Pediatric Emergency Medicine in Costa Rica

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Pediatric Emergency Medicine in Costa Rica - 04-06-2008, 07:50 AM

*Marlow Macht describes his experiences in pediatric emergency medicine in Costa Rica.After finishing my tropical medicine coursework at Tulane, I left for San Jose, Costa Rica to do two weeks of pediatric emergency medicine at the national children’s hospital. Having done a rotation in Ecuador and having traveled elsewhere in Latin America, I was eager [...]

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