Ndeye Kane, DO
Jamaica Hospital Medical Center, Family Medicine– PGY-2

My experience during my global health elective at FANN Hospital in Dakar, Senegal was such a memorable learning experience. What stood out most wasn’t just the pathology—but how medicine changes when access changes. At FANN, I learned to rely less on what I could order—and more on what I could observe, reason through, and decide in real time. This experience changed how I think about medicine. It reinforced the importance of clinical reasoning and reminded me that even in the absence of advanced diagnostics, the fundamentals of medicine—observation, reasoning, and adaptability—remain powerful. More importantly, it highlighted that health outcomes are shaped not only by disease—but by access to care. At FANN, I saw firsthand how financial and system constraints influence when patients present, how we diagnose, and what treatments are even possible. This experience didn’t just teach me about global health—it changed how I think about practicing medicine. Same diseases—but completely different medicine.”