Changhua, Taiwan2010

Eva Yuan

About Taiwan

o AKA Republic of China (ROC)o Population: 23 million o Language: Mandarin, Taiwanese, Englisho Religion: >93% combination of

Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism. 4.5% christianity.

o Culture: Chinese, Japanese, Confucianist, and increasingly Western values.

Relationship with China

Taipei 101

Health Care o National health insurance (NHI)o Cheap and equal accesso Huge patient load o Privacy/ medical care/ doc.-pt. relationship

Changhua Christian Hospital

• 60 clinical specialty and subspecialty • 5,000 visiting patients daily • 3,679 employees • 1,684 beds• 4 buildings • Library • Research labs

A Typical Day

• 7:30am – morning meeting • 8:30am -12pm, 2pm-5pm:– Pediatrics: office visits / PICU/ NICU/ ER/

cardiac cath. – Ob/Gyn: OR, Delivery Room, ultrasound,

office visits.

• Hand on: cardiac cath., pap smears.

After work

Expenses

• Travel: $1484 for plane ticket. $75 for travel insurance.

• Training program: $ 0 • Food: $ 2 - $ 10/ day• Shelter: $ 0• Medicines & vaccinations: $ 0 • Special equipment: $0 • Sight-seeing: see next slides

☺Just for fun☺

Karaoke

Night Markets

Zhu Shan

Kenting

I ♥ FOOD

Milk tea + Shaved Ice

Bento Box

Local Taiwanese food/ snacks

International Cuisines

Contact information: Ivy Lin (43084@cch.org.tw)CCH website: http://www.cch.org.tw/