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Books sent for Nursing School and Tumaini Science Program |
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  A pallet of books was sent with a Books for Africa container to Tanzania to support the new Nursing School at Ilula and the new Science Education program at Tumaini University. The pallet weighed 2090 lbs and contained more than 400 Biology, Chemistry, and Physics books donated by St Olaf and Mankato State University (Tom Hendrickson) and 130 Nursing and Medical books donated by the Gustavus and Concordia Moorehead Nursing departments. The container should arrive in Dodoma, Tanzania by the end of October 2011 and held by PEN Trust for Dan and Sue McIntyre to pickup and bring to Ilula and Iringa.
These books will be a key resource for starting Nursing instruction at Ilula this fall. |
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Development of a Nursing School on the Ilula Hospital Campus |
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Plans are underway to utilize the Peter J King Center for Medical Education, located on the Ilula Hospital campus, as a platform to begin a Certificate Level nursing school at Ilula. This project is a joint effort between the Iringa Diocese of the Lutheran Church of Tanzania, Tumaini University, Shoulder to Shoulder and the Peter J King Family Foundation. The steering committee, which includes representation from the Tanzanian Government and the District Medical Officer, has appointed Nurse Anitha Mhapa at Ilula Hosptial to become Acting Director of the Nursing School.
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Multidisciplinary Medical Education Group Visits Ilula January 2011 |
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Ten students participated in a multidisciplinary medical education group visit to Ilula in January 2011. This included 3 medical students from the University of Minnesota, 3 Australian medical students, 2 public health students and an Occupational Therapy student from St Catherine's University and a University of Minnesota MPH student. Students observed on inpatient rounds, in the operating room, in the delivery room and participated in rural maternal child health and HIV mobile clinics. Several students gave mini-lectures at morning report on diabetes and heart disease related topics. The faculty accompanying the trip included 5 physicians, Dr Gary Moody, Dr Ken Olson, Dr Randy Hurley, Dr John Kvasnicka and Dr Becky Koerner as well as a licensed physical therapist, Amy Schultz. Read about their trip at ilula-friends-2011.blogspot.com |
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Concordia College, Moorhead, MN Plans J-Term Course at Ilula |
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Concordia College is developing a J-term elective at the Ilula Hospital. The vision for the trip involves integrating both nursing students and nursing alumni on a one month J-term experience each May. Representatives from Concordia visited Ilula in May 2011 to lay the groundwork for a J-term course to be offered in May 2012. |
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Initial Phase of Peter J King Family Foundation Center for Medical Education Completed |
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Construction of the initial phase of the Peter J King Family Foundation Center for Medical Education was recently completed on the Ilula campus. This includes 3 classrooms, a lecture hall, computer and library rooms and administrative block. Plans are underway to use this facility for short-course training for community health workers, hospital staff and to hold seminars for continuing medical education for dispensary staff from surrounding villages.
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