This includes covering the delivery room for complications, examining babies on discharge, working the pediatric ward and covering the clinic and emergency room. Volunteers must be board certified or board eligible. Assignments are for one month and room and board are provided. South Africa Pediatricians and nurse practitioners are needed to support the provision of continuing medical education for pediatricians, medical students, nurse practitioners and medical officers. This program, located in Engcobo in southeastern South Africa, is at All Saints Hospital.
Assignments are for one month and housing is provided.
Uganda This program is designed to strengthen the capacity of the Department of Paediatrics and Child Health at Makerere University and Mulago Hospital in Kampala to undertake research, conduct training and effectively promote child health care in Uganda. Volunteers participate in a teaching program on specific pediatric topics of need and interest. Volunteers attend hospital rounds, grand rounds, and teach post-graduate and undergraduate students. Board certified or board eligible pediatricians are solicited for assignments of at least one month. Six volunteers are needed each year.