Late license, live music, drinks promos and a few very special surprises… On Wednesday the 3rd of February the Swansea-Gambia Link hosts the Auction of Promises at The Vault under No Sign Wine Bar. Last year was an outstanding success raising over £3000, and this year we hope to do even better! We’re happy to …
On Wednesday 20th January 2010 the 8 students who visited Gambia in December 2009 will be giving a presentation on their trip in the ILS Seminar Room (First floor) at 19:00. The talk is entitled “Holey Feet and a Hole Lot More!” and will include various aspects of their experiences there. In particular, it will …
Thank you all so much for your wonderful support of the Cake Sales so far this year. It has been tremendous! Thanks to the sales, we were able to buy 10 copies of the World Health Organisation‘s Pocket Book of Hospital Care for Children to donate to the Royal Victoria Teaching Hospital in Banjul. This …
Professor John MacDermot of the Tropical Health and Education Trust will be visiting The Gambia and teaching in Medicine and Pharmacology for 3 weeks in February 2010.
This summer, five of our Swansea medical students are packing their bags for Africa! The students will be spread across two main projects and are being joined by a trainee pathologist from Wales. Each year, various exchange placements are organised. This trip aims to both strengthen the link between Wales and The Gambia and yield worthwhile outcomes …
Professor John MacDermot of the Tropical Health and Education Trust will be teaching medical students in The Gambia on a Clinical Medicine Revision Course from 2nd – 9th October 2009.
Dr. Kieran McHugh, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London will be teaching paediatric radiology for 2 weeks in March, 2009.
Emeritus Professor John MacDermot, THET: January 2007 for 4 weeks: teaching pharmacology to year 3 students; teaching medicine to year 4 students. March 2007 for 10 days: teaching in medicine; examining pharmacology research is year three students. August/September 2007 for 3 weeks: teaching medicine to year 5 students; examining pharmacology of the year 3 students. …
Dr. Kieran McHugh, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London: March 2009 for 2 weeks: Teaching in paediatric radiology.
Professor Johannes Thome, Professor of Psychiatry, Swansea Medical School: March/April 2009 for 2 weeks. Teaching in psychiatry for final year students. Delivered a guest lecture entitled “Demystifying Psychiatry” to a large audience from Gambia University that was also transmitted on Gambia television.
