I arrived in Uppsala safe and sound with a little help from Oskar and Anna. If they had not agreed to drive me to the train station, I would have had to drag my huge bags two miles along the road in the pouring rain so I was very happy for their help! Uppsala is a university town with about 200,000 people so it is significantly larger than Mora. The hospital is a University Hospital so the doctors are used to teaching people. The hospital itself is very large and is comprised of over 20 different buildings so it was a [View Full Entry]

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I have spent three more days in Mora, and sadly these are my last days here. Unfortunately, the weather has been bad this entire time and the rain has hardly stopped. I spent two of those days at the hospital. Thursday was a very uneventful but relaxing day. I did not watch any surgeries and instead spent the time in the outpatient clinic. I spent the day with Torbjorn Blixt, an intern at the hospital whose name translates to 'God of thunder bear flash'. The other doctors call him Dr. Flash. Anyways, Dr. Flash spoke excellent English and explained everything in [View Full Entry]

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I have spent two more days in Mora since I last wrote. They have been very busy and I am so tired - I guess that is the life of doctor. My body is also aching from standing for so long. But it has been a very fun last two days. Yesterday I assisted in a arthroscopic knee surgery. I scrubbed in and Pierre showed me how to use the camera - I think more video games as a child would have helped me out there! It's hard to only be able to see what you're doing through a video screen! [View Full Entry]

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Today I visited Mora Lasarett (the hospital) for the first time. I found that they wear scrubs everywhere so all that effort I put into picking out the right clothes to wear didn't really matter. I will be spending the week in the Orthopedic Surgery department so I was introduced to a few of the doctors. I met Pierre, the main doctor I will be shadowing for the week. Pierre is a Swedish surgeon who speaks excellent English because he went to medical school in Budapest, Hungary and they taught in Swedish. I look forward to spending the week with him [View Full Entry]

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Well, I have arrived safely in Sweden and have settled into my apartment. It was a long journey. I had one short plane from Madison to Chicago and then a long plane ride from Chicago to Stockholm. I'm not even sure how long it was - all I know is that it seemed endless and I did not get any sleep. I arrived at 7:45 AM Sweden time (12:45 AM Central time) in Stockholm and then took two trains up to Mora. That leg of the journey took another three hours. Luckily, getting keys to the apartment was no problem. I [View Full Entry]

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