{"id":61397,"date":"2013-09-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-09-16T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/uri-students-travel-to-peru-to-screen-needy-women-for-cervical-cancer\/"},"modified":"2013-09-16T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2013-09-16T00:00:00","slug":"uri-students-travel-to-peru-to-screen-needy-women-for-cervical-cancer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2013\/09\/uri-students-travel-to-peru-to-screen-needy-women-for-cervical-cancer\/","title":{"rendered":"溏心vlog免费B站 students travel to Peru to screen needy women for cervical cancer"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tPROVIDENCE, R.I. \u2013 September 16, 2013 \u2013 Six 溏心vlog免费B站 graduate students studying cytopathology spent 10 days in Peru last month as part of a course that examines the challenges of conducting cervical cancer screenings in developing nations.<\/p>\n

The students, along with Professor Barbara Klitz and Education Coordinator Nadia Saadeh, worked with local health care provider CerviCusco to screen Pap smears collected from women in rural communities in the Andes Mountains.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cIn the U.S.A., because of the Pap smear, women rarely die from cervical cancer,\u201d said Klitz. \u201cBut in Peru, it is still the number one killer of women.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tWhile in Peru, the students, fresh from passing their board of certification exam, received their first experience providing diagnoses to patients. They examined samples of cervical cells through a microscope and analyzed them for signs of cervical cancer and pre-cancerous lesions.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cThis class and the trip to Peru were one of the reasons why I was drawn to 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s cytopathology program,\u201d said Alexandra Bogardus of Manchester, N.H. \u201cI was interested in cytopathology because I wanted to help people, and this trip gave us an opportunity to do exactly that. It was a truly gratifying experience to volunteer our time to help people who wouldn\u2019t get this kind of medical care otherwise.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tThe experience wasn\u2019t without its challenges, however. The laboratory had only one donated computer, a processing machine that often broke down, and no system for organizing patient files, so the students often found themselves spending hours searching for a patient\u2019s record. Public transportation workers in Peru were also on strike during their visit, making it difficult to get to the lab. Yet they persevered.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cIt was a great experience getting to meet the people and learn how different their culture is,\u201d said Taylor Choquette of Warwick. \u201cBeing able to hear stories about different women fighting cancer and then be able to help them and others prevent cervical cancer was incredible.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tWhen the students returned home, they were required to develop a cervical cancer prevention program for another country. Bogardus chose Ethiopia, where cervical cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in women, and Choquette selected Zambia.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cZambia has the second highest rate of cervical cancer in the world,\u201d Choquette said. \u201cIt\u2019s a country where there is only one doctor for every 23,000 people, while the World Health Organization recommends there be at least one doctor or nurse for every 7,000 people. Zambians are aware of the issue, but their primary focus is on general health rather than cervical cancer.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tBoth students agree that the lessons they learned in Peru will help them significantly in their future careers. They also now have a greater appreciation for the health care available here in the United States.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cI learned that here we take a lot of things for granted, and that if it wasn\u2019t for volunteers going down to help this clinic out, there would be no clinic,\u201d said Choquette. \u201cFrom this experience, I now want to go to different clinics all over the world to help other women.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tAdded Bogardus, \u201cThis experience taught me to be grateful for what I have, and the blessings that God has given me, most of which I\u2019ve lived my whole life without realizing I should be thankful for them.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tThe other 溏心vlog免费B站 students participating in the trip were Jennifer Delacruz of East Providence, Brittaney Korpacz of West Greenwich, Robert Siravo of Cranston and Angela Williams of Pawtucket.<\/p>\n


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\n溏心vlog免费B站 graduate students Alexandra Bogardus, Taylor Choquette, Angela Williams and Jennifer Delacruz screen Pap smears for signs of cervical cancer during a medical mission to Peru in August. (Photo courtesy of Barbara Klitz)\n\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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