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Course Description: The UVA Tanzania Program allows clinical rotations at Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre in Moshi or at Haydom Lutheran Hospital in Haydom. Given the short time period most students have only one site is feasible. It is recommended that students spend as long as possible in Tanzania in order to maximize their exposur... read moreCourse Description: The UVA Tanzania Program allows clinical rotations at Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre in Moshi or at Haydom Lutheran Hospital in Haydom. Given the short time period most students have only one site is feasible. It is recommended that students spend as long as possible in Tanzania in order to maximize their exposure and assimilation.
Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre (KCMC) is in a small city, Moshi, and is one of four tertiary referral medical centers and medical schools in the country. A range of Tanzanian health care workers are undergoing training, from nurses to
Medical Officers to residents. The breadth of disease, from tropical infections to AIDS to diabetes and hypertension, is enormous and the ability to make accurate diagnoses relatively good for the country (e.g., CT scan, biopsy, endoscopy/bronchoscopy, fluoroscopy, echocardiography, pathology, clinical laboratory, research laboratories). Attending physicians are mostly Tanzanian although several expatriate physicians volunteer at KCMC as well. Several UVA medical students to date have performed elective clinical rotations at KCMC in fields including internal medicine, pathology, pediatrics, dermatology, anesthesiology and surgery. UVA students and residents have teamed up with Tanzanian residents performing their required dissertation project and these collaborations have been highly productive and gratifying.
Haydom Lutheran Hospital (HLH) is remotely situated in the southwest corner of the Mbulu District. Haydom village has a population of about 20,000 and the hospital serves a large swath of rural Tanzania of approximately 390,000 people. The main ethnic groups residing there are Iraqw and Tatog; others in small numbers are Iramba, Nyaturu and Hadza. HLH is a very busy hospital with a staff of 580 and 400 beds. All services are provided, from surgery to OB/GYN to pediatrics and a large medicine ward. The hospital is well functioning and a CT scanner is on site. Both Tanzanian medical officers, medical doctors, and expatriate medical doctors staff the hospital. This is a superb “bush” hospital experience.
Infectious diseases are substantial problems in Tanzania, including malaria, tuberculosis, pneumonia, diarrheal diseases, HIV infection (4-7%), etc., however the full range of medical conditions are seen, including increases in hypertension, diabetes, trauma, lung disease, etc. At both sites all medical discussions are in English. Although most patients speak Swahili, there is sufficient Tanzanian staff on the rounding teams that this language barrier is minimized. In addition to acquiring tremendous clinical knowledge, all students will acquire an understanding of the health contexts that affect the great majority of the world’s people. Without exception students have broadened their horizons and developed long lasting career interests in global health. Key ingredients for the success of this rotation include an ability to work in difficult circumstances, flexibility, warmth, a non-judgmental disposition, and an ability to make the best of things. Less
I spent one month working in a hospital in rural Tanzania, earning credit for 4 weeks of clinical training at medical school. On the weekends, I got to do a little bit of traveling.
I had never traveled before for a professional reason. I thought it was an awesome way to travel. We went somewhere where there weren’t many tourists and we didn’t feel like tourists. It was a great way to make friends and I felt that working in the community ma... Read more
I spent one month working in a hospital in rural Tanzania, earning credit for 4 weeks of clinical training at medical school. On the weekends, I got to do a little bit of traveling.
I had never traveled before for a professional reason. I thought it was an awesome way to travel. We went somewhere where there weren’t many tourists and we didn’t feel like tourists. It was a great way to make friends and I felt that working in the community ma... Read more
I spent one month working in a hospital in rural Tanzania, earning credit for 4 weeks of clinical training at medical school. On the weekends, I got to do a little bit of traveling.
I had never traveled before for a professional reason. I thought it was an awesome way to travel. We went somewhere where there weren’t many tourists and we didn’t feel like tourists. It was a great way to make friends and I felt that working in the community ma... Read more
I spent one month working in a hospital in rural Tanzania, earning credit for 4 weeks of clinical training at medical school. On the weekends, I got to do a little bit of traveling.
I had never traveled before for a professional reason. I thought it was an awesome way to travel. We went somewhere where there weren’t many tourists and we didn’t feel like tourists. It was a great way to make friends and I felt that working in the community ma... Read more
