Spanish class today was our last Spanish class, lecture was Ric’s last presentation to us, and lab was our last full-group lab. In contrast, our Spanish class will spend tomorrow morning visiting the National Museum (unless it is raining), and the afternoon will be a briefing session for the participants going to Honduras (me and Tom).
Our training lab discussion today centered on the forms we’ll be filling out and the information we’ll be collecting for use by EWH in future work. “We develop skills in trainees literally based right off of the information you guys provide. If we see that most of the problems are calibration, we start teaching calibration. Or, for example, if 60% of malfunctions are due to power supply problems, we provide training for that,” J.J. said to stress the importance of diligence in our work at the hospitals.
One student proposed the idea of a prize for the group that fixes the most equipment during the month spent at the hospital. Some concerns were raised, however, that such a system could cause groups to be less cautious in ensuring that repairs are completed to the best of a group’s ability before declaring a repair as ‘done’. “One reason we don’t do that is it could foster too many bad things, and we don’t want you guys to think we care about how many pieces you fix, because it’s not about that. It’s about finding the needs and meeting the needs of your hospital,” J.J. said. Each location will be different, and direct comparisons between groups wouldn’t be practical.
Much to my relief, I was granted access to one member’s travel guitar after lab, which I played in the back room for about an hour before leaving the school. I may miss a few things during the second month.
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