AIC Kijabe Hospital, located in Kijabe, Kenya, one hour outside Nairobi, is a tertiary-care facility with training programs in nursing, anesthesia, surgery (general, pediatrics, and pediatric neurosurgery), family medicine, and other areas of health care. The goals of this international rotation are:
- gain a perspective on global surgery as a vital aspect of public health and its role in attaining the Millennium Development Goals, particularly goals 3, 4, and 5
- acquire experiential knowledge about the provision of surgical care in a low-income environment and demonstrate a logical and appropriate clinical approach to the care of patients, utilizing local resources
- recognize that lessons learned during the 4-week rotation can be integrated into practice when the resident returns to the US
- specific objectives that are competency-based.
This opportunity is limited to surgery residents only.
| Rondi Kauffmann [Email] Division of Surgical Oncology, Kijabe Liaison for Surgery Margaret Tarpley [Email] Senior Associate in Surgery |
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| Location |
Kijabe, Kenya |
| Contacts |
Other faculty: |
| Program Type |
Training or Education |
| Funding Type |
N/A |
| Region |
Africa |
| Global Health Topics |
Education, Emergency Medicine, Ethics, Health Systems, Surgery and Anesthesiology |
| Eligibility |
Post-doctoral students, residents, or trainees; Faculty members |
| Program Length |
Less than 1 month |
| VU Affiliation |
The program is affiliated with Vanderbilt. |
| Language(s) |
The program does not have a language requirement. |