A VERY WARM WELCOME TO THE 3 STUDENTS OVER FROM THE GAMBIA!!
On the 2nd March, Ousman, Abdullahi and Emeka flew into Gatwick Airport for their 10 day stay in Swansea as the latest student exchange contingent. They are being hosted by the Student Committee, and are staying in Singleton Hospital Accomodation for the duration of their stay. During their stay they will be undertaking various placements throughout the Swansea hospitals, as well as engaging in numerous social events. We would love for you to join us on any one of these, or indeed at lunchtime in Singleton Hospital. A full timetable can be found here. If you would like to join us, or would like more info then please get in touch with Anna Woodman at
Mission Statement
This partnership between the Swansea NHS Trust, Swansea Medical School,
the Royal Victoria Teaching Hospital, Banjul and School of Medicine,
The Gambia was established with support from THET in February 2007. In
keeping with the philosophy of THET Links, the overall aim of the
Swansea-Gambia Link is for the partners to work together for mutual
benefit in priority areas identified by The Gambia partners.
The Swansea-Gambia Link aims to:
Form working partnerships between staff and students in Swansea and The Gambia to improve health care outcomes
Establish a broad partnership in health - including clinical care, health service delivery, teaching and research
Emphasise capacity development of staff and students involved in
the Link by including education and training as part of activities
wherever possible
Identify key areas of common interest that can be developed as stand-alone projects
Focus on facilitating improved health care delivery (i.e. use
teaching and training as part of broader projects to improve service
delivery)
Specific aims
Within the first 5 years, we aim to demonstrate that:
reciprocal visits of staff and students between our 4
organisations to build personal relationships and become familiar with
each other’s health care and working environment have been undertaken
a Memorandum of Understanding has been established
3-4 stand-alone projects in priority issues in clinical care,
health service delivery, teaching and research identified by the Gambia
partners have resulted in improved health outcomes
student involvement in the Link has improved awareness and understanding in international health
staff involvement in the Link has provided professional development
