would communicate via one of these mediums, and you would like my Skype username or address in Cusco, send me a little note. I’ll be reaching out for some addresses myself.
Hope the holidays are going wonderfully for you all!
in short, that’s kind of the question. peruvian women have one of the highest rates of cervical cancer in the world. one doctor from georgia health sciences university (ghsc), dr. daron ferris, opened cervicusco in 2006 with the aim to prevent cervical cancer and provide additional women’s health care services in the region. in the fall of 2010, uga expanded their partnership with ghsc when they opened the interim medical building, with plans to move to the old navy school campus, now the health sciences campus, in the fall of 2012. in addition to the medical school, the college of public health will join the fun and actually began their move to the new campus this week. still with me? so, dr. ferris has awesome plans for analysis of his current data, as well as a host of future studies. but first, the data has to be in a state ready for analysis. and that’s where mph students ripe and ready to put their epidemiological skills to use come into the picture! a few classmates began the venture earlier this year and in january, i will head to cusco, peru to work at cervicusco with a classmate, and wonderful friend, sarah.
with that, stay tuned as wordpress will be one of the best mediums to share our experience. and trust me, it will be an experience (for starters, our knowledge of spanish is quite thin).
also, any tips and treks will be duly noted.
love,
dr. vena told us on the first day of orientation that we would be surprised by how much we would change by the end of the program. he’s completely correct and i haven’t even stepped foot in peru. i did not doubt this would be the case, however, it is still a touch surprising because the program is relatively short (4 semesters, internship included). i opt not to share all of my personal growth thoughts online, but i am amazed at the changes over the past 1.5 years and i am thankful for most of them.
so what’s next? moving back my stuff back to the parents. preparing for my internship in cusco, peru (more on that to come eventually). and spending time with friends and family.
