Tanzania | Ghana | ASA/WFSA Refresher Courses
 here exists an Institute of Anesthesia Training and Research, which is fully supported by the government and the Ministry of Health. The Tanzanian government has upgraded Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Center in Moshi to become part of Tumanini University. Tumanini is the only medical school in all of East Africa requiring an anesthesia rotation for its students; its curriculum was designed with OTP's input. The OTP is proud to have played a major role in this accomplishment. OTP's participation in this program is currently “On Hold”, while OTP and the leadership of KCMC review and update the Memorandum of Understanding which outlines the teaching responsibilities of the OTP volunteers and the living and teaching resources to be provided by KCMC administration. The administration of KCMC and OTP are anxious to advance our program to a higher level of performance. We would hope to resume sending volunteers there sometime in 2007.
Moshi is at the base of Mt. Kilimanjaro, the starting spot for most of the major safaris and trekking expeditions in East Africa. When the program resumes, we will continue to need volunteers for 1-3 month periods, with airfare and living expenses paid by the OTP.
Information about Tanzania
Mt. Kilimanjaro |
 Tanzania Tourist Board
Africa On-Line (Tanzania)
Ghana – Program successfully completed
For the past 4 years, The OTP had a second program in West Africa, at the University of Ghana Medical School in Accra. At the university we taught physician anesthetists who were enrolled in the Diploma in Anaesthesia Programme. The purpose of the program was to provide anesthesia trained physicians to the various regional hospitals in Ghana and some other West Africa countries. That goal was reached in 2005 so there was no need for further OTP support. Since the goal of our OTP programs is to “Teach Teachers”, we are proud of our success in Ghana.
Rwanda M.Med Program-2006
Over the past 2 years, (2005-2006), the Canadian Anesthesiologist’s Society and the ASA-OTP have cooperated in assisting the Rwandan government and the National University of Rwanda with the development of a training program in anesthesia for their physicians. The current format is a 4 year M.Med. Program (similar to a residency program), under the auspices of the Ministry of Health and the University of Rwanda. The first trainees in this program started in Jan. of 2006. There is also a large school of nurse anesthesia in the Kigali Health Institute. Volunteers will be provided sequentially from both the CAS and the ASA. Rotations will be for the usual 1-2 month periods and will teach in both the resident and nurse anesthesia programs.
Site Description:
Guest house in Kigali where volunteers will live. |
Kigali is the capital of Rwanda, the most densely populated country in East Africa. Rwanda is very small, about the size of the state of Connecticut; and has a population of 8 million people. There are 2 teaching institutions in Kigali, the Kigali Health Institute,(KHI) and the Central University Hospital of Kigali,(CHUK) and one private hospital, King Faisal. KHI is the site for didactic education for all the paramedical and nursing students in the country. The School of Nurse Anesthesia is part of that campus. Clinical activities for volunteers are at CHUK, where the residents are trained. The residents training is currently split between the CHUK in Kigali, and another university hospital(CHUB) in Butare, a city in the south of the country where the medical school and National University are located.
Helpful Reading:
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- Rwanda: The Bradt Travel Guide 3rd Edition
- Rwanda, Land of a Thousand Hills by Rosamund Halsey Carr
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Official Rwanda Government Web Site
About WFSA and Its Programs
The Education Committee of the World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists is responsible for the entire educational program of the WFSA. The WFSA Statutes and Bylaws state that "the objects of the Federation are exclusively educational, scientific and charitable in nature and are to make available the highest standards of anaesthesia and resuscitation to all peoples of the world and to disseminate the same amongst them." For the Education Committee this has meant primarily striving to improve anaesthesia care in less affluent countries of the world. Visit the WFSA web page for further information.
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