Point of Care Ultrasound Training for Practicing Health Workers - Projects with Modals

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The growing evidence indicates that improving the productivity, engagement, and performance of health workers can enhance care outcomes. This was the shared vision of the 14 members of the Academic Alliance in Africa when they launched the Training and Capacity Development Programme in 2002. They aimed to enhance and maintain the competence of healthcare workers to enable them to provide top-quality prevention and management of HIV and other infectious diseases in Africa.

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Point of Care Ultrasound Training for Practicing Health Workers | 29th July – 17th August 2024

The Infectious Diseases Institute (IDI) at Makerere University invites applicants for the Point-of-Care Ultrasound Training for Health workers. This training is designed to provide clinical care providers proficiency in Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS). The program is recommended for healthcare practitioners whose scope of practice allows them to use POCUS to make a bedside diagnosis or to enhance their clinical and therapeutic decision-making.
It is not intended to replace the traditional/comprehensive ultrasound examinations. Point of care ultrasound aims at answering specific clinical questions that aid clinical decision-making to expedite action.

Tuition: 2,500,000/= or $ 675

Course Overview

The course is organized in modules and each module covers a reasonable amount of content to develop competencies of health workers to provide affordable, timely and reliable ultrasound services to the underserved communities. All trainees will choose one module during the course of the training.

Eligibility

This course is most useful for all frontline health workers including medical officers, clinical officers, nurse/midwives.

  1. Focused Assessment with Sonography in HIV/TB (FASH)

    1. Chest effusion
    2. Pericardial pathologies
    3. Splenic lesions/Micro-abscesses
    4. Abdominal lymphadenopathy

    Focused Assessment with Sonography in Trauma (FAST)

    1. Chest/abdominal trauma
    2. Pneumothorax
    3. Organ rapture/tear
    4. Pericardial/pleural hemorrhage

    Obs/Gyn emergencies

    1. Pregnancy dating
    2. Amniotic fluid volume
    3. Trauma in pregnancy
    4. Foetal viability
    5. Severe LAP/PV bleeding
    6. Abdominal pain
    7. Palpable abdomen/pelvic mass
    8. Hypovolaemic shock

    Basic lung ultrasound examination (BLUE)

    1. Lung/pleura abnormalities.
    2. Acute respiratory and circulatory failure.

Click here to access course application form

Phoebe Nakamatte
Email: pnakamatte@idi.co.ug, Phone: +256 (0) 700 958 105 |Toll-free: 0800 200055
Tuition: 2,500,000/= or $ 675

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