by smiphilly | Jul 15, 2013 | Uncategorized
Going door to door can get monotone and ritualistic. I get in a routine knocking on people’s doors and asking them if they want us to screen them for diabetes or hypertension. I then proceed into their home if they welcome our team in, and I take their diagnostics as...
by smiphilly | Jul 13, 2013 | Uncategorized
One of the important things I had learned to do this past year, as a first year medical student, is to be efficient. I had one-hour lunch breaks where I needed to rush eating before changing into scrubs for anatomy lab; I would time my workout sessions to be 35...
by smiphilly | Jul 12, 2013 | Uncategorized
Throwing on some scrubs, stocking up pockets with my pens, struggling to get my shoes on for another day… as humans, we can instinctively go through these motions like puppets. Whether you are a Christian or a non-believer, we can enter “auto-pilot” at...
by smiphilly | Jul 10, 2013 | Uncategorized
On our first day of door-to-door medical outreach, I approached the door of a seemingly abandoned house and knocked timidly. A young man answered and invited my team inside. Eager to begin my examination, I hastily reached for my glucometer and blood pressure cuff and...
by smiphilly | Jul 8, 2013 | Uncategorized
We walk from door to door, red knuckled from knocking and drained by the humidity and heat. We find ourselves in a place where many people would be uncomfortable, but where some people call home. The streets are lined with trash, leftover fireworks and...
by smiphilly | Jul 7, 2013 | Uncategorized
Well, we have complete one week of SMI! The week has been jam-packed with fruitful outreaches, wonderful fellowship, lots of learning, and many laughs! As I was weighing all week on what to write for this entry, I felt a desire to comment on the challenges of...
