Tuesday, January 28, 2014

"Teaching Materials"



At Tenwek there is no shortage of referrals, complications and diagnostic challenges!   So the educational experience for visiting staff as well as the permanent staff is amazing!  A difference is that now there are educational tools that connect this place with the world!  What is the same is the dedicated teachers who mentor, encourage and organize the clinical challenges! 
On February 3, 2014 there will be a “White Coat Ceremony*” for the entering new interns and residents.  It is a dedication that involves families and friends.   It is also a time of recommitment of the teacher clinicians.  I will send pictures of this celebration! 
What is amazing is the growth of the teacher clinicians.  This now includes more Kenyans with increasing relationships to the medical school in Eldoret that is about 2 hours from here.   The educational growth and mission of this hospital continues to provide care to this community and Kenya!  As one patient told me this morning when a complication occurred at a small facility, “I was told to just go to Tenwek!”

 Marv

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