Author: Willem

  • Emergency Medical Care course at Saba (Dutch Antilles)

    September 24 -28  MeduProf–S experts Petra Frankhuizen and Erik van Roon were on Saba conducting the 7th week of Emergency Medical Care training. The topics this week were Nursing Calculations, Basic Life Support inside and outside the hospital, Advanced Cardiac Life Support and the interpretation of ECG –rhythms. As usual, all theoretical and practical training…

  • Train the trainer ICU module 5 in Ghana

    From 16-22 September MeduProf S lecturer Olaf van Oosterhout travelled to Ghana to conduct the fifth ICU module out of six. This fifth module was like the earlier modules a combination of lecturing and practising in the classroom and teaching on the job (bedside training) at the ICU. The participants are trained to become trainers…

  • Meet & Greet MeduProf-S

    September 13th 2012 MeduProf-S organized a so-called ‘Meet & Greet’ for the experts involved in projects of MeduProf-S. The goal was to get the experts acquainted with each other in an informal way. After a joint meal participants went into groups to share their experiences with each other. At the end of the evening the…

  • Emergency Care Module 7 conducted on Bonaire

    On Bonaire MeduProf-S lecturers Marc Landa and Erik van Roon conducted this August the 7th Emergency Medical Care training module. The focused topic this week was the care for children from birth until teenhood, trauma and non-trauma related. The context for learning was both outside of the hospital and inside. The participants are preparing themselves…

  • Philips and MeduProf-S in Dutch newspaper and Uganda TV with Cairo2Cape tour.

    Last week MeduProf-S was several times in the news as well in Uganda as in the newspapers in the Netherlands. MeduProf-S supports Philips with training in the Cairo to Cape tour. The Dutch newspaper “de Telegraaf” published an article about the tour with pictures from MeduProf-S ultrasound lecturer Wilma de Groot. On several Ugandan television…

  • MeduProf-S in Kampala, Uganda during The Philips Cairo to Cape Roadshow

     On July 2 & 4 the Philips C2C Roadshow visited Kampala, Uganda. MeduProf-S teacher Marina Smit (midwifery) and lecturer Wilma de Groot (ultrasound), provided a 2 days training session during the Cairo to Cape Town (C2C) roadshow initiated by Philips Healthcare. The sessions were conducted in Kampala, Uganda in Mulago Hospital, the largest referral hospital…

  • MeduProf-S in Kigali, Rwanda during The Philips Cairo to Cape Roadshow

    On June 26 & 27 MeduProf-S’s  Gerry Konings (lecturer midwifery) and Wilma de Groot (lecturer ultrasound), provided a 2 day training session during the Cairo to Cape Town (C2C) roadshow initiated by Philips Healthcare. The sessions were conducted in Kigali, Rwanda. The 1st training day was on PCCI: theory and hands-on about CTG, Thermoregulation and…

  • Obstetric Emergencies Module 2 taught in Ghana

    Marina Smit, a lecturer midwifery at MeduProf-S, has returned from a successful training in Ghana. This was her second training week and just as successful as Module 1 in April. The participants were motivated and keen on learning something new. This time around the training was more concerned with professional, technical issues, including the use of…

  • MeduProf-S in promo-film van AgentschapNL (EVD).

    In december 2011 kreeg MeduProf-S een subsidie toegekend van AgentschapNL voor het opzetten van een MRI diagnostisch/training centrum in Oeganda. Tijdens de uitreiking werden opnames gemaakt van interviews met ondernemers. Ook Willem van Prooijen werd een aantal vragen gesteld. Het uiteindelijke resultaat is te zien op het YouTube kanaal van AgentschapNL “Bent u klaar voor internationaal…

  • BNR radio, The Netherlands about exporting Healthcare

    On Saturday June 16, BNR Radio, The Netherlands, broadcasted an item about the opportunities for export of Healthcare from the Netherlands. In this radio program Peter Post (Task Force Haelthcare), Willem van Prooijen (MeduProf-S) and Jaap Maljers (Healthcare entrepreneur) discussed the opportunities. Jaap Maljers concentrated on treatment of patients in the Nethherlands, while Peter Post…