Providing Care in the Villages of Guatemala Students and faculty traveled to Lake Atitlan, Guatemala in March for a one-week medical rotation. During that short time, they operated clinics in four communities: San Antonio de Palopo (which required taking a boat across the lake), Naguala, San Andreas, and Patanal Escuintla. "We were met by many eager townspeople that helped us set up our clinic for the day," said Ann Trawick, DO, Assistant Professor of Family Medicine, who was the Director for the trip. "The Guatemalan people are so gracious and appreciative of any help they can receive." Matthew Homsi, OMS II, described an elderly patient with osteoarthritis in both of her knees: "She was a candidate for a steroid/lidocaine intra-articular knee injection and I was lucky enough to be given the opportunity to perform the procedure. This experience really helped to give me confidence in approaching situations I may not feel comfortable with initially." "I was honored to be with the amazing students and the other doctors that came on the trip," said Dr. Trawick. "They all truly had a heart for the people. I was so impressed watching the students jump at every opportunity to help. [It was] especially neat seeing them using their handson osteopathic training to help the many people with musculoskeletal complaints. The group worked so well together and everyone came away with a meaningful experience."
Class of 2020 Global Medicine Track Students Back row: Kayla Gray, Rohindeep Singh, Andrew Wojtanowski, Austin Forbes, Dane Rana, Jenna Hoobler, Kaia Jystad, Ali Rakestraw Middle row: Roxana Valles, Richard Rodriguez-Brizuela, Matty Zemel, Alexis Grasse, Krysta Sutyak Front row: Kiara Blough, Torri Igou, Alexandra Lee
12
Vista View