Category: General News
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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.
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Ultrasound Training in Kampala, Uganda continues…..
From August 2nd to 12th Ultrasound training for the Batch 2 hospitals under the ORET project was conducted. This is the 5th module of a total of 6 and the 32 students present were active and eager to learn. The skills lab, where scanning skills can be practised, has been moved to a villa just…
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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…
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Ultrasound Training in Kenya – Module 3
The third Ultrasound Module of 4 was conducted from August 16 – 27 at Kenya Medical Training College (KMTC) in Nairobi. Again, the same 21 participants that were present during modules 1 and 2 attended. On the first Monday the participants handed in their practical portfolio assignment for the previous module. The teaching team gave…
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Joint Training Schools Graduation Ceremony Kampala, Uganda
Joint Training School Graduation was organised at Mengo hospital in Kampala, Uganda. During this graduation ceremony a total of 476 graduates consisting of Nurses, Midwives, Laboratory assistants and technicians, Ultrasonographers, Medical Radiographers and Pattern Recognition technicians received their certificate or diploma. Among the graduates were 16 students, who studied Ultrasound under the ORET project. This…
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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…
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Casualty Care Nursing – Second Course in Kenya
From July 5-9 the second of six Casualty Care Nursing Courses was conducted by Tineke Sportel in Nairobi, Kenya. This time, the trainers Robert Makori and Jane Achola were there to present the course. Tineke’s role was to provide support and guidance to them when neccesary. The training was a great success and the participants…
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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…
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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…
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Ultrasound Training in Kenya – Module 2
From June 21 – July 2 the second Ultrasound module of 4 was conducted at Kenya Medical Training College (KMTC) in Nairobi. As this is a continuation of the Ultrasound Training, the same 21 participants that attended module 1 were present. The overall objective of module 2 was to teach the normal anatomy of the…