Improving operational efficiency in a small practice: Muthaiga Pediatrics An overview of MIT students’ 2009 project to analyze and refine the daily operations and standard processes of a general pediatrics clinic in Nairobi, Kenya. In the fall of 2009, a team of four MIT students applied to work with Muthaiga Pediatrics. The clinic’s head had […] Continue Reading
We had only a very short time–some 60 minutes–to start learning about major diseases in our class this week. As I told students, they way we see it, this class puts to the test the notion that an excellent manager knows something about the limits of his or her own knowledge, is skilled in drawing […] Continue Reading
We looked at some of the big-picture data on major diseases in our second class session, but to begin to really develop an understanding of some of the major medical issues that G-Lab GHD students need to know about, we examined what a patient’s experience might be like. Thanks to our expert guests, we learned […] Continue Reading
Yesterday we missed a chance to talk about what the 20th World AIDS Day means. I read some thoughtful–and sobering–things, and also found encouragement, as I spent a little time educating myself online. In the US, as more people with HIV/AIDS live longer, the CDC cautions, there are more chances to pass the virus along […] Continue Reading
Is surgery beyond the reach of the world’s poor? And how do we reconcile the issues involved with increasing access to surgery with the widespread need for water and sanitation? A case example inspired by Dr. Robert Riviello, trauma and acute care general surgeon at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, gave us some big […] Continue Reading
