EWH Blog

At Engineering World Health, it is very important to us that the volunteers we place in our partner hospitals have the skills they need to make a significant and positive impact. All of our Institute participants receive training before working on medical equipment. While our Campus-to-Country programs all train participants at their home universities, EWH’s instructors train participants in-country for our core Summer Institute programs. In just four weeks of intense class and lab work, our instructors cover the function and use of medical equipment, how it typically breaks down in low-resource settings, and how to repair it with the resources available in-country. We depend greatly on their troubleshooting experience and expertise. We are incredibly fortunate to work with such talented instructors who are passionate about sharing their knowledge with the next generation of problem solvers.…

With a record number of Institute programs running in 2018, we've got a lot of On-the-Ground Coordinators to introduce! As we mentioned last week, OTGCs are crucial to the day-to-day running of each program, working to ensure that participants learn everything they can in the classroom, adjust well to their homestays and hospital placements, and accomplish their mission of repairing medical equipment and improving the care their hospitals are able to offer.…

All of our Summer Institute programs are in full swing as our 2017 participants are currently on the ground in Nicaragua, Tanzania, Rwanda, Uganda, and Nepal! That's not all we're up to. Check out our January Institute photo albums, and the latest news about our BMET Library and Kits!…

It’s hard to believe eight weeks have already flown by since SI Nicaragua started this year. We faced unexpected challenges this year: due to changes in MOH regulations, we were unable to place students in public hospitals. (We’re now undergoing the new registration process for next year). However, we were able to find solutions thanks to the hard work and dedication of everyone involved in the program. Some students are working in NGO-sponsored hospitals, while a group of ten students moved to Guatemala to work with our partner hospitals there.…

On May 16, 23 students arrived in Nicaragua to begin Summer Institute 2016! Here’s how it’s going so far: Written by Brian Ramos, On-The-Ground-Coordinator in Nicaragua After the first week in Granada, students are starting to get the hang of things and starting to learn how to deal with immersion into a new culture. They are especially enjoying Spanish classes.…