Living and working at GAH has been an exciting and adventurous experience the last few months. I just finished teaching an Epidemiology and Statistics course to third year nursing students. The students are nervously studying for their final exam tomorrow, which falls on the Monday right after Christmas. As terrible as an exam date immediately after Christmas would be for Americans, in Ethiopia, Christmas isn’t until January 7. So the students don’t mind. It’s been interesting challenging the students with increasingly difficult quizzes to see where their true capabilities lie. I’ve been very impressed and pleased with what they’ve been capable of. The marks have overall been strong on both the tests and assignments. The final assignment was analyzing a research paper, a randomized control trial. They found it very difficult to read but in the end they all got excellent marks. The biggest difficulty is the language barrier. It’s difficult for a lot of the students to follow along during the lessons. I have to pace myself and pronounce words slowly and carefully. But despite difficulties in understanding English, all the students have managed to demonstrate a wonderful understanding of the material. I’ve been very pleased with them. My experiences teaching at the nursing school have been great!
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