This week was a little overwhelming since there was both the final project and a paper due. However, I learnt about some crucial components of prototyping a technology for use in global health purposes. I wouldn't have take logistical considerations...More

I really enjoyed reading the article for this week. The story of one of the most successful public health service campaigns and a brilliant effort to bring about change in childbirth practices in India was nothing short of inspiring for me. This mad...More

This week was great. I learnt about pretotyping and how to apply it in the real world context. I loved the video, especially because it taught me that big ideas can be implemented within very short time if I have the will and determination and good...More

I liked the new format for finding the needs of specific users because it allows me to be empathetic towards the stakeholder and look at their needs from their point of view. Other than that, there wasn't anything much learnt new this week except fo...More

I liked the comparison of American clinics with African clinics in a video format because it really showed in detail the differences and the room for improvement in African Clinics. I found quite some similarities between the clinics in Sierra Leone...More

This week was an interesting one because I learnt about something which I am very passionate about- technology in healthcare settings. While doing research for the discussion post, I found a number of cool things that could be done with smartphones...More

This was a different type of lecture and assignment than the previous one. While I thought the content and assignment was basic, I think this technique of analyzing data would become important later on in the course and in future work. I learnt abou...More

First of all, I would like to say that I loved the structure of the course. This is because I am not only learning from the lecture content, but also learning a lot more from the posts of my peers in the ENG 298 Scholar community. I feel this kind o...More

A communicable disease is one that is spread from person to person. In terms of lifestyle factors, communicability can be defined as the direct influence of an individual on another individual in the change or persistence of a lifestyle factor. Ther...More

Hello guys. I am currently a junior majoring in Molecular and Cellular Biology (MCB) and Chemistry and I'm from Bangladesh. Being from a poverty-stricken country like Bangladesh where I was exposed to people in very challenging conditions with very...More