We are in Nekemte, Western Ethiopia!
This time I am accompanied by Dr Joe Collinson and Dr Tom Brown (F2's) and Timo Tolppa (year 4 PCMD) and Annie Wood (year 3 PCMD). We are Team 1. Team 2 are arriving in 2 days time. They are Dr Ian Fussell (Community SubDean PCMD), Angela Lait (Clinical Skills Tutor PCMD), Dr Nick Walker (GP), Daniel Nash (year 4 PCMD) and Callie Simmonds (year 4 PCMD).
By staggering our visits, we have managed to cover nearly 3 weeks of the University of Wollega Medical School term time.
This time I am accompanied by Dr Joe Collinson and Dr Tom Brown (F2's) and Timo Tolppa (year 4 PCMD) and Annie Wood (year 3 PCMD). We are Team 1. Team 2 are arriving in 2 days time. They are Dr Ian Fussell (Community SubDean PCMD), Angela Lait (Clinical Skills Tutor PCMD), Dr Nick Walker (GP), Daniel Nash (year 4 PCMD) and Callie Simmonds (year 4 PCMD).
By staggering our visits, we have managed to cover nearly 3 weeks of the University of Wollega Medical School term time.
So far this week, Tom and Joe have been doing a lot of work, teaching the year 2 and 3 students how to manage an acutely ill patient, using simulation - something that the students have never done before. It has gone down an absolute storm! They have also been teaching this to the junior doctors that teach the students. By the end of this morning, the Ethiopian junior docs were putting Joe through his paces. They have really enjoyed learning this new method of teaching and we hope to support them further next week as they embark on using it with their own students! Timo and Annie have been very busy meeting with the Wollega students and learning about the way that they learn medicine here in Ethiopia. There has been fast and furious exchanging of email addresses which will enable our students and junior doctors to stay in touch with their Ethiopian counterparts, when the visit comes to an end. We have made many new friends already on this visit and we are looking forward to carrying this new friendship forward in the future. |
I have spent time meeting with the senior medical school and university staff here. They are only too keen to share information and ideas with us. We have spoken at length about setting up research links with the medical school here, which will be of huge benefit to both sides. We have talked about our next visit which will be dedicated to assessment, scheduled to take place in autumn 2015. We have also started talking about our third visit which will be to run a national educational conference. Dr Eba, Vice President of Wollega University, is especially enthusiastic about this. We are hoping that there will be presentations and posters from both sides - it is a really exciting project! |
Like on our last visit, we have been overwhelmed with kindness and hospitality - so much so, we are starting to avoid meals if we are to avoid bursting! Tomorrow we are hoping to run a mini specialty half day on diabetes; with a talk on long term management, lead by Timo and Annie, some simulation scenarios, lead by Tom and Joe and I will be doing some bedside teaching in the hospital next door. I'll keep you posted! |
I've added some pictures to give you a flavour of our visit.
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Julie
Hospital SubDean Truro
Yours
Julie
Hospital SubDean Truro