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Situated in the
Pacific, the Galapagos Archipelago is 600 miles west
of Ecuador. It is comprised of thirteen larger
islands and numerous smaller islets and rocks.
Because of their relative remoteness, the islands of
the Galapagos remained undisturbed for millions of
years. They presented nature a niche in which unique
species evolved over time.
This past June, a
group accompanied Mario Grijalva, Ph.D., associate
professor of microbiology, to Galapagos to explore
its flora and fauna.
Elizabeth Simpson,
an Ohio visual communication major, was one of the
students in the group.
“I have had a
desire to go to the Galapagos since I can remember
after hearing about it as a young child,” Simpson
said. “Nothing is more of a paradise to me than
nature.”
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“The Galapagos
Islands are, without a doubt, one of the most
spectacular places on Earth,” said Grijalva. “The
islands often been called ‘laboratory of evolution,’
where scientists have been able to study in detail
many of the processes that have shaped the face of
life on our planet.”
To learn more about
the summer workshop, please visit the
Introduction to the Galapagos
Islands Natural History website.
To read the
full article,
please check out the
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Having two students
participate in the
Charles J. Cannon Edinburgh
Geriatric Tutorial is one of the
college’s longstanding traditions. The world-famous
geriatric training program in Scotland gives OU-COM
students the opportunity to learn from and train
with some of the best geriatric health-care
professionals in the world. Though described as
“high-touch and low-tech” as compared to America’s
“high-tech and low-touch” approach, the Scottish
approach is recognized as leading edge.
“I learned quite a
bit from caregivers,” Andrea Geise said. “They were
willing to share their experiences. We found
patients were getting very good care.” Erika Oleson
was the other medical student in the program. The
pair studied the medical care of elderly patients in
emergency rooms. They spent a month over the summer
doing so.
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Geise and Oleson’s experience in Edinburgh, please
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The Office of
International Programs hosted the First Annual
International Programs Fair Monday, October 24,
2005. The fair brought together programs, their
directors and past participants with inquiring
students.
Third-year student Amy
Zidron and second-year student Sarah Schillig were
on hand to talk about their experiences abroad.
Both spent time in Kenya and plan to return.
Zidron saw many diseases not common in Western
society.
“You have the
opportunity to use what you’ve learned here at OU-COM,”
she says, adding that the trip was “life
altering.”
“It is the most
amazing thing I’ve ever done.”
You can learn more
about the
programs offered
by OU-COM by visiting
the Office of
International Programs website. To view
the
full article,
please check out OUCOM News Archives.
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