My Nonprofit Reviews

Those of us who had or have had contact with IAHPC know how successfully it carries out its mission. I will comment on the positive effect it had on my professional development.

I am an anesthesiologist. I am 76 years old and live in a city in the interior of Argentina - a developing country. I started CP in 1981-82 and retired from the clinic at the beginning of the pandemic.

In small towns like mine, far from university centers, the routine of daily activity generates a comfort zone in which we forget to learn and - in this case - we admit suffering without control ... ("it is normal ... this disease always generates pain ...").
How is the comfort zone maintained? By ignoring the patient's situation, remaining inactive, or performing futile or dangerous procedures.
To change it is necessary to find a new activity or a new knowledge, which surprises and motivates us, and which helps us to get out of that routine and to generate productive time.

The IAHPC made that change possible.
What were the benefits of this opportunity? What did I achieve?

- I had more tools to solve problems
- I had more information to solve everyday situations.
- I lost the fear of trying new things.
- I met people with similar interests
- I reduced the stress generated by impotence.
- I increased my self-esteem.
- I did different things to find different results.
- I learned to do what I wanted to do, and to love what I did for 40+ years.
- To wake up every day motivated by what I would do.

Your scholarships enhanced my knowledge and, more importantly, allowed me to participate in international educational activities and network with other colleagues.

My comments may give the idea that the change was easy... it was not. But IAHPC guided me to initiate small actions, such as adding components to treatments or considering new research options.

Simply put: IAHPC showed me the dark side of the moon. Thank you.