University of Wisconsin–Madison

Tanzania: Sloane Orchard

Program: UW Health, Education, & Tanzanian Culture, Summer

Sloane’s Major: Genetics and Genomics

Two students standing at the front of a classroom, teaching. Students are seated in front of them.
Here is a picture of me doing a role play to show students the impact of using drugs and alcohol. We taught in Moshi, TZ about how addictions can affect so many different aspects of your life.

How will your experience benefit you in the future? How might it affect your future career or studies?

This experience will help me become a better healthcare professional in the future. I am now more well-rounded about other healthcare systems and more educated on how I can make a difference in countries like Tanzania. Global health is really interesting to me and being able to incorporate what I learned into becoming a doctor will help me provide care to all individuals and make a change in the way we think about medicine.

What is your most memorable experience from your program?

The most memorable experience was when we visited the Massai tribe of Tanzania. It was super interesting to talk to not only people from Tanzania, but from people that are of a completely different culture…it really struck me how different my life is compared to theirs.

Global health is really interesting to me and being able to incorporate what I learned into becoming a doctor will help me provide care to all individuals and make a change in the way we think about medicine.

What is the moment you are most proud of?

I am most proud of when we were on our way to teach in Moshi and the girl who was supposed to present got injured. So I learned the presentation that we had to give in 5 minutes right before presenting. I was super anxious and read off some of the slides, but I am proud of myself for stepping up and presenting a really important topic of domestic violence…