it's been ages (well, actually, only a week) since i've last blogged. it's been a bit slow, meaning, it's been relatively uneventful. i've been working and all that, but it's just been pretty low-key. my roles have changed a little bit and a few amusing things have happened.
so i've switched from working in the SHARE India office to working in the hospital. my boss (who i'll get to momentarily) thought that since i had knowledge about the physical examinations, i could help the study investigators practice and i could give them criticism about their mistakes. it's going well so far. i've been there for about a week. they investigators are very friendly, and they're receptive to suggestions and instruction. one of them is so cute: she's very young, and she has such an adorable little baby face that i can't imagine her being married (even though her husband came to the clinic to pick something up from her). for the rest of the week, i'll be observing three of the participants conducting each exam and helping to correct their mistakes. unfortunately, because of some obstacles we've had to overcome, the actual field work probably won't begin until after i leave india. i'm a bit bummed about that, but since it's a 5-year longitudinal study, that leaves room for me to come back to medchal and work on the study in the future.
about my boss. i had really mixed feelings initially (i'm sure i've mentioned him before). it was especially conflicting because he's so much like my dad in the sense that he's pretty friendly and easy-going outside of work, but he wants business to be conducted in a very particular way. he's pretty demanding, but not unreasonably so. i've been doing minutes for meetings, and it's been a bit of a struggle because of my inability to pay attention to meetings. but i did the minutes for this conference call between the indian investigators and pittsburgh coordinators, and he said it was "very good." i was so happy that i didn't have to go through and edit them again. i'm really enjoying this work :)
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