What am I doing here?

Oops, forgot to include my mission statement in the introductory post.

Given that I haven't actually started working yet, I'm not exactly sure what I'll be doing for the next 4 weeks (other than certainly traveling a lot over the weekends!). There is a partnership between the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Botswana (BUP) that facilitates exchange of ideas, resources, and training manpower. Because the University of Botswana medical school and training program are relatively young, Penn has been providing faculty guidance and advice for development. As part of this, one Penn resident (in past years more) rounds with one inpatient medicine team daily for a month. That will be me starting tomorrow! I'll be working with one attending, one "Medical Officer" (trained at the level of an intern, but in actuality may have had many years of medical practice since then), and one medical student. I'll be responsible for some teaching (morning report, resident report, journal club, etc.) but in the beginning I'm sure *I* will be the one learning -- how the hospital system works, HIV basics, etc.

I do this for the 4 weeks, 7.30a - 5.00p daily, with no overnight call, and no weekend responsibilities. Hence the wide travel plans...

Jyoti comes today; I'm excited to go pick her up from the airport. Maybe I'll have a swim in the pool this morning as a bit of a workout (we're spoiled here, aren't we?). :)