tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27349261355366213312024-02-19T05:33:36.097-08:00PRIME-KenyaPRIME-K strengthens and builds the clinical and research capacity of the University of Nairobi’s College of Health SciencesAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14387952740863218285noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734926135536621331.post-17887047396730267102015-02-17T06:18:00.002-08:002015-02-23T00:41:28.654-08:00ALL MEPI (Kenya) Meeting<br />
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All MEPI (Kenya) meeting is a biannual forum intended to bring all the
members from the <a href="http://uonbi.ac.ke/projects/primek/index.php" target="_blank">PRIME K</a> board, Program staff and Aim members including
the four collaborating institutions to share the progress of the
program. The first one this year was held on February 28, 2014 at the
Central Catering Unit (CCU) in the main campus.</div>
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This biannual review meeting was held at the Heron Court Hotel; 16<sup>th</sup> July 2014. A preliminary report was presented by the consultant on qualitative assessment carried out about two months ago.</div>
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The meeting saw all the consortium partners for the MEPI-Kenya grant
come together to discuss the current status of the program. (University
of Nairobi, University of Washington, University of Maryland Baltimore,
Kenyatta University and Maseno University)</div>
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Speaking during the event, the Program’s Principal Investigator, Prof.
James Kiare reflected on the wonderful four years and support of all key
stakeholders as MEPI-Kenya strives to achieve its main goal to
strengthen health care outcomes and training for better health outcomes
for Kenyans through improving medical education, extending reach of
medical outside Nairobi, supporting faculty and the university to
improve research.</div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><b><i>“Since MEPI-Kenya was formed,
it’s been an incredible journey for the University as the program sort
to implement its objectives. We have integrated the use of technology to
enhance learning, the Nursing Upgrading program an example.” </i></b></span>He stated.</div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><b><i>“We have also been able to
successfully decentralized medical training by sending our students for
rotations in established 17 decentralized sites country wide. This would
not have been possible were it not for your support and collaboration.”
</i></b></span>He added.</div>
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The event was also graced by the Principal, UoN College of Health
Sciences, Prof. Isaac Kibwage. In his speech, the Principal highlighted
the impact that MEPI-Kenya has had on college in terms of innovating new
ways to offer medical training.</div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><b><i>“It’s impressive how this
program has innovated teaching methodologies like the Nurses upgrading
program from a diploma to degree level by use of E-learning platform. It
is my hope that through this program continues to positively impact
teaching methods and henceforth help improve health outcomes in our
country.” </i></b></span>He stated.</div>
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He also added that the program has not only had an impact on ways the
college offer training but has had an immense influence on the faculty
as well. He urged all the key players in<a href="http://uonbi.ac.ke/projects/primek/" target="_blank"> MEPI-Kenya</a> to press on to not
only achieve the programs’ goals but to even further surpass them. This
will place the program in a better position for the next phase of
funding and eventually the walk towards sustainability.</div>
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The standout outcome from the meeting after the presentations by all
the programs’ stakeholders was that <a href="http://uonbi.ac.ke/projects/primek/" target="_blank">MEPI-Kenya</a> had achieved majority of
the goals albeit the challenges along the way which were dealt with
efficiently and served as learning lessons as the years progressed.</div>
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As the program enters its fifth and final year, the team braces itself
to attain excellence for better health outcomes in Kenya.</div>
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>“Improving health outcomes through training and research”</b></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14387952740863218285noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734926135536621331.post-74053498834311442252015-02-17T06:16:00.003-08:002015-02-17T06:16:29.302-08:00CARP WORKSHOP<h2>
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This was a five (5) day intensive training workshop fully sponsored by
<a href="http://uonbi.ac.ke/projects/primek/index.php" target="_blank">PRIME-K</a>, a NIH Grant to the University of Nairobi (UoN). The training
was organized by College of Health Sciences, UoN, in collaboration with
National Commission for Science, Technology and Innovation (NACOSTI) and
Kenyatta National Referral and Teaching Hospital (KNH). There were a
total of 45 participants from 19 accredited Ethics and Research
Committees (ERCs) in Kenya representing twelve (12) public and private
universities, four (4) research institutes and four (4) public national
hospitals. The training was held from 16-20 June, 2014 at the Silver
Springs Hotel, Nairobi.</div>
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<span style="color: red;"><strong>By way of objectives, by the end of the workshop participants were expected to:</strong></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">Articulate the role, mandate and National Guidelines of Institutional Ethics and Research Committee for Kenya</span></li>
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<span style="color: purple;">Conduct critical review of qualitative and quantitative research proposals</span></li>
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<span style="color: purple;">Build capacity of other researchers and postgraduate students in the writing and review of research proposals</span></li>
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<span style="color: purple;">Analyze the implications of emerging issues in research ethics</span></li>
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<span style="color: purple;">Observe animal rights in research</span></li>
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<span style="color: purple;">Observe the rights of vulnerable groups</span></li>
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<span style="color: purple;">Adhere to the guidelines of management of samples</span></li>
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<span style="color: purple;">Adhere to quality assurance standards in qualitative and quantitative research</span></li>
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The chief guest during the opening ceremony was the acting Chief
Executive Officer, NACOSTI, Dr. Moses Rugut who was represented by Dr.
