2018 Program Underway in Costa Rica

All students arrived safely in Costa Rica and our 2018 program is underway! I will post an updated itinerary. We had a few schedule changes due to the transfer of power to the new President today. I’m including a few photos from yesterday and today. Thank you to everyone that helped to make this program possible.  -Celeste Newcomb

At the Hospital de las Mujeres the medical records room was interesting for our students. We later talked about electronic medical records and immunization records. In Costa Rica everyone is responsible for keeping their own immunization records. In Costa Rica they spend 9% of their GDP on health care compared to the 17% we spend in the USA.

Students were interested to see the high level of care available to mothers if it was needed.

The nurses were thrilled to learn we had a nurse on our trip this year. Special thanks to Darlene Clark for joining us! 


Visit to the pharmacy in the hospital

We enjoyed a visit to a coffee plantation to learn about how coffee is grown and roasted in Costa Rica. We also enjoyed learning about bananas.  Here is our 2018 group.