Today we held a workshop on examining babies for the student nurses. We wanted them to be good at recording a babies vital signs as often we find every single baby has a heart rate of 140. The lesson went very well. We started with a short lecture on normal babies and then headed to the ward where we recruited two babies to demonstrate on. The students were very enthusiastic and keen to learn. One of the students, Jolti translated for us. We think they enjoyed the lesson and it was good practice teaching for us.
We are currently sitting in the dark with a candle having our dinner. The electricity which is always inconsistant has been particularly flakey today. Despite the hospital being in darkness (except mat ward which has solar panels), the loud music which has been playing since dawn is still going strong. The pounding beat and wailing vocals are relentless and insidiously annoying.
Despite having had enough indian music for a lifetime we are doing an event with the student nurses where we will teach them ceilidh dances and they will teach us traditional indian dances. This is pretty spontaneous but luckily Jenni is a ceilidh expert trained in the art of country dancing.
The title by the way is an old saying about training in medicine which no longer applies in the UK. Here however, it is indeed possible to see one, do one and teach one which is what makes learning here so fun.
Neil
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