Medical students may study at referral hospitals
Jun 22, 2010
HEALTH experts are exploring the use of regional referral hospitals to train allied health professionals.Under the proposed arrangement, students of medicine, public health, biomedical sciences and health sciences will undergo specialised training at health centre IVs.
By Taddeo Bwambale
HEALTH experts are exploring the use of regional referral hospitals to train allied health professionals.Under the proposed arrangement, students of medicine, public health, biomedical sciences and health sciences will undergo specialised training at health centre IVs.
Prof. Segane Musisi, the head of the psychiatry department at Mulago Hospital, explained that the plan would reduce pressure of training students at Makerere University College of Health Sciences.
Musisi was speaking at a meeting organised by the college at Imperial Royale Hotel in Kampala recently.
The health centres would be accredited to the college.
Currently, Mulago and Butabika
referral hospitals are the teaching sites for the various medical programmes conducted by Makerere University.
Musisi also proposed the use of established private hospitals for the training.
The principal of the college, Prof. Nelson Sewankambo, said the institution includes four to six weeks of training for the students at regional hospitals in the country.
The health experts said regional training would address the shortage of medical staff across the country.
A recent study by Mulago Paramedical School showed that more than half of the referral hospitals lack trained health professionals.
Uganda’s doctor-patient ratio is 1 to 24,725. The recommended ratio for a developing country like Uganda is one health worker per 10,000 people.
HEALTH experts are exploring the use of regional referral hospitals to train allied health professionals.Under the proposed arrangement, students of medicine, public health, biomedical sciences and health sciences will undergo specialised training at health centre IVs.
Prof. Segane Musisi, the head of the psychiatry department at Mulago Hospital, explained that the plan would reduce pressure of training students at Makerere University College of Health Sciences.
Musisi was speaking at a meeting organised by the college at Imperial Royale Hotel in Kampala recently.
The health centres would be accredited to the college.
Currently, Mulago and Butabika
referral hospitals are the teaching sites for the various medical programmes conducted by Makerere University.
Musisi also proposed the use of established private hospitals for the training.
The principal of the college, Prof. Nelson Sewankambo, said the institution includes four to six weeks of training for the students at regional hospitals in the country.
The health experts said regional training would address the shortage of medical staff across the country.
A recent study by Mulago Paramedical School showed that more than half of the referral hospitals lack trained health professionals.
Uganda’s doctor-patient ratio is 1 to 24,725. The recommended ratio for a developing country like Uganda is one health worker per 10,000 people.