Category: Sub-Saharan Africa
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Accident & Emergency course in Tamale, Ghana
From October 24 – 28 Erik van Roon went to Tamale, Ghana and conducted the first Accident & Emergency course. This was done in cooperation with one of the consulting anaesthesiologists from Tamale Teaching Hospital, dr. Anabah. He was also an active facilitator/trainer during the course and will be in between the teaching weeks. The…
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Casualty Care Course 5, September 05 – 09
Mrs. Tineke Sportel, a MeduProf-S expert and 2 local teachers conducted the 5th Casualty Care course at KMTC in Nairobi. The local trainers were Robert Makori and Jane Achola. All 9 participants to this course presented at KMTC on Monday morning. The local trainers showed good improvisation skills during the lectures. The participants received practical…
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Module 1 Ultrasound for Rift Valley Hospitals (Kenya ORET)
From September 12 – 16, 2011 the first Ultrasound module of 4 was conducted at Kenya Medical Training College (KMTC) in Nairobi. From the 7 hospitals that are part of the second phase of the ORET project 10 participants were present. In a very dedicated and enthusiastic way the 10 local teachers guided the 10…
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Training Obstetrics & Gynaecology Nursing in Mozambique
From 1-5 of August 2011 a training was conducted for the nurses of the Maternity Department of the new Maputo Private Hospital in Mozambique.The training started with an exercise on communication called “speaking the same language” and all basic definitions in Maternity were discussed, followed by an interactive presentation on Basic Antenatal Care.The participants had…
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e-Learning Workshop at KMTC in Nairobi, Kenya
From 4-8 July the final e-Learning workshop was conducted at Kenya Medical Training College (KMTC) in Nairobi. The overall objective was to set up the e-Learning content for the current curriculla of the Medical Imaging Sciences, Nursing and Medical Engineering Departments. With the support of Mr. Rob Doms from MeduProf-S, eight teachers from these departments…
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Ultrasound Train the Trainers Course in Zambia
Philips Medical Systems and the Ministry of Health (MOH) in Zambia have contracted MeduProf-S to train new users in Ultrasound between 2011 and 2014. The programme started with a Train the Trainers course from June 27 – July 1. On behalf of MeduProf-S, Mrs. Wilma de Groot trained 8 experienced Zambian sonographers to become the…
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First Mammography training for the Kenya ORET program
From 20-24 June the first training on Mammography was conducted by Machteld ‘t Jong in the government hospital in Machakos. The new Philips Mammo-diagnost had been recently installed. Fourteen (14) female radiographers participated in this training. Although most of them never had been exposed to mammography before they were very interested and motivated. In the…
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Operating Theatre Nursing Course at Maputo Private Hospital
From 20-24 June Marja Versantvoort conducted an Operation Theatre Nursing Course in the Maputo Private Hospital (MPH). The hospital will be equipped with the latest technology, therefore a high standard was set for this and subsequent courses for the MPH to ensure the staff can manage any situation. Scrub nurses have the responsibility for the…
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e-Learning at Kyambogo University in Kampala, Uganda
From June 20–24 the final e-Learning workshop was conducted at Kyambogo University in Kampala. The overall objective was to set up the e-Learning content of the Diploma Course in Biomedical Engineering in the e-Learning environment at the University. Six teachers of the Engineering Department supported by Mr. Rob Doms from MeduProf-S succeeded in achieving that…