Honduras

Spring break this year I went to Honduras. I went there with 3 other pharmacy students from Drake and a variety of other medical student from DMU. There were about 50 of us total. We went with an organization called Global Brigades. We went to 2 different communities in Honduras and set up medical clinics. There were different stations that the patients went to that included: triage, consultation, dental, charla, and pharmacy. I spent time in each of the stations.

It was great to meet other medical students and work with them. It was a lot of fun to see how we can all work together and each bring a little different experience and knowledge to the health care team and how vital each person is. I think it's great that I'm started to realize this at the very beginning of my schooling. As a pharmacist I can be vital to the successful treatment of patients with my drug knowledge.

I really enjoyed getting to know the students both from Drake and DMU. I felt like I got a lot closer to them and they were all great people. They were great at including all of the Drake students in things. It was a great trip and I'm so glad that I decided to spend my spring break in Honduras.

Here are some pictures:

Pharmacy students

Where we packed meds and ate

View from the compound

Pharmacy set up in the first community

Patients waiting

Outside the pharmacy/charla area

Our room- 16 bunk beds