Simon Langat, the Chief Science Secretary, NACOSTI. In his message, the
CEO pointed out that education and research are important determinants
of the ability to create a knowledge-based economy and research cannot
grow without strong and empowered ERCs.</div>
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He also noted that the workshop will go a long way in providing the
requisite knowledge and skills of ERC members in reviewing the science
of the proposals submitted to them and how that links up with ethical
issues so that at the end, the approval given is comprehensive enough to
ensure that the research conducted, the analysis of the data and the
conclusions made meets the highest standards possible.</div>
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Also present during the opening ceremony was the Principal, College of
Health Sciences, Prof. Isaac O. Kibwage who emphasized the critical role
played by ERCs in maintaining highest standards possible in the conduct
of research and hence the importance of the training workshop which was
the first ever to be conducted in the Sub-Saharan Africa.</div>
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The participants highly rated the workshop and suggested that it should
be offered regularly and strongly recommended that other ERC members
should benefit from similar training.</div>
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During the closing ceremony, the Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Research
Production and Extension, UoN (DVC RPE), Prof. Lucy Irungu thanked the
three institutions led by College of Health Sciences, UoN who made this
long overdue training workshop a reality. She emphasized the critical
role played by research as the pillar and driving force behind the
knowledge economy for any country and particulary in our setup.</div>
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For this to be fully realized, ERC members who are charged with the
sole mandate of providing the requisite ethical and scientfic review and
approval must have the required competencies hence the need for
strategies to ensure that the training workshop is offered regurlarly.</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14387952740863218285noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734926135536621331.post-30965532950185974972015-02-17T06:12:00.001-08:002015-02-22T23:59:42.926-08:00EAHPEA CONFERENCE<br />
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A total of six participants from PRIME- K presented abstracts at the <a href="http://uonbi.ac.ke/projects/primek/activities/index.php?Itemid=28" target="_blank"><b>Eastern Africa Health Professional Educators’ Association (EAHPEA)</b></a> held in Kampala on June 11-13, 2014 at Africana Hotel.</div>
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The six participants were the 5 <a href="http://uonbi.ac.ke/projects/primek/index.php" target="_blank">PRIME – K</a> participants (<b>Dr. Minnie Kibore, Collins Owek, Raphael Kinuthia Wycliffe Ndege and Susan Wanja</b>) and a seed recipient from Kenyatta University, <b>Mary Mururi</b>.</div>
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The theme of conference of the conference was <span style="color: blue;"><i><b>"Strengthening Systems for Health Professionals' Education. </b>"</i></span></div>
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All the six prime-k members who participated in the conference
registered as members of the EAHPEA. Two of the <a href="http://uonbi.ac.ke/projects/primek/index.php" target="_blank">PRIME-K</a> members, Dr.
