After she moved here, Daley remembers being afraid to go outside, to go to school, to make a mistake among her new American schoolmates. Daley realizes that the next generation of health care providers must be a diverse group. The people that we're training need to be citizens of the world, as well as citizens of this nation. We have to ensure that the curriculum is designed to prepare them for that challenge and that they are allowed the opportunity to work with a diverse group of citizens. Daley takes residents to Tijuana medical clinics for lessons in crosscultural awareness.
Residents can see what medical practice in Mexico is really like.
In Mexico there are good doctors and bad doctors just like there are here. This way they can meet a doctor to whom they may feel comfortable making a referral or whom they can call to verify the care given in a Mexican facility or by an unknown physician. In the 1970s and 80s, at a time when choosing to do community clinic work was not a typical career choice for a young physician, Sandra Daley made a commitment to it. She also saw it as a way to make a statement to those coming behind her. Young physicians will eventually hit the barriers that we all hit and will be ready to look behind the scenes at how to break them down.