Its been a while! I’ll be honest, I haven’t been focusing much on my dissertation mainly because of other deadlines. I am pleased to say I have finally finished my 5000 words on my academic portfolio. What I liked about the academic portfolio is that I had the freedom to choose to topic on anything I wanted. So I chose mental health of refugee and immigrant children. I learned so much and enjoyed writing it, I think I’m almost going to miss it? After I submit I’ll share it on this blog if anyone is interested! Right now my focus is on my dissertation. Tropical diseases. or rather neglected tropical diseases. I’m enjoying this so much that right now I am even considering a masters in global health but that’s something ill look into more in the summer.
So my dissertation. lets get to it. today I calculated the drug prices if people required a strongyloids treatment. what’s crazy is that combining dialogistic test (ELIZA) and the treatment course the price is estimated at £161.70. this may sound like a lot for one person but when you look at the price of a whole organ transplant, £40,000!! Do you really think skimping out on £150 is worth risking a patient dies with essentially £40K gone to loss… that is my argument exactly.
Today I reading up on chapter 5 of my book, Make Sure Your Methods Match Your Aims! which is a valid point, it essentially depicts why we do the things we do. why in such order and way. For instance my methods are really just search engines and contacting hospitals for information. but there’s an art to it that I didn’t realise, everything I did it was so it was most efficient for me to get my results. I went to hospital pharmacies directly rather than emailing so that I could get current information as soon as possible. My search engines were filtered for the subtype of strongyloides, specifically recipient involved. everything I did was to suit my own timeframe.
Global Health Challenges 