Author: meduprof

  • MeduProf-S appears in The Standard Newspaper in Nairobi

    On Thursday 28th November this newspaper article appeared in The Standard Newspaper in Nairobi: “Hospital Management Conference (SIMED ORET Project) The Government of Kenya and the Kingdom of the Netherlands are financing the implementation of the “23 Hospitals Strengthening” ORET project. The project entails rehabilitation/renovation, equipment supply and training (TA) and is executed by the…

  • Module 4 Ultrasound Kenya ORET: a guest from Uganda!

    From 11-22 October the fourth and final Ultrasound module was conducted at Kenya Medical Training College (KMTC) in Nairobi. The 21 participants to this module reported in time on Monday morning. Professor Michael Kawooya from Kampala in Uganda was present for 2 days as a guest lecturer. Professor Kawooya, Radiologist, Professor and holder of a…

  • RASCO Conference 8-10 October

    From October 8–10 the Society of Radiographers in Kenya (SORK) organised the 4th Radiographers Scientific Conference (RASCO) for Radiographers, Radiologists, Physicists, Radiation Oncologists, Health Workers and Environmentalists. The venue was in the great Rift Valley at Lake Elementaita Lodge; a stunning and beautiful environment. The theme of the conference was : ‘Radiography: Clinical and Environmental…

  • Casualty Care Nursing Course in Kenya

    The 3rd Casualty Care Course was conducted by Willem Grool, a MeduProf-S expert, and 2 local teachers – Faith Njeru and Maurice W. Ogotti. The 10 participants of this course arrived at Kenya Medical Training College (KMTC) on Monday 13th September for the week long course. Students initially expressed their concern about ‘knowing how to…

  • MeduProf-S signs cooperation agreement in Egypt

    Today, MeduProf-S signed a cooperation agreement with October 6 University in 6 October City, Egypt. The contract consists of curriculum development support and training for the Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences (Nursing, Medical Imaging, Laboratory and Medical Technicians) and the Faculty of Physical Therapy (Physiotherapy). The University will also facilitate Dutch students to do their…

  • MeduProf-S welcomes Henk and Boudewien

    MeduProf-S is pleased to welcome Henk and Boudewien Sikking as members of our team. They are both based in Maputo, Mozambique. Henk is our local co-ordinator in Mozambique developing healthcare education in collaboration with ISCETEM (Instituto Superiour de Ciencias e Tecnologia de Mocambique) and Boudewien will start to conduct communication lectures also at ISCETEM.

  • New Ambulances arrived on Bonaire

    Our client on Bonaire, Fundashon Mariadal, received their new fully equipped ambulances yesterday. The photograph shows some of the staff who will be trained by MeduProf-S teachers. The course they will be involved in is an integtrated approach course ‘from street to special care unit’; including care in the ambulance to caring for the patient…

  • Emergency Care Training in the Caribbean

    Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba, in short the BES islands of the former Dutch Antilles, each received new high standard ambulances this summer. The new equipment forms the start of the enhancement of the emergency care services on the three islands. MeduProf-S has been invited to train the nursing staff involved with emergency care and…

  • MeduProf-S launches the MeduProf-S Academy!

    The MeduProf-S e-Learning website was launched today! The aim of the website is to ‘share knowledge’ and will be known as the MeduProf-S Academy . The first course to be launched is the X-Ray Pattern Recognition Course which was developed by ECUREI in Uganda in conjunction with MeduProf-S. Please take a look at the MeduProf-S…

  • Hospital Management Training – Module 5

    From 5-9 July 2010, Module 5 of the Hospital Management Training in Kenya was facilitated by Winny Koster. The title of this module was Medical Anthropology and International Health Policies with a guest lecturer, Benson Mulemi, presenting ‘Ethnography of the Cancer Ward in Kenyatta Hospital’. The majority of participants had no previous experience with anthropology…