A speedy spring semester

I can hardly believe that I've not posted since February!! I feel as if I've been living in fast forward for the past five months and will flip through some moments from the spring that have been captured along the speedy route.

My lovely General Practice Group (GPG) during our White Coating Ceremony...it's been great to share the daily ups and downs of clinical practice with these colleagues and friends as we have transitioned into full-time clinical patient care

Part of the El Salvador dental team...It was wonderful to see some of the same patients and continue supporting the local initiatives that occur between our service trips

I brought back several beautiful art pieces from San Salvador

Cycling to school on frosty mornings were made cozy with a grandmother-made hat : ) 

East Richmond is a sobering region to cycle through

Collaborating with an Occupational Thearpy student, a classmate and I presented an oral health workshop at an assisted living facility in a struggling part of town

Meeting for a dental-OT workshop during which we exchanged discipline-specific information relating to caring for special needs populations, we realized the necessary interprofessional collaboration that caring for these complex individuals requires...we hope to continue this partnership in future semesters 

I completed my term as president for the Inter Health Professionals Alliance and am looking forward to staying on the executive team and am eager to see how the organization will continue to expand its initiatives 

Signs of spring were very encouraging in the uphill half of the semester

The capital in bloom

A friend had tagged along for the afternoon's pediatric dentistry lecture

My extraordinary mother sent me a Russian Easter loaf (Пасха)

Unexpected and sudden spring showers made for exhilarating commutes

Making mud-pies with my token nephew on a spare weekend

Between tests during final exam week, I participated in a Service Learning Institute and appreciated how effectively academic-community partnerships have the potential to work