海外临床经历

In February 2023, twelve fourth-year medical students joined several 美国健康 attendings, residents, and staff from General Surgery, OB/GYN, and anesthesia on a long-awaited return to Kibogora Hospital in Rwanda. This annual month-long medical mission trip had been a staple for medical students and health workers at the University of 南 Alabama for many years, so they relished the opportunity to work alongside the hospital’s 医生和工作人员.

Kasey Andrews (M4) said her experience as a medical student at Whiddon College of Medicine has taught her to approach caring for patients as a team effort. 不仅 has that team mindset helped her feel comfortable with changing roles within the clinical setting, it also helped her adapt to an unfamiliar setting in which communicating with patients was sometimes a struggle.

A second trip took 的地方 in June 2023, when nine current medical students and several recent Whiddon 医学院 graduates traveled to Senegal. 在那里，学生们 learned to navigate patient care in a small clinic with basic amenities. 三个二年级 students shared experiences that reminded them of why they chose medicine in the first 的地方. Mary Faragalla got to share the news of a pregnancy with a first-time expectant mother and send her home with prenatal vitamins that would last through her pregnancy. Meagan Jones got to use the knowledge she gained as a first-year medical student to help real people in desperate need of healthcare. 艾伦·珀金斯描述了 experience as a tremendous opportunity to impact others outside of “our typical patient 人口”.

Duane Baxter of the Christian Medical Ministry of 南 Alabama says plans are already 为2024年的旅行做准备.