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OUR PEOPLE,<br />
OUR MISSION<br />
Global Health<br />
<strong>eMagazine</strong><br />
<strong>August</strong> <strong>2023</strong><br />
Highlights<br />
Spotlight<br />
Clinical Case of the Month<br />
Reflections<br />
Global Mental Health<br />
Hispanic/Latinx Communities<br />
Voices of Ugandan Students<br />
Our Beautiful Planet<br />
Innovation and Technology<br />
Nursing Division<br />
Art to Remind Us of Who We<br />
Can Be<br />
Article of the Month<br />
Video of the Month<br />
Dr. Menn Memorial<br />
Among the Letters<br />
Congratulations<br />
Welcome<br />
Calendar<br />
Left: Delicious Thai foods with the<br />
Walailak University International Office<br />
staff<br />
The initial response among our<br />
medical learners to this rotation<br />
has been highly positive. Three<br />
first year medical students<br />
from the Larner College of<br />
Medicine at UVM and one fourth<br />
year medical student from<br />
the American University of the<br />
Caribbean School of Medicine<br />
were selected to visit.<br />
Cultural immersion began on arrival to Thailand with Dr. Scholand leading the<br />
student group to the Queen Saovabha Memorial Institute snake farm in Bangkok.<br />
Here, we witnessed the process of making anti-venom as a treatment for snake<br />
bites – saving countless lives and limbs. Then, language lessons were reviewed<br />
with a local guide who also helped showcase some of the wonders of Thailand<br />
as our group strived to overcome jet lag.<br />
Subsequently, upon our arrival to Walailak, the International Office welcomed us<br />
with a tour of an authentic Thai street market, a sacred temple area (Wat Phra<br />
Mahathat Woramahawihan) and a delicious lunch with traditional Thai foods. It<br />
was a very warm welcome and overall wonderful experience.<br />
Then, after almost a week of adaptation and equilibration to Thailand – our<br />
group embarked upon a carefully planned, in depth medical educational<br />
experience.<br />
Dr Lunla, the medical student education coordinator, gave a tour of the University,<br />
including the newly finished 700 bed hospital and facilities. An academic<br />
overview of the rotation was provided - with help from supporting faculty as<br />
well, including Dr. Prym Mordmuang, Dr. Frank (Chaiwat Rerkswattavorn) and<br />
others.<br />
Our medical students were matched with Thai medical students on a one-one<br />
basis, forming close bonds early on in the rotation – a major help with adaptation<br />
10,000 miles from home.<br />
So far, the rotation seems off to a fantastic start, with robust bidirectional<br />
learning opportunities ongoing.<br />
We look forward to strengthening our partnership with Walailak and our Thai<br />
medical colleagues, as we promote Global Health education far into the future.<br />
Global Health Family<br />
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