Thursday, April 24, 2008

Registrars and Interns


Drs Joyce Mbula and Franklin Ikunda doing morning rounds; Nurse Gladys in the background.


Dr Emmanuel Wanjala explaining to Dr Kenneth Munge the finer points of Tuberculosis.

Medical training is slightly different here than in the US. You apply for med school right out of high school and it lasts 5-6 years. Everyone then completes a general training internship. After internship you usually go to a district hospital and work until you are accepted as a Registrar (Resident) in the specialty of your choice. At the district hospital, after your internship, you will be required to perform a high level of general medical and surgical care including cesarean sections, appendectomies and hernia repairs. Family Medicine is just getting started as a specialty here in Kenya.

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