Category: General News
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International Conference for Allied Health Professionals, Nurses and Physicians in Egypt
Following the success of the 1st International Conference for Allied Health Professionals, Nurses and Physicians in 2008, the 2nd Conference in Alexandria, Egypt was equally successful. Mohammed El Sayed (Managing Director of MCG) officially opened the Conference on 7 April. 800 participants, including many overseas participants and health related students, registered for the Conference. In…
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Hospital Management Training continues…………….
Module 3 of the Hospital Management Training Program took place from 22-26 March. This module, entitled ‘Project Management’ was conducted by Tom Komen, a MeduProf-S team member. Mr. Wilson Kaikai from the Ministry of Medical Services (MOMS) also presented a talk on Project Organisation and Project Management within MOMS. The week included looking at the…
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Curriculum Development Course for Medical Imaging
The final Curriculum Development Course in March took place from 22-26 March for the Medical Imaging specialists. The course was conducted at KMTC (Kenya Medical Training College) by Iris van Zuijlen, on behalf of MeduProf-S. Iris began the week by planning with the four participants how they are going to improve the current curriculum. Together…
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e-Learning in Uganda and Kenya
As part of a fact finding mission three representatives from MeduProf-S went to Kampala and Nairobi recently to determine the way forward with the MeduProf-S e-Learning environment. In Uganda, an e-Learning course ‘X-ray Pattern Recognition’ has already been developed by ECUREI in Kampala and MeduProf-S, the content of which will be launched in the near…
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Curriculum Development Course for Bio-Medical Engineers
Following on from the Curriculum Development Course for the Nurses the Bio-Medical Engineers continued their Curriculum Development from 15-19 March. The course was conducted by Wim van Grieken and assisted by Haye Jukema at KMTC (Kenya Medical Training College). The advantage of conducting the course in Kenya is that ‘real life’ situations can be demonstrated…
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Curriculum Development Course for Nurses
From the 8-12 March Curriculum Development continued for the four Nurses who took part in the Curriculum Development Course in November / December in The Netherlands. The course was conducted by Cherida Louz, on behalf of MeduProf-S, at KMTC (Kenya Medical Training College) in Nairobi. The four participants were very enthusiastic as they continued to…
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Curriculum Development Course continues….
In the coming three weeks three Dutch teachers we will be going to Nairobi, Kenya to carry out three Curriculum Development Courses to continue with the course conducted in the Netherlands last November/December. The same twelve participants will be split into their specific disciplines as follows: From 8 to 12 March : Nursing (Operating Theatre/Sterilization and Critical Care) From 15…
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Ultrasound Train the Trainers Course in Nairobi, Kenya, December 2009
From December 7 to December 17 a Trainers Course for 10 trainers in Ultrasound was conducted at KMTC (Kenya Medical Training College) and KNH (Kenyatta National Hospital) in Nairobi. The 10 trainers were selected from KMTC, KNH and the MOMS (Ministry of Medical Services). After successful completion of the Trainers Course the 10 trainers will…
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MeduProf-S is accepted as a partner in the Global Health Workforce Alliance
The Global Health Workforce Alliance, an initiative of the WHO, is a partnership dedicated to identifying and implementing solutions to the health workforce crisis. A shortage of health workers is impairing provision of essential, life-saving interventions such as childhood immunization, safe pregnancy and delivery services for mothers, as well as access to treatment for HIV/AIDS,…
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Best Wishes for the New Year
We would like to take this opportunity to wish all of our colleagues and partners a happy Christmas and best wishes for the New Year.