Gillman Jennifer,  Bedoya Maria,  Kim Sung

Final Pr. ID: Poster #: EDU-034

Through our institution’s established relationship with the Princess Marina Hospital in Gabarone, Botswana, we pioneered a radiology resident global health elective with a special focus in pediatric imaging. Our 5-week global health elective consisted of four major categories of activities: reading clinical cases (primarily CT and radiographs), bedside rounds and clinic tumor boards, didactic lectures and case conferences (to medical students, residents, technologists and faculty), and hands-on ultrasound training. For these activities, we primarily partnered with the departments of pediatrics, internal medicine, surgery and radiation oncology.

The purposes of this educational exhibit are:
1. To discuss the inherent challenges to practicing and teaching radiology in a Botswana government hospital.
2. To describe our initial needs assessment and evaluation of the departmental work flow.
3. To explain how we developed a cranial ultrasound workshop targeting pediatric and radiology residents, faculty and technologists. This workshop consisted of multiple didactic lectures and bedside hands-on ultrasound in the neonatal intensive care unit.
4. To explore the relevant resources and available grants for residents, in order to help other programs support similar efforts.
5. To present interesting cases to conclude our educational exhibit.

Experiencing radiology in Botswana was an extremely rewarding experience, and as residents we had the capability to make a clinical impact on a daily basis. Our efforts have paved the way for more residents at our institution to have similar meaningful and impactful experiences. Read More

Authors:  Gillman Jennifer , Bedoya Maria , Kim Sung

Keywords:  Global Health