Through a collaboration between Egerton University, Faculty of Health Sciences, the East Africa Centre for vaccines and immunization (ECAVI) and Make A Medic (from the UK), 100 fourth year and 5th year medical students received free stethoscopes on 10th August, 2021; to help them improve their clinical skills in their medical training in the clinical areas. The collaboration is headed by Dr. Ombeva Malande, a lecturer in the department of pediatrics, saw medical students gifted with this important tool for medical practice.
Dr. Ombeva said: “We are delighted that with the help of our partners in Europe under Make a Medic, we have been able to gift our medical students with these stethoscopes. We hope this will help the students excel in their clinical examination of their patients on the wards. For me, this is a personal pleasure and dream, to make Egerton University the best medical school training in the region, not just in Kenya. Already we are getting very excellent reports from all over the country where our students go for internship after completing their degree training, where they are praised for their excellent clinical skills, empathy and knowledge of medicine. We shall hopefully continue this gesture annually into the foreseeable future.”
Dr. Lasith Ranasinghe, founding head and Director of Make a Medic, said: “I am so glad that the stethoscopes arrived safely to Egerton University, and can now be used by the students on the wards. We are excited about this, and hope to help sponsor similar initiatives in the future, funds allowing.”
The University Council, Vice Chancellor and Management Board wishes to thank the East Africa Centre for Vaccines and Immunization (ECAVI) and Make A Medic (from the UK) for the support to Faculty of Health Sciences and the support to Medical students and also most sincerely thank the Dean of the Faculty and Dr. Ombeva Malande, Lecturer in the Department of Paediatrics for excellent efforts in training our future medical doctors.
The University Council, Vice Chancellor and Management Board wishes to thank the East Africa Centre for Vaccines and Immunization (ECAVI) and Make A Medic (from the UK) for the support to Faculty of Health Sciences and the support to Medical students and also most sincerely thank the Dean of the Faculty and Dr. Ombeva Malande, Lecturer in the Department of Paediatrics for excellent efforts in training our future medical doctors.
Medical students had this to say:
I am so grateful for this stethoscope…I love the inspirational message from the manufacturer, and hope this stethoscope goes a long way to help me in my studies.
I want to say thank you for this stethoscope, it has come in handy, and it will help me in my studies and future career and hope this gesture continues for the future to help many more students.
I am so grateful for this stethoscope, it has come in handy, and it will help me in my future career and current training.
We are the pioneers of using these stethoscopes, and so excited that the stethoscopes will help us in our training and future career.
