Our client on Bonaire, Fundashon Mariadal, received their new fully equipped ambulances yesterday.
The photograph shows some of the staff who will be trained by MeduProf-S teachers. The course they will be involved in is an integtrated approach course ‘from street to special care unit’; including care in the ambulance to caring for the patient in the Special Care Unit to preparing the patient for transfer to a hospital on St. Maarten or Curacao or the mainland of South America.
MeduProf-S will start training local trainers in October.

The third Ultrasound Module of 4 was conducted from August 16 – 27 at Kenya Medical Training College (KMTC) in Nairobi.

Again, the same 21 participants that were present during modules 1 and 2 attended.
On the first Monday the participants handed in their practical portfolio assignment for the previous module. The teaching team gave written feedback on the work presented in the portfolios. Students are motivated to improve their performance by use of their portfolio.
The overall objective of module 3 was to expose the 21 participant’s to pathology of the different abdominal organs, both in theory (lectures) and hands-on sessions.
The students all participated fully and with great enthusiasm in all sessions.
Furthermore time was allocated to common abnormalities in Obstetrical Ultrasound. Lastly, a lecture introducing Doppler Physics was conducted which will be continued during the next module because the participants showed great interest in this subject.
Labelling exercises were done and also a group discussion on a theory (homework) assignment.
In module 2 there was a practical exam at the end of the module on Abdominal scanning and this time the module ended with a practical exam on Obstetrical scanning for each individual student. Finally, on the last day a theory exam was written.
An improvement in all students in scanning skills and theoretical knowledge could be observed. Both the teaching team and the participants enjoyed this 3rd module.

Joint Training School Graduation was organised at Mengo hospital in Kampala, Uganda.
During this graduation ceremony a total of 476 graduates consisting of Nurses, Midwives, Laboratory assistants and technicians, Ultrasonographers, Medical Radiographers and Pattern Recognition technicians received their certificate or diploma.
Among the graduates were 16 students, who studied Ultrasound under the ORET project. This Ultrasound training is conducted by Ecurei , together with MeduProf-S.
During the ceremony around 800 people were present. The guest of honour was his Excellency the Minister of Education and Sports of the Republic of Uganda.
Other distinguished guests were the representative of the Ministry of Health, ambassadors and directors. Several speeches were also delivered.

The nurses choir of Mengo Hospital was invited to lead the guests in the national anthem of Uganda, the Buganda Anthem and the Nurses Anthem.

Between the official speeches they also enlightened the audience with impressive demonstrations of dances originating from the various regions of Uganda.

Bonaire, St. Eustatius and Saba, in short the BES islands of the former Dutch Antilles, each received new high standard ambulances this summer. The new equipment forms the start of the enhancement of the emergency care services on the three islands.

MeduProf-S has been invited to train the nursing staff involved with emergency care and the ambulance drivers. The approach will be integrated since the staff are involved in all parts of the emergency care process, starting with the care in the ambulance to preparing the patient for transfer to a hospital on St. Maarten or Curacao or the mainland of South America. Bonaire is the only island where there is also a special care unit.

From 13th-23rd July MeduProf-S expert in Emergency Care, Erik van Roon and project manager Harmen Grebel prepared and introduced the courses and the train the trainers principle, assessed the needs for training and the competencies of the proposed trainers. Planning and other operational aspects were discussed with the local staff. One of the specific points of attention was the care involved with diving accidents, one of the attractions for the many tourists visiting the three islands.

From July 5-9 the second of six Casualty Care Nursing Courses was conducted by Tineke Sportel in Nairobi, Kenya.
This time, the trainers Robert Makori and Jane Achola were there to present the course. Tineke’s role was to provide support and guidance to them when neccesary. The training was a great success and the participants were very enthusiastic which resulted in a successfull course.