| Project
Hope Egypt Exemplifies a Time for Hope
Source: Marilyn
Stringer
|
Project
Hope Egypt exemplifies a time for
Hope. The National Training
Institute, built by the Ministry of Health, is a gem
of the Nile
offering state of the science educational programs in
an optimal
learning facility. Operation and management of the facilities,
run by
Project Hope, was extremely efficient and made our educational
programs
easy to implement. Most importantly, our professional
colleagues Mr.
Mike Forte and Nematallah Gomaa Ahmed along with our
chauffeurs, Mr.
Alum and Mr. Goma ensured that our stay was comfortable
both between and
during the training sessions. I was grateful to be able
to focus on my
consultation work, knowing that our hosts were there
to facilitate our
stay.
|
Project HOPE - Save the Baby |
|
| |
|
As a consultant in Women's Health, our team was able to
provide updated,
evidenced- based practice information to over 350 health
professionals,
including both nurses and physicians from all geographic
areas of Egypt.
Our innovative continuing education program provided didactic
and
laboratory training for professionals, who will subsequently
become
expert trainer for other Egyptian professionals. The concept
of the
"train the trainer" program is used widely in the
United States and has
proven to be very successful in the past.
 During
our four day symposium we were able to use both the classroom
and
laboratory to provide didactic and skills training. In particular,
I
provided content on women's health updates that promise to
improve the
morbidity and mortality of child bearing women and their
newborn
infants. Specific content that was covered included areas
such as
intermediate nursing in the United States and improved maternal/infant
outcomes; post partum care; perinatal hemorrhage; obstetrical
emergencies and hypertension during pregnancy.
My particular
area of
expertise, perinatal ultrasound, focused on the physics
of ultrasonography and fetal surveillance. In Egypt, there
is limited
availability of this type of assessment and the participants
were
extremely interested in this newer assessment technology.
During the
sessions on fetal surveillance, participants were able
to receive both
didactic education and introductory hands-on practice
in sonography with
the use of a laboratory model.
 More importantly, during the four-day training sessions,
both
professional groups from the United States and Egypt shared
individual
experiences of caring for women. During these more informal
discussions,
we were able to learn from each other.
Additionally, these informal sessions provided us with an
opportunity to
develop beginning relationships that hopefully will continue
in the
future
Once again, the importance of the combined efforts of Project
Hope, the
Ministry of Health and Population and the National Training
Institute to
improve health outcomes of child bearing women and their
children is
exemplary.
Submitted by:
Marilyn Stringer, PhD, CRNP, RDMS
Associate Professor
University of Pennsylvania
Ministry of Health and Population,
National Training Institute
Consultant: Marilyn Stringer, PhD, CRNP,
RDMS; University of Pennsylvania
“Update in Women’s
Health” -
January 9, 2005-January 10, 2005
|
back
to International
Reflections
