01/09/2026
Last day of our community medicine DR trip! :(
Slides 1-4, 11: Today we visited Batey neighborhoods in San Pedro de Macoris with the Dr. Antonio Musa Hospital residents and Consuela Community Clinic team to understand the care of those living in Bateys receive. Being able to work with an interdisciplinary team to learn about specific patient cases in the Bateys and think about the importance of considering all social factors when addressing patient concerns.
Slides 5-10: We also visited a clinic in the town of Consuelo that focuses on pediatric care in the community. They have 5 pillars they focus on addressing as identified by common concerns in the community which are anemia, parasitic infections, breastfeeding, nutrition, and vaccinations. They have programs where they will go into the community and address nutrition by giving out healthy foods and educate people on iron rich foods to help with anemia at the same time. Their clinic runs on a donation based system as they know the financial barriers faced by patients.
Both of these experiences truly reinvigorated our motivating values of empathy and patient connection in order to identify ways to understand patient lives in order to improve care. The compassion to addressing the concerns of the community by the local professionals was truly inspiring.
