R Conlon1. 1. Radiology Department, National Rehabilitation Hospital, Dun Laoghaire, Co Dublin, Ireland.
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: This paper reports my experience as a teacher of clinical ultrasound (US) in an African hospital. While US in tropical countries has received some attention and a few papers - though possibly fewer than deserved by this issue-are available in the medical literature on this subject, very little has been done in terms of assessment of teaching. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Given the increasing number of groups, NGOs and volunteers that go to Africa and other resource limited settings to do this, I thought that sharing my experience with those who have walked or are thinking of walking the same path could be mutually beneficial. RESULTS: The first section of the article presents the situation where I've been working in the past 13 years, the second section details our teaching programme. DISCUSSION: This report describes the rationale for the implementation of ultrasound training programmes in rural areas of Africa and lessons learnt with 13 years experience from the UK with recommendations for the way forward.
INTRODUCTION: This paper reports my experience as a teacher of clinical ultrasound (US) in an African hospital. While US in tropical countries has received some attention and a few papers - though possibly fewer than deserved by this issue-are available in the medical literature on this subject, very little has been done in terms of assessment of teaching. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Given the increasing number of groups, NGOs and volunteers that go to Africa and other resource limited settings to do this, I thought that sharing my experience with those who have walked or are thinking of walking the same path could be mutually beneficial. RESULTS: The first section of the article presents the situation where I've been working in the past 13 years, the second section details our teaching programme. DISCUSSION: This report describes the rationale for the implementation of ultrasound training programmes in rural areas of Africa and lessons learnt with 13 years experience from the UK with recommendations for the way forward.
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