World heart Day Celebrated worldwide
For the year 2019, the WHF request that we attempt to create a global community of Heart Heroes That is “people from all walks of life who are acting now to live longer, better, heart-healthy lives by making a promise:” The main activities to achieve this is;
A simple promise for MY HEART, for YOUR HEART, for ALL OUR HEARTS.” Events took place all over the world and the same in Kenya with activities in all the major urban areas. Locally this event is organised through the Kenya Cardiac Society.Dr Nalwa Wafula who is currently on study leave in India, sent us this photograph of the institution he is attached to celebrating the day. |
School Mentorship Coordinator appointed
She will, therefore, be the lead person in the school for all issues relating to the mentorship programme. The School started this programme in 2016 to especially help students through challenging periods their training. In the programme, all students in the school will be paired with a mentor who is expected to assist them in their needs during their training at Maseno. This is further facilitated by the University requirement that designated student times are set aside by all staff for students who my wish to consult. Additionally the programme is designed to also be horizontal in nature, with student to student mentorship. Her appointment is the second to this position after Dr Josephine Ojoo of the Department of Internal Medicine who was the pioneer mentorship coordinator.The school of Medicine appoints Dr Immaculate Opondo of the Department of Surgery and Anaesthesiology, as the School Mentorship Coordinator. |
School Liason Officer appointedDr. Angela MacKilgeo has been appointed as the School Liaison Officer. Her role will be to support our students in the common units and the UCI courses offered at the eCampus. Amongst the duties she will cover are:
School wishes her good luck and she has our support |
Handing over takes place an the School of Public Health and Community Development
The first year students in the programme reported last month and are the first direct admissions into the SOM, while continuing students joined them in the SOM This now takes the transfer of the MLS students between the two schools to its final stage. Marera Medical Camp
In partnership with Maseno university a medical camp took place between 16th to 20th September 2019 at the Marera St James Anglican Church. The foundation, lead by its founder, Ms Ethylyn Cowan, provided 15 medical personnel from both the USA and local volunteers, while the University provided approximately 30 personnel inclusive of medical students, nursing students, clinicians and drivers. The local community was also involved by providing support staff (cleaners and ushers), nurses and interpreters. The camp was a success and fun to parties involved. The Anglican Church provided the ground for hosting the camp while the foundation provided food for the patients at the church grounds. The Ethylns children’s home, (Ethyle Hope Centre), and orphanage run by Ms Ethylyn Cowan,provided food for the staff and visitors. Objectives of the camp 1. To offer basic clinical diagnosis of common conditions.
2. To treat common conditions.
3. To refer complicate cases that cannot be managed at the camp
4. To conduct health education.
The staff divided themselves into the following departments (areas of operation):
1. Triage and vitals- led by Jennifer.
2. Pediatrics - led by Dr.Nix.
3. Internal Medicine - led by Dr. Alicios
4. Pharmacy
5. Dental health
Group photo of Medica Students at one day of the camp
(Report prepared by Scolastica Wekesa, Medial Student)
Medical Practitioners and Dentists Council calls stakeholders meetingThe Medical Practitioners and Dentists Council, (MPDC), on Thursday, 19th September 2019, invited key stakeholders to a one-day workshop at the MP&DC Tribunal Centre in Nairobi.
The workshop was aimed at reviewing the changes in medical training, deployment and licensing as a result of brininging into law the revised Health Act. Invited speakers included Dr. Kioko, the Ag director of the newly created Health Professionals Oversight Authority. Amongst the issues for discussion were; 1. Adopt council’s core curricula for General surgery and Obstetrics and Gynaecology. The School currently has both curricula approved by Senate, and the latter awaits MPDC approval. 2. Post graduate training guidelines and relevant checklist for institutions to adopt. This will form the basis for future accreditation exercises for institutions intending to launch new programmes. 3. Specialists and sub-specialists classification. 4. Revised internship guidelines and the issuance of log books for intern medical and dental officers. Of note here is the key amendments being the incorporation of mental health and community health rotations into the internship period. 5. Councils’ subsidiary legislation (rules) relating tolicesnsing. The school was represented by the Dean and Prof. J. Jowi. Prof. Jwi represented COPECSA. Two new staff join the School of Medicine
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Maseno University exchange students to Sunny Universty return
Below is the testimonial from the students on their return. Going for the clinical observership at Upstate Medical University in the Department of Paediatrics has been one of the most paramount highlights of our time in medical school. It was an eye-opener in terms of medical ethics and how to treat patients in all the spheres of human health that is the mental, emotional, physical, social, and spiritual. The experience helped build our clinical knowledge and set of skills in paediatrics especially the fact that they had different disease patterns and the various subspecialties in the department like cardiology, gastroenterology, pediatric anaesthesia and the outpatient clinic compared to our home hospital of Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital where it is more of tropical diseases. The program helped build our personal and professional networking levels since we were privileged to interact with residents of different years who were willing to let us see patients with them with the very present help of Prof. Andrea Shaw. The consultants were very ready to teach and help answer the questions and provided relevant and up to date reference materials and books. Finally, the experience boosted our confidence level in communication, seeking out opportunities and building relevant networking opportunities in the medical world. This was also an excellent opportunity to travel and meet people from different backgrounds and walks of life which was contributive to our education. We sincerely thank Prof. Stephen Ogendo, (Dean MUSOM), Dr. Walter Otieno (HoD Department of Paediatrics MUSOM) and Prof Andrea Shaw and Ms. Christina Lupone of Upstate Medical University for this lifetime opportunity and ensuring it ran seamlessly. We hope this will be an opportunity that will be available annually for the final year medical students of Maseno University. |