Minnie Kibore and Mr. Collins Owek chaired sessions in day two and three
of conference respectively.</div>
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<span class="fbPhotoCaptionText">The objective of the PRIME – K team was to disseminate <a href="http://uonbi.ac.ke/projects/primek/index.php" target="_blank">PRIME-K</a> program outcomes to the rest of the world.</span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14387952740863218285noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734926135536621331.post-86584914727377843302014-10-02T04:12:00.004-07:002015-02-17T06:12:48.566-08:00Mary Muiruri wins AstraZeneca Research Grant award.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: black;"><a href="http://uonbi.ac.ke/projects/primek/index.php" target="_blank">PRIME-K</a> is delighted to inform you that Mary Muiruri won the AstraZeneca Research Grant award.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">Mary Muiruri is a recipient of tremendous
support from MEPI-Kenya in many areas of her research and this award
highlights the direct impact of the capacity building by the MEPI grant.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">We are proud to share our success with you - the MEPI family.This is what Mary had to say</span></div>
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<span style="color: mediumblue;"><i>“I kindly wish to express my deep
gratitude and appreciation for the immense support that MEPI-Kenya has
given me for the past two years since December 2012 when I applied for
the PRIME-K seed grant. I have benefited a great deal through this
project. First it was the seed grant which funded part of my PhD
research, then the sponsorship to attend the EAPHEA conference in
Kampala this year June, and two trainings in between. It's also through
PRIME-K that I got to know Dr. Titus Kahiga* who has become my mentor in
research.”</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: mediumblue;"><i>“I also would like to say thank you
for the sponsorship to attend the SARETI modules in South Africa from
25th Aug - 6th Sept this year. I'm really grateful. I learnt a lot on
ethical issues in HIV clinical trials and in research generally. It was
both an opportunity for learning and exposure. Out of it I've now even
began to get involved in training here at Kenyatta University.”</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: mediumblue;"><i>“It's my prayer that God richly bless
you and the MEPI family, to which I now feel I belong. I look forward to
participating more and more in MEPI's future activities. Thank you. ”</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">Mary Muiruri.<br />
Kenyatta University.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">*Dr. Titus Kahiga, is the Kenyatta University representative for MEPI-Kenya</span>.</div>
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<a href="http://uonbi.ac.ke/projects/primek/index.php" target="_blank">PRIME-K </a>continues its commitment in the promotion of new teaching
methodologies in the University of Nairobi, College of Health Sciences.
The program does this by facilitating the university’s faculty to
develop their lectures into modules which can then be hosted on an
E-platform with the main aim of enabling accessibility of the materials
to students at all times.</div>
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Thus the program held a 4 day workshop June 17-20, 2014 for the
Department of Psychiatry (CHS), to develop E-content materials. The
workshop attracted 18 participants who were taken through the crucial
steps of writing, developing and converting E-content that is user
oriented.</div>
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Speaking during the event, Dr. Mary Kuria, Chair Department of
Psychiatry, pointed out that the workshop was imperative considering the
current world we are living in with the rapid technological
advancements. That the workshop brings a fresh dimension for teaching<b><i>. <span style="color: blue;">“This
is an significant step in teaching, use of e-content brings a new and
exciting way of teaching and also very convenient because the faculty
are few, and this method offers a wider reach.”</span></i></b> She states</div>
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This sentiments are echoed by Dr. John Mburu, a lecturer at the
university who says they should have done E-conversion earlier owing to
its reach and incredible efficiency in teaching<b><i>. <span style="color: blue;">“E-content
offers us lecturers an easy way of teaching and students can learn
better as the content is there and they can revisit anytime.”</span></i></b> He attests.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14387952740863218285noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734926135536621331.post-46038493673959898072014-06-19T07:49:00.000-07:002014-06-19T07:49:01.806-07:00TRAINING WORKSHOP ON INNOVATIVE TEACHING METHODOLOGIES AND MENTORSHIP<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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This training was held with the intention of preparing the healthcare
workers who will be directly responsible for University of Nairobi's
undergraduate students when they are sent to their facilities for
rotation.</div>
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After this training, learners will be able to handle medical students
when they are sent to their facilities for clinical rotations. The
training had 23 participants. This included health records officers,
clinical officers, nurses, doctors, medical specialists and other
administrators.</div>
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The training was conducted in sessions of three (3) days trainings on
the site at Utalii Hotel in Nairobi on data collection, utilization and
management. The facilitators used power point presentations and Group
discussions. Each of the participants was given a Pre and Post
self-assessment to fill out and turn in.</div>
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Participants were introduced to Learning methods, Bedside teaching,
integrated learning, Microteaching and Mentorship. The facilitators
covered the Principles of Learning, Specific Learning Objectives and
Mentorship process.</div>
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The participants were split into four (4) groups and asked to come up with case studies and offer possible solutions.</div>
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<span style="color: mediumblue;"><strong>TRAINING OVERVIEW</strong></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">Day 1</span></div>
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Participants were introduced to PRIME-K Program, educational needs, principles of learning, taxonomy and domain.</div>
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<span style="color: purple;">Day 2</span></div>
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The facilitators introduced learning methods, bedside teaching, integrated learning and microteaching.</div>
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<span style="color: purple;">Day 3</span></div>
