Programmes
SCfPE/KUHeS

KUHeS Palliative Care ECHO

This is a collaboration between the Scottish Centre for Project ECHO and the Department of Family Medicine at Kamuzu University of Health Sciences. These sessions occur on a rolling monthly basis, together we discuss complex case studies encountered by the university alumni in their practice after completing their studies.

Facilitator

Mwandida Nkhoma and Alex Chitani

Mwandida and Alex are lecturers at KUHeS with specialisms in Palliative Care.  

 

Why Malawi Paliative ECHO?

Highland Hospice has a long standing relationship with health professionals in Malawi, including exchange visits and knowledge sharing around palliative care. This ongoing connection with the region, through our partners, has resulted in plans to investigate whether ECHO could work for rural communities in Blantyre.

Kamuzu University of Health Sciences (KUHeS) has recently developed a new qualification in Palliative Health Care for a cohort of approximately 25 students. This group of learners have now returned to their substantive posts in rural villages around Blantyre and the teaching staff at KUHeS would like to use the ECHO model to provide additional insights to the cohort while giving them an opportunity to discuss anonymous complex cases from their own locale.   

This is a great opportunity for everyone to be teacher and everyone to be a learner and the SCfPE team will look forward to gaining some experience in supporting partners overseas.

 

Who is it for?

This project will be open to a small cohort of 25 alumni in from the KUHeS department of family medicine. Sessions will be scheduled in CAT time zone.   

 

Below is a list of the sessions and topics that we have covered so far.

13 March
5:30pm - 7:00pm

Managing pain in sickle cell crisis during pregnancy

Presenters: Andy Chawanda, BSc Hons PC (Mw)

10 April
6:00pm - 7:00pm

Pain management in patients with delirium

Presenter: Allan Uladi, BSc Hons PC (Mw)

15 May
6:00pm - 7:00pm

Complex symptom control

Presenter: Chawanangwa Smith Beza, BSc PC Hons (Mw)

12 June
6:00pm - 7:00pm

Complex symptom control

Presenter: Judith Chawinga, BSc PC Hons (Mw)

17 July
6:00pm - 7:00pm

Complex communication

Presenter: Overton Ng’ambi, BSc PC Hons (Mw)

14 August
6:00pm - 7:00pm

Patient and caregiver frustrations: Appendectomy complicated by cecal perforation

Presenter: Bettie Kandiero, BSc PC Hons (Mw)