Education

Education For All Participants

Since the beginning of 2017, American participants have been giving multiple lectures on various medical topics to the students, residents, and attending physicians at the large hospital in Jinotega.  

  • Pediatric pulmonary diseases
  • GI infections
  • Kidney stones
  • Albumin levels and predicting mortality after hip surgery

The Nicaraguan physicians have been giving lectures to the American participants on diseases that are more common in Jinotega and other less-developed areas compared to the United States. 

  • Venomous snakes found in the areas around Jinotega
  • Pesticide toxicities in the local farms