School Holds Microbiology Workshop
Dr. Scolastica Korir, the chairperson of the Department of Microbiology, organised and represented the School of medicine at the event. Attendees were technicians from the Medical Realted Schools, and the objective of the workshop was to provide participants with the skills required to undertake water quality monitoring, especially those intended for drinking. Participants were taken through the technique of microbial source tracking. Microbial source tracking has been identified as a method of identifying sources of faecal contamination of water sources. Water source contamination by domestic animals is a major public health concern in this part of the world. Co-sponsors of the workshop included Medical Research Council, MRC and Kenya Medical Research Institute, KEMRI Ater the workshop participants and Dr Diogo took a tour of the main Siriba campus, see photograph. |
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Medical students mark Menstrual Health Day
Thirty five Maseno University medical students took part inthe event and visited Ebulako Primary School in the environs surrounding the medical school campus. |
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Double academic achievement for medical student graduate
The school congratulates her on this publication and see it as a reflection of her developing potential |
School of Medicine graduates first cohort of Doctors
During his speech the Vice Chancellor indicated that Maseno University is proud of our new doctors, having received favourable reports as to their performance in their various internship stations. He thanked all staff involved in their training, not only for choosing to work at Maseno University in favour of other centres, but also for dedication in producing graduates of fine quality. The Vice Chancellor also indicated there are advanced plans to commence a Bachelor of Pharmacy training programme. It is anticipated that by next year the School of Pharmacy will be open for admissions. This will bring the schools offering Health Sciences within the institution to four, (4), namely the schools of medicine, nursing, public health & community development and pharmacy. A worthy step towards addressing the government initiative of universal health coverage. The 2018 graduates, 47 MB, ChB and 2 Master of Medical Physiology students, were presented to the congregation by the Dean of the School, Professor Wilson Odero, (photo left). They were thereafter conferred with their respective degrees by the Chancellor, Mr. Micheal Joseph. Next year the University will graduate its first cohort of Bachelor of Nursing students as well and Maser of Medicine in Family Medicine students. |
Keys for new microbiology and pathology laboratory handed to school of medicine
The laboratory complex will provide much needed teaching space for medical and nursing students into the schools of Medicine, Nursing and Public health. It is envisioned that follwoing the examination season the loboratories shall be fully functional. Photograph shows keys being handed over by the estates manager, Mr. Ogeda in centre, to the acting dean of the school, Prof. Ogendo, left. |
Kenya Association of Urological Surgeons officials visits School of Medicine
The team was lead by the association chairman, Dr. Mburugu. The association, having identified the Lake Region as an area for their 2019 community service programme, (medical camps), and their annual surgical conference was on a tour in preparation for the activities. They expressed interest in partnering with the school as well as providing some form of support to students who may wish to participate in any of their activities. The Association also expressed an interest in using Kisumu Hotel as their operational base as they will be accompanied by a large team of over 60 personnel. The acting dean, Prof Ogendo, welcomed the collaboration request. He also indicated the school would assist as much as it can in the exercise as it benefited Maseno University students, both undergraduate and postgraduate. |
Meddical School participates in medical campMaseno University in partnership with Ethlyns Hope, a US based organisation conducted a medical camp at Marera in Kisumu West sub-county. The camp started on 17th and ended on 20th September 2018. The camp was intended mainy for the treatment of minor ailments. This Medical camp is part of a number of activities which will culminate in the launching an orphanage at Marera. The orphanage will be operated by a local women group called Hope women group. The medical school, Maseno University participated in the camp is part of Maseno University corporate social responsibility and involved bot staff and medical students. Participating students and staff were from the schools of Medicine and Nursing as well as Maseno university Health Services department working with the local women group and a team from Ethlyn hope in the United States.The Maseno team was led by Dr. Jackton Omoto. |
School of medicine holds iHRIS trainingOn the week ending August 3rd, 2018, the school completed training on the use of the Integrated Health Resourse Information System, iHRIS. Training sessions run over a three day period. The training, moderated by a representative of HRH Kenya, was aimed at bringing faculty up to date on the software and also to chart out a plan for roling out its use in Maseno University Schools of Medicine, Nursing and Public Health. The iHRIS is a human resources management tool designed to comprehensively manage instiutional human resources. iHRIS that will be adopted is linked to the Ministry of health and will greatly improve health workforce mangement. The various school teams consisted of a wide range of cadre and was lead by the Dean School of medicine, Prof. W. Odero. In attendance were also his counterparts in Nursing and Public health present. |
