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LAB Classroom – Ler Doh, Myanmar

In the Lab classroom at EMA’s T-RAD Clinic, Year 3 PA students are gaining confidence in the lab. Using four microscopes, including an Olympus CX 43 with a camera port for digital imaging, they can learn in real time as slides are prepared. A cell count will be wrong if the slide is not perfectly […]

Yu Hai ThayKhayWa Ka Law – Rat Plague

Almost all families living in Karen state, Burma are subsistence farmers. Even when individuals are employed as teachers, medics, or shop keepers, they also have fields where they grow the rice that feed their families throughout the year. Last year, a remote area of Karen State, Burma experienced a plague of rats that led to a devastation […]

Beautiful Diversity

January found most EMA staff at the EMA conference, held this year in Wattana Village in Mae Sot, Thailand. This annual event brings staff together for encouragement, teaching, and a chance to gather face to face. With offices in Thailand, Myanmar, and the US, it’s vital for EMA to get together and connect with staff […]

Experience at the Rain Tree Clinic – Sai Sai Poe

“Time spent at the Rain Tree Clinic has changed me in different ways. Seeing patients at the RTC made me happy and confident. At first, I thought it wouldn’t be easy to communicate with the local people but with the passage of time we were able to build a good relationship with them. Working in a […]

Better Logistic & Admin Work to Save Lives

At the Rain Tree Clinic (RTC), electricity is only available from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm. Past this time the generator gets turned off. The team has to use headlights to walk around the campus and to check on the patients every few hours. It is crucial for the staff and students to charge their […]

Power Medical Equipment to Save Lives

At the Rain Tree Clinic (RTC), electricity is only on from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm. In case of emergency, when a patient needs to use the oxygen concentrator, the diesel generators will also be turned on. But the engineering technician will have to keep a close eye on the generators to make sure they […]

Teaching the Year 1 PA Students

Lauren, EMA Year 1 Program Director shares her experience with 2019 EMA Year 1 students. For most of our students, this year in Chiang Mai is the first time that they have left Myanmar. They are living in a new culture (Thailand) and spending most of their class time studying in a new language (English). […]

Seeking a Safe Delivery

A clinic in one of our remote areas, and one that we frequently partner with, contacted us for advice. They went on to refer a woman to us with newly diagnosed preeclampsia. Believing her to be stable, they started on an arduous journey; the river was severely swollen making the passage down the river to the […]

Influence and our Story

I’ve been thinking on the word “influence” recently and what it means; how everyone has influence – in our words, in our actions, whether good or bad. The definition of influence is the ability to have an effect on people or events. I’ll be 62 years old this month and have had the opportunity and enjoyment […]

Finding a Blood Donor

Sai Sai Poe, EMA Year 4 Physician Assistant student, shares a patient story of a lady suffering with gastrointestinal bleeding due to a peptic ulcer. “Naw Day Mu Wah is a 29 year old mother of six children. The oldest one is 8 years old and the youngest one is 5 months old. The youngest two […]

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