One of our principal goals at Pegasus Lectures is to improve patient care. We take the idea of conceptual teaching related to clinical application very seriously, and believe that rote memorization and gimmicks to pass exams do a disservice to both you, as a thinking, caring, health care professional, and to your patients. In the reality of everyday life, however, it is easy to overlook the core aspect of patient care as our primary responsibility, because the logistics can be so draining.

In a previous blog, I referenced Dr. Vrej Sarkis because of the inspiration generated by his humility and perseverance. Dr. Sarkis, in addition to being displaced by the Syrian civil war, conducts his practice carrying around a heavy, older-model portable ultrasound scanner… often traveling by public transportation to and from rural hamlets. Certainly not the glamorous life you see on television medical dramas.

Today, I want to share the first part of a journal from Ms. Darla Matthew BAS, RT, RDMS. Darla embraced an opportunity to bring ultrasound technology education and interpretation skills to small villages in Vietnam. Many of you who followed my earlier blogging will remember, I took multiple journeys into Uganda working with Imaging the World to introduce ultrasound medical assessment to rural African populations. So you can imagine why I feel a special connection to Darla’s story and her commitment to ultrasound education beyond our shores.

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