Blogs
Audit of C-section antibiotic use a step towards driving down resistance
Date: 4 September 2024
Medical student Emma Guenther helped audit antibiotic use in C-section patients in Kampala, which could improve prescribing practices that will help drive down antimicrobial resistance.
Developing an HIV medicine education programme between Harare and Cambridge
Date: 31 August 2024
Medical student Anna Cook travelled to Zimbabwe for her ethical elective where she surveyed general medicine registrars to better understand their knowledge and expertise in the management of HIV.
An ethical elective focused on improving paediatric cancer care
Date: 29 August 2024
In this blog, medical student Maria Izmirlieva describes her ethical elective working with the Paediatric Cancer Partnership in Kampala.
Bi-directional learning on elective in India
Date: 22 August 2024
Medical student Ella Clyne describes the challenges and rewards of her ethical elective in India focusing on women’s health and palliative care.
Pride, resilience and teamwork: the experience of a critical care nurse in Kampala
Date: 21 August 2024
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (CUH) critical care nurse Elizabeth Walsh reflects on the renewed passion and enthusiasm for her job that a week working alongside Ugandan nurses has given her.
“One of the best weeks of my life”: reflections of a Cambridge midwife in Kampala
Date: 15 August 2024
Catherine Barlow is Lead Midwife for Maternal Medicine at The Rosie, Cambridge University Hospitals Trust. Here she reflects on a week in Kampala teaching critical care skills for obstetric patients.