Piura, Peru 2007tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-15046922007-12-04T19:13:34-08:00TypePadAn International Teamtag:typepad.com,2003:post-424359222007-12-04T19:13:34-08:002007-12-04T19:13:34-08:00From Dr. Michelle Spring, Interplast Webster Fellow: (Piura, Peru) We are working very well together. We have a very experienced team; everyone is laid-back and not easily stressed. We are also an international team—Karina is the anesthesiologist from Uruguay and...Interplast
<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>From Dr. Michelle Spring, Interplast Webster Fellow:<br />(<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on"></st1:city></st1:place>Piura, Peru)
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<p class="MsoNormal">We are working very well together. We have a very
experienced team; everyone is laid-back and not easily stressed. We are also an
international team—Karina is the anesthesiologist from Uruguay and <st1:place w:st="on"></st1:place>Helena is our Swedish interpreter. They
are both doing an amazing job considering how exhausting it is to communicate
in a foreign tongue all day. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I was exhausted after the first day of clinic where we saw approximately 140
patients. Of the three surgeons present, my Spanish is the weakest.
There was no interpreter that day to mitigate the situation but I managed to
successfully communicate with the patients. Despite that I am enjoying my
experience here.</p>
<p>We’ve worked on many cleft palates and I have given a lecture to the medical
students who showed interested in obtaining a medical residency in the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"></st1:place></st1:country-region>United States.
Today, the other team members are giving talks to the local nurses, surgeons
and anesthesiologists, respectively. Then we are going to the beach!
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