Initial Expectations

We just finished our 3rd week of class and I'm really excited to go to Belize. We're currently learning about the culture and the different types of people that live in Belize. It will be interesting to see the vast majority of cultures entwined into one. Also, part of the class involves doing a group presentation about anything related to the tropics, the Belize health system, etc. My group decided to do the etiology or Buruli Ulcer which is a skin infection cause by Mycobacterium ulcerans. If you decide to google it to see what it is, make sure you have a strong stomach. 

From talking about the different activities that we will be doing, it sounds like it's going to be a lot of fun. We get to visit Mayan ruins and go snorkeling in our down time while working in clinics and going to different schools during the week. It will be really cool to actually apply the information I am learning in lab this year (patient assessment such as blood pressure and blood sugars) and being able to help people. 

Overall I'm really looking forward to this trip to see how health care is in other countries and try and use some of the knowledge I have learned so far at ACPHS to better people's health. 

Now here's a picture to show my excitement and I'll update more later as the class goes on and we get closer to the trip. =)