MSEP

¡Argentina !

Kathy Jo Carstarphen

Why Medical Spanish in Argentina?

Focus on learning a language ● Work with Spanish-speakers

Pursue other interests • Tango

• Scholarly Activity research

Weeks 1-3:

Learning Spanish

Week 4: Shadowing in

Hospital Aleman

Week 5: Tango

Week 6: Travel

Week 7: Instituto

Medicina Tropicale

10am-12pm Spanish

Class

7:30- 11am Rounds 8- 10am Interview

Labs/ Perform TB

field work

2pm-5pm Spanish Class 2pm Journal Club 1-3pm

Tango

Class

10am Rounds

6-8pm Tango Class 1-3pm Spanish Class 6-10pm

Tango

Class

12pm Lunch w/

residents &

visiting

students

10pm-2am Practice

Spanish at Homestay

6-11pm Tango 1-4am

Milonga

1-6 Interview

Labs

7-9 Working

Dinner

Classes + Homestay= Learning Spanish

Practicing Spanish

Homestay

Buenos Aires

Tango

Volunteering at Hospital Aleman

Travel in Argentina

Lima Peru- Scholarly Activity Interviews

Scholarly Activity Ideas

• GeoSentinel

– International travel injury surveillance database

• Identify doctors in Lima interested in participating

• Perform Chart reviews for travel injury in Peru

• Train staff on updating database

• HIV

• TB

• Antibiotic use

• Lieschmaniasis

TB Field Work

Gorgas Institute