Practical aspects of the Kenya Medical Exchange Program.

نویسنده

  • Janet O'Connell
چکیده

The Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital (MTRH) is located in Eldoret, in the western highlands of Kenya in East Africa. Eldoret is the fifth largest city in Kenya with a population of approximately 200,000. The climate is tropical with an elevation of 7,000 feet. The hospital campus is a 15-minute walk from the gated residential compound, IU House. Residents, attendings and family members reside at IU House during their stay. Medical students are housed in the medical school dormitory with the Kenyan medical students across the street from the hospital. Both living situations are communal. The medical center is a large multi-building compound with open walkways and lush gardens. The interior of the hospital has large, open, gender-segregated wards along with subspecialty units and outpatient clinics. The children’s and mother and baby hospitals are contained within their own buildings on campus. The central outpatient clinic – AMPATH – is part of the MTRH campus. There is also a network of smaller, rural health centers throughout the entire western Kenya/Rift Valley area. The medical exchange is bilateral. Four Kenyan medical students come to Brown for six weeks each year. Two

برای دانلود رایگان متن کامل این مقاله و بیش از 32 میلیون مقاله دیگر ابتدا ثبت نام کنید

ثبت نام

اگر عضو سایت هستید لطفا وارد حساب کاربری خود شوید

منابع مشابه

Strengthening Care Delivery in Primary Care Facilities: Perspectives of Facility Managers on the Immunization Program in Kenya

Background Primary healthcare facility managers (PHFMs) occupy a unique position in the primary healthcare system, as the only cadre combining frontline clinical activities with managerial responsibilities. Often serving as ‘street-level bureaucrats,’ their perspectives can provide contextually relevant information about interventions for strengthening primary healthcare delivery, yet suc...

متن کامل

Does Participation in Farmer Field School Extension Program Improve Crop Yields? Evidence from Smallholder Tea Production Systems in Kenya

Agricultural Extension services are among the most important rural services in developing countries. The services are considered to be a key driver of technological change and productivity growth in agriculture. In Kenya, like in the rest of the developing economies, agricultural extension has largely been delivered through supply–driven approaches. Due to perceived low impact of agricultural e...

متن کامل

A clinical student exchange program organized by cardiothoracic department: feedback of participants

BACKGROUND The development of a student exchange program was an essential part of the cooperation between the Medical Schools of the University of Goettingen (Germany) and the University of Thrace in Alexandroupolis (Greece). The student exchange program started in 2008 and was performed once a year. The experiences of this program and the feedback of participants are presented. METHODS Altho...

متن کامل

Perceptions of Secondary School Students towards Natural Resources Management: Case Study of Participants in FoF and Non-Participants

Integrating natural resources management in the secondary school curriculum in Kenya has received a lot of talk without adequate practical activities. The Farmers of the Future Programme under the World Agroforestry Centre, formally the International Centre for Research in Agroforestry (ICRAF), initiated a practical approach to integration of natural resources management in the secondary school...

متن کامل

A Critical Analysis of Purchasing Arrangements in Kenya: The Case of the National Hospital Insurance Fund

Background Purchasing refers to the process by which pooled funds are paid to providers in order to deliver a set of health care interventions. Very little is known about purchasing arrangements in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), and certainly not in Kenya. This study aimed to critically analyse purchasing arrangements in Kenya, using the National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) as a c...

متن کامل

ذخیره در منابع من


  با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید

عنوان ژورنال:
  • Rhode Island medical journal

دوره 96 9  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2013