On November 23rd Swansea Gambia Link hosted a fundraising house party which turned out to be a huge success. The party was held at the house of two of the committee members and was given a “Lion King” theme, which involved the house being kitted out in animal print décor, East African music playing and …
2012/13 was a mixed year for the Swansea-Gambia Link. On the one hand, we raised nearly £5,000 through a combination of the Auction of Promises (brilliantly auctioneer-ed by Paul Jones) and a number of us running the Llanelli Half Marathon in early March. A huge thank-you to all those who gave, ran, donated and bid …
During the month of May, Swansea Medical School was host to three students; Pa Amadou Sohna, Fatoumatta Jaiteh and Ismaila Manneh from the Gambia. The students came for two weeks and during that time took part in a wide range of activities. Among the highlights were attending surgical and medical placements in a number of …
In October 2011, ten Swansea medical students visited the Gambia for two weeks as part of their accredited clinical apprenticeship. This was a move away from the very successful informal student exchange to a more formalized arrangement, with structured learning outcomes and oversight from a UK clinical tutor. We spent two days each rotating through …
An exploration of Swansea medical students’ experiences of active involvement in an international health student link. Download the poster here: ASME 2011 conference poster
Professor John MacDermot of the Tropical Health and Education Trust (THET) will be working in Banjul in August, to serve as the external examiner in pharmacology.
The diabetes team from the Swansea-Gambia Link will present their work at the 6th International Symposium on The Diabetic Foot in The Netherlands in May. You can read their abstract here: Diabetic foot clinic Abstract Find out more about the meeting.
A project aimed at sharing diabetes know-how with nurses in The Gambia has been awarded £6,400 by the Welsh Assembly Government. “The visiting nurses will get the opportunity to see first-hand how patients with diabetes are managed in Swansea… [It] can be used as a reference tool to educate students and qualified staff in wound …
A multidisciplinary team of students from Swansea University will run a pilot project in the Gambia this summer to develop a deepened understanding of the interdependency between ill health and broader development and environmental issues. The students, selected from the Schools of Medicine, Arts and Humanities, Human and Health Sciences and Media studies, will work …
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 accommodation for the duration of their stay. During their stay they will be undertaking various placements …