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The participants were introduced to the rationale of mentorship, roles
and characteristics of an effective mentor, basic knowledge and skills
in mentorship and mentorship process.</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14387952740863218285noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734926135536621331.post-6928260972471391762014-06-19T07:42:00.001-07:002014-06-19T07:42:09.011-07:00Mentorship Faculty Workshop 7th-9th April, 2014<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifEOjPKM9I3G5kqxYbFE9YsgfKwETRG9vcyZcVxglpKc2RSeZwXHKE1b5IspNLdxN3EC9B46KsYqBgoScuxnXp2-UZmb1E-5f-Gl0gpRTZJILQhe5C0cGet2mfV9JvJMsYjYJKNvA3ZPY/s1600/DSC05470.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifEOjPKM9I3G5kqxYbFE9YsgfKwETRG9vcyZcVxglpKc2RSeZwXHKE1b5IspNLdxN3EC9B46KsYqBgoScuxnXp2-UZmb1E-5f-Gl0gpRTZJILQhe5C0cGet2mfV9JvJMsYjYJKNvA3ZPY/s1600/DSC05470.JPG" height="300" width="400" /></a>The Mentorship Workshop for faculty and staff at the University of Nairobi College of Health Sciences (CHS) was held on 7<sup>th</sup>-9<sup>th</sup> April, 2014 at the Lake Naivasha Panorama Hotel, Kenya.</div>
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The purpose of the workshop was to train members of faculty and staff
on mentoring .The training was based on the mentorship Guidelines
developed by PRIME-K aim 3.The overall objective of the workshop was to
train faculty on the implementation of the mentorship program at
University of Nairobi.</div>
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There were a total of 24 participants from the six Schools and administrative offices at the College of Health Sciences.</div>
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<strong>Content Covered</strong></div>
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The mentorship guidelines content covered the following areas:</div>
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<span style="color: purple;">Introduction and rationale of mentorship</span></li>
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<span style="color: purple;">Roles and characteristics of mentors</span></li>
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<span style="color: purple;">Benefits of mentoring to mentee, mentor and the institution</span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: purple;">functions of a mentor</span></li>
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<span style="color: purple;">Attributes of a good mentor</span></li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="color: purple;">Types of mentoring</span></li>
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<span style="color: purple;">Identifiction,screening and selection of mentors</span></li>
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<span style="color: purple;">Incentives for participation in mentoring</span></li>
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<span style="color: purple;">Mentoring strategies</span></li>
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<span style="color: purple;">Establishing mentorship programs and Mentorship skills and processes.</span></li>
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PROGRAM</span></b><span style="color: #c00000; font-family: "Lucida Bright","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span>
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that received Medical Education Partnership Initiative (MEPI) award.</span></div>
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for Innovative Medical Education in Kenya (PRIME-K) in collaboration with
two of its longstanding training partners, the University of Washington (UW)
and the University of Maryland Baltimore (UMB). </span><b><span style="color: #c00000; font-family: "Lucida Bright","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></b></div>
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APPROACH</span></b><span style="color: #c00000; font-family: "Lucida Bright","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Bright","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The program aims are to:</span><span style="font-family: "Lucida Bright","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
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“skills lab” that allows students to have hands-on clinical experiences using
expert patients and simulation models. In addition, the faculty have been
trained in clinical teaching, and new educational approaches have been
rigorously evaluated to promote the most effective methods university-wide.</span></div>
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<b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u><span style="color: #c00000; font-family: "Lucida Bright","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Extend the reach of medical training outside Nairobi</span></u></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #c00000; font-family: "Lucida Bright","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">: </span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Lucida Bright","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Bright","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We have developed and implemented a
decentralized, community-based program that optimizes training in primary care
and preventive medicine around HIV/AIDS. </span></div>
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accrediting local medical doctors and specialists at 14 provincial and district
hospitals which are rotation sites for medical students, interns, and
postgraduates. </span></div>
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decentralized sites, we have introduced the use of mobile phones applications
and E-learning systems.</span></div>
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UON postgraduates and faculty to pursue clinical or applied research</span></u></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u><span style="color: #c00000; font-family: "Lucida Bright","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">: </span></u></i></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Bright","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This is accomplished through three
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one- year mentored fellowship in implementation science, </span></div>
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development awards in clinical research, and </span></div>
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seed research project program.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Lucida Bright","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This will streamline the processes for
conducting research within UON by directly supporting the Office of Grants
Management and IRB to increase efficiency of operations and management to the
standards of USG funding regulations.</span></div>
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also seeks to build implementation science research and enhance leadership
capacity in Maternal, Neonatal and Child Health (MNCH). </span></b></div>
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