Chainama Hills College Hospital

Making the most of International Partnership

05 October 2010Presented by Dr W Chilengwe (Maj.)

Senior Medical Superintendent

Hospital and College Profile

• Referral National Psychiatric Hospital• Built in 1962• 210 Bed capacity with;• Diagnostic Services

Laboratory EEG Radiology

• Rehabilitative Services Occupational Therapy Physiotherapy

Chainama College Profile

• College started training in 1936 (Medical Assistants now Clinical Officers)

• Ministry of Health Funded Institution• Offers:

Pre - service and Post-basic training programsShort in-service courses

• Has 650 students training annually

Chainama College Profile

Programs offered (Pre – Service)

• Clinical Officer General (COG) • Clinical Officer Psychiatry• Registered Mental Health Nurse • Environmental Health Technologist (EHT)• Psychosocial Counsellors • Optometry Technologist

Post Basic Programs

• Ophthalmic Clinical Officer (OCO) • Ophthalmic Nurses (ON) • Medical Licentiate (ML) • Anaesthetic Clinical Officer ( Move to CCHS 2011)• MPH (With Leeds Met University)• Short in service courses – Public Health,

Reproductive health, HIV/AIDS

International Partnerships

Chainama Hills HospitalLeeds Partnerships NHS Foundation Trust Link established about 7 years Benefits both College and hospital Supports the institution with critical materials

and equipment for knowledge and skills update as well as technical expertise in the area of clinical psychiatry and mental health nursing

International PartnershipsChainama College• Leeds Metropolitan University - facilitates the

MPH program with Chainama• JPHIEGO – Supports curriculum development

since 2005. COG, ML program• Rehabilitated teaching clinic Theater 2010.• Clinton Foundation – Educational Support to

COG training since 2009.• Classroom construction 2010 to increase

intake 100 to 140 per annum.

International Partnerships

• Solidarmed (Swiss NGO). • Support ML program since 2009. Increase

student intake from bi annual intake to annual intake,

• Provide teaching Aids and supplies• Constructed two student hostels at practical

sites – Kafue, Lstone• Provide teaching staff – three specialists

International Partnerships

Swedish International Development Agency • Provide Technical Advisor since 2007• Provide Vehicle (s)• Supported Regional conference on medical

licentiates roles in the health sector in April 2010

• Capacity building of staff in teaching methods.

International Partnerships

AMDD - Columbia University(USA) Supported Regional conference on

development of Community of Practice for Non Physician Clinicians in Africa July 2010.

International PartnershipsSight Savers International• Advocated MoH/College to start ophthalmic

training programs: ophthalmic clinical officer, ophthalmic nurse and optometry.

• Support with training equipment, vehicle, books and infrastructure – hostel, optical centre

• Support faculty staff development (2 in india pursuing BSc optometry)

International Partnerships

University of Alabama (USA)• support eGrainary library and staff

development. New Campus planCape Breton University (Canada)• Support environmental research program

and capacity buildingCordaid (Netherlands)– Support in-service

hostel rehabilitation 2010 and business plan

International Partnerships

CIDRZ (USA)• Supported Laboratory Rehabilitation.• Supporting Teaching Clinic Rehabilitation

(2010)Leeds Met University/Manchester UniversitySupport staff development – Masters, Phd VVOB (Belgium NGO) – Supported the skills lab

development for skills training (2004-7)

International Partnerships

Center for Disease Control (CDC)• Supported rehabilitation of the College

medical laboratoryPartnerships in Medical Education (PRIME)• Has been providing training to Lecturers in

medical education and palliative care

Benefits

• Technical assistance to occupational therapy department

• Conduct periodic developmental visits to support the education and training of staff, patient care support and applied research activities

• Supports development of curricula and evaluation of the impact of curricula on the quality of service delivered by trained staff.

Benefits

• Donation of various medical books for students and staff

• Provision of Medical and Teaching Equipment and Supplies

• Infrastructure development/rehabilitation

Benefits :• Exchange visits among the staff• Student exposure through exchange visits• Short refresher courses by visiting consultants• Advocacy for college development• Advocacy for human resources development • Promote South – North link• Exchange of Information and expertise

Lessons learnt from the partnership

The links/partnership often do:• Build the institutional profile and image• Both partners benefit from information and

expertise shared• Facility to meet institutional objectives• Promote further links

Challenges of Partnerships

• Over ride the institutional objectives at times.• Local institutions tend to adapt to partners

priorities which may not so on the ground.• Partners bring with them own reporting

systems and are not willing to adapt to change.

• Some partners are inpatient with local systems. Hence do get frustrated.

Thank You for listening