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Since 2008, the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) Department of Radiology has conducted pediatric radiology international education outreach in Ethiopia. In 2008, there was not a single Ethiopian pediatric radiologist in a country of 100 million people, where 60% of the population is under the age of 20. As such, children are a major population for diagnostic imaging and the majority of radiologists are confronted with pediatric imaging. However, there was a lack of emphasis on much-needed training of pediatric imaging in radiology residencies. With an increasing number of pediatric subspecialties, the need for adequate pediatric imaging service had grown. This was particularly true at Black Lion Hospital (BLH), the country’s main referral center, affiliated with Addis Ababa University (AAU). Radiology faculty at AAU saw value in a pediatric radiology fellowship. The partnership goals between CHOP and AAU were to support and expand the pediatric radiology component in the BLH radiology residency and to carry out regular national pediatric radiology continuing medical education. The purpose of our project was to establish an accredited local pediatric radiology fellowship training in the Department of Radiology at BLH. Read More
Meeting name: SPR 2018 Annual Meeting & Postgraduate Course , 2018
Authors: Zember Jonathan, Zewdneh Daniel, Gorfu Yocabel, Reid Janet, Steenhoff Andrew, Darge Kassa
<b>Pediatric radiology focuses on appropriate and safe diagnostic imaging and intervention in children of all ages. In Ethiopia, a sub-Saharan developing country in East Africa, almost 60% of the population is in the pediatric age group. In the main referral general hospital of the country children make up 48% of the patient population. Currently, there is no pediatric radiologist in the country. The aim of this presentation is to describe the undertakings of the International Outreach in Pediatric Radiology Education Program in Ethiopia of the Department of Radiology, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), which is aiming to improve the existing situation. This program is carried out under the auspices of the World Federation of Pediatric Imaging (WFPI).</b> Read More
Meeting name: IPR 2016 Conjoint Meeting & Exhibition , 2016
Authors: Darge Kassa, Tomlinson Chris, Debebe Tequam, Gorfu Yocabel, Zewdneh Daniel, Bedane Alemayehu, Kebede Tesfaye, Renjen Pooja, Boechat Ines, Dehaye Amanda, Reid Janet, Cahill Anne Marie, Jaramillo Diego, Keller Marc, Mahboubi Soroosh, Mong Andrew, Servaes Sabah, Shekdar Karuna, Victoria Teresa
Keywords: Education, Fellowship, International Outreach, Continuing Medical Education, Ethiopia, Africa