Sarah Giles
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- 4/2/2014
A premature goodbye to Myanmar
- 2/18/2014
Better to be lucky
I’ve just seen my first patient as an MSF doctor and the prognosis is grim; she’s probably going to die. On my way to my project site, a doctor from Myanmar and I stopped to assess a patient in one of the communities our MSF team covers. I hadn’t arrived at my lodgings or unpacked my stethoscope yet, but I didn’t need fancy equipment in order to know the prognosis. - 1/22/2014
And the winner is...
- 1/12/2014
One last locum lesson from Canada
I have a few weeks before leaving for my job with MSF and I decided to head up to the Northwest Territories for one last Canadian locum. I’ve had experience working in the North and have successfully dealt with cold weather in the past, but the last four winters have been spent hiding in the warmth of the U.K. and Australia, so I’m a touch out of practice with all things related to the cold. - 12/29/2013
The reason I'm joining MSF
- 12/10/2013
My road trip through medical memories
We live in a huge country. I know, because I just drove across a good chunk of it! The mines, mills, farms, cities, and villages reminded me of the challenges we face as physicians covering such vast and varied terrain. - 11/24/2013
Goodbye Canadian North, hello MSF
It’s a time of transition for me and I’m excited, exhausted, and nervous all in one. - 10/31/2013
An inside scoop on MSF life
In my last blog, I mentioned that I met Damien Brown while studying at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Damien had worked for MSF (Médecins Sans Frontières) in Angola, South Sudan and Mozambique, and wrote a book about his experiences: Band-aid for a Broken Leg: Being a Doctor with no Borders (and Other Ways to Stay Single). Here is my interview with Damien:
