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a career in surgery, whilst in Rwanda, we had abroad
cross-section of medical students who
were not necessarily career surgeons butexpected to perform
surgical procedures during
their intern years. However, from talking withthe delegates,
another factor seems to be thatRwandan medical school education
remains
traditionally didactic.
We collected both a pre-course needsassessment and post-course
candidate feedback,
the latter being very positive with a medianoverall score for
the course of 9.25/10. ASiThave since been invited back to convene
furthercourses for those who we were unable toaccommodate during
this pilot. We have hadsome interest from local residents in
teaching on
the course in future, and over the long term, wehope to partner
with both the Rwandan student
surgical society and local surgeons to make thecourse entirely
Rwandan delivered, so that it canbe sustainably maintained without
externalsupport.
We would like to thank Dr Georges Ntakiyiruta,Chief of Surgery
at CHUK, for his enthusiasticsupport of this venture. We also
benefited from
the help of Zeta Mutabazi and Philippe Nyembo,
both Rwandan medical students, who workedtirelessly to publicise
the course to theircolleagues and source local materials for
teaching.
ASiT is especially grateful for the support of theThe Royal
College of Surgeons of England, TheRoyal College of Physicians and
Surgeons ofGlasgow, Lifebox Foundation, Elsevier, CRCPress,
Swann-Morton and MedAid, and also all
the individual trainees who donated money,equipment and books.
Of our authors, RhiannonHarries, Aneel Bhangu and Will Muirhead
wereawarded the Rex & Jean Lawrie Fellowship, and
Edward Fitzgerald, Andrew Beamish and VimalGokani were awarded
the Stefan & Anna GaleskiFellowship, all in association with
the RoyalCollege of Surgeons of England.
References
[1]World Health Organisation Global HealthObservatory Data:
Rwandawww.who.int/countries/rwa/en/(accessed 24/10/2014)
[2] The World Bank: Data - Rwanda
http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.PCAP.CD/countries
(accessed 24/10/2014)
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