AMPATH Consortium Education

GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION 

AMPATH Consortium Clinical Rotations in Kenya 

• Residents:
  • Due to the physician strike, rotations were canceled for two Mount Sinai residents and seven UT Dell residents.
  • One internal medicine resident from Duke and one internal medicine resident, one pediatrics resident, and one plastic surgery resident finished their rotations in April.
• Fellows:
  • One Brown University palliative care fellow completed a rotation in Eldoret.
• Clinical Rotation Approval Process:
  • If your institution plans to send trainees to Kenya during this or the next academic year, please contact Victoria Eder (vneder@iu.edu) to confirm ward and IU House availability.
  • Once availability has been confirmed and at least 10 weeks in advance of the rotation, the trainee(s) should submit an AMPATH Kenya Visit Pre-Approval Form. This will be reviewed by the AMPATH Education team as a final check; once approved, the trainee may request housing and apply for a medical license.

• The following institutions have confirmed plans to host Moi registrars in the 2024-2025 academic year:  

• Planning is also underway for a Moi faculty member/Aga Khan neurology fellow to complete a six-month rotation at IU starting this fall.
• As part of AMPATH’s commitment to reciprocity, any AMPATH member institution that sends trainees to Kenya is expected to host Moi University trainees.  If you have not already done so, please notify Victoria Eder (vneder@iu.edu) when your institution’s plans to host Moi students and/or registrars in the upcoming academic year.

STUDENTS 

AMPATH Consortium Clinical Rotations in Kenya 

• Due to the physician strike, rotations were canceled for four UT Dell medical students and three Linkoping students
• April Departures: four Linkoping medical students and four Purdue pharmacy students
• Clinical Rotation Approval Process:
• If your institution plans to send trainees to Kenya during this or the next academic year, please contact Victoria Eder (vneder@iu.edu) to confirm ward and IU House availability.
• Once availability has been confirmed and at least 10 weeks in advance of the rotation, the student(s) should submit an AMPATH Kenya Visit Pre-Approval Form. This will be reviewed by the AMPATH Education team as a final check; once approved, the trainee may request housing and apply for a clinical license, if applicable.

2024 Moi Medical Student Rotations in US/Canada/Sweden 

• US Rotations: Passport applications for all students without passports have been submitted. Those with passports have submitted visa applications, and one so far has been approved.

AMPATH GLOBAL 

• AMPATH Global Education Committee meets the third Thursday of each month from 9-10AM ET to discuss education-related topics. Any AMPATH consortium member who would like to attend these meetings may contact Debra Litzelman (dklitzel@iu.edu) and CC Justina Savage (jusavage@iu.edu) to be added to the calendar invitation; in the email, please provide your full name, title and affiliation.

IU COMMUNITY 

• IU’s 6th Annual Global Health Scholars Day, scheduled for May 10th this year, showcases the excellent work being done by the IU community to improve the care of patients worldwide, research the complexities of global health, and educate learners about the care of local and global populations.
• The day will begin with a global health focused edition of Medicine Grand Rounds featuring Virginia Caine, MD, Director of the Marion County (Indianapolis) Public Health Department and Associate Professor of Medicine at IU School of Medicine, followed by poster presentations.
• IU students, trainees and faculty in any area of global health related to care/service projects or programs, education, research and case reports are invited to submit an abstract by April 22nd. Additional details are available on the IU Center for Global Health Equity website.