Commission for University Education audits Maseno UniversityThe Commission for University Education, CUE, audit of Maseno University kicked off today Monday 30th July, 2018. The audit is a regulatory requirement under the Unviersites act, carried out regularly on all universities within Kenya to ascetain they maintain standards in their operations. The last CUE audit of Maseno University was in 2013. In preparation, the University had earlier submitted a self assessment report of what the institution felt was its current situation, and this report formed the basis for ths audit. The process shall take a week and CUE will carry out a thorough inspection of all facilities, staff, stakholders and students of the Univesity. At the end of the week, an exit report shall be issued to the University containing relevant findings Photograph shows Dr. B. Nyambega, of the department of Biochemisty, making a presentation of the University situation on researcha and outreach. |
School of Medicine stand at ASK Kisumu showThe School of Medicine this year run a stand at the just concluded Agricultural Society of Kenya, (ASK),Show held between the 24th and 28th July 2018. First held in 1986 at the Kisumu Municiple Stadium, this show was later moved to its current Mamboleo location in 1987. The theme chosen by the school for its stand was "Cancer screening, early detection and treatment, highlighting the seriousness of the cancer burden in the country and the need to avoid its associated morbidity. Through various exhibits and talks, the public was sensitised on cancer related issues and their relevance to the general population. The team was led by the Dean, Prof. W. Odero. |
Meeting with IntraHealth Human Resources for Health (HRH) Kenya Mechanism.Maseno University and HRH Kenya teams held a review meeting on July 13, 2018 in Varsity Plaza, Kisumu Campus to develop mechanisms for incorporating Intergrated Human Resourse Information System, (iHRIS) in HRH-related academic programmes, and for the management staff and students at the University’s schools of health sciences comprising of the School of Medicine, School of Public Health and School of Nursing. The University team consisting of faculty representing the 3 schools, was led by Prof. Wilson Odero, Dean School of Medicine while IntraHealth was represented by Mr Peter Milo, Team Lead, Health Workforce Training; Robert Nguni, Team Lead HRIS and Ann Malubi, HRH Coordinator, Lake Basin Cluster. The meeting resolved to undertake a number of activities ......... Read more...... |
Dr. Stephen Gwer appointed chairman of Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
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School of Medicine starts mentorship programmeThe School of Medicine this week formally commenced its schoolwide mentorship programme. This has taken some time to organise and it is hoped this will give all our students and oportunity to have a senior to turn to when they face challenges in their learnig. Faculty alike will have the opportunity to be role models to the next generation of medical workers. Its a well known fact that students who meet regularly with their mentors are 52% less likely than their peers to skip a day of school and 37% less likely to skip a class. (Public/Private Ventures Study of Big Brothers Big Sisters) All faculty will take part in the process and clear quidlines have been formulated following ratified by the school board for the process. the programme will be evaluated at a later stage to ascetain its impact on school output. |
Schools of Medicine, Nursing and Public Health aligh strategic plans
Facilitators advised the schools to look at Agenda 3 of the big 4 agenda as well as private public partnerships in respect to resource mobilisation. |
School team inspects Vihiga County Referral Hospital.
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School visits Vihiga county
In the company of the dean was Dr. J. Omoto the associate dean. Also in attendance were Prof. James Jowi, Rof. Stephen Ogendo and Dr. Washington Otieno from the departments of internal medicine, surgery and radiology respectively. Photograph a gropu photograph with the Governer of Vihiga County, H.E. Dr. Wilber Ottichilo, (fourth from left, front row)
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New CEO appointed
Dr. Okoth replaces the previous CEO, Dr. Juliana Otieno. The school, through an MOU, works with JOOTRH in the training of our medical students and nursing students. This relationship has been caudial since 2015 when our first batch of students were exposed to clinical teaching. The school wishes to asure Dr. Okoth that this coporation extended to his preidesesor will be accorded to him, strengthening the coporation between our two institutions. Â |
Senate approves the Bachelor of Pharmacy programme
The programme, from the Department of Pharmacology of the School of Medicine was presented by the chairperson, Dr. Mary Onyango. The programme is a five year programme aimed at conributing towards the aleviation of the shortage of pharmacists in the country. It is hoped that this programme will facilitate the development of the Department of Pharmacology into a School of Pharmacy in the not too distant future. introduction of this pogramme was one of the flagship projects in the current development plan, 2018 to 2023.Senate approves the Bachelor of Pharmacy programme |
JOOTRH allows school to use their training centre
Sutuated along the Kisumu Kakamega Road this centre provides much needed additional learning space for the school. |
HIV symposium held
Objectives: The aim of the symposium was to impart an understanding of: |
Pioneer class of medical students completes last examination of their programme
This has been a long journy for them, starting in January 2012. From the initial 58 students, 47 now complete the programme. Their final examination session was a clinical examination in general surgery and held on 29th March 2018. They are scheduled to formally graduate in December 2018. |
