ULTRASOUND FOR BEGINNERS COURSE 23RD -25TH SEPTEMBER, 2020
- 60 Participants attended.
REPORT OF THE INNAUGURAL CENTRE OF EDUCATION COURSE
1. Introduction
The Centre of Education (COE) for the World Federation of Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology was approved for establishment on 2nd July, 2020. The COE is currently domiciled at The University Teaching Hospital (UTH) in Lusaka, Zambia. Since the Society of Ultrasound is still undergoing the
due process of registration in compliance with the Registration of Societies Act of the Laws of Zambia, the COE is currently running under the auspices of the Radiological Society of Zambia.
The COE undertook to run its inaugural course from 23rd – 25th September, 2020. However, due to logistical constraints and the need by the Ministry of Health to comply with stringent Covid-19 regulations for public gatherings of more than fifty (50) people, the training course was rescheduled to 7th-9th October, 2020.
2. The COE Course
As earlier indicated, the course could not take place on the initially planned dates because the intended venue was not cleared by the health authorities. This resulted in the change of venue. Further, the authorities required that all the participants should have a Negative Covid- 19 test results within 3 days before the commencement of the course. This was also followed up by another rapid diagnostic test on each day of the training. The health authorizes were of the view that because of the nature of the training that required active participation and close proximity of all attendees for hands on sessions, it was necessary to ensure adequate screening.
2.1. The Course Participants
The composition of the sixty (60) course participants was multi-disciplinary and included the following:
A. Physicians
B. Radiologists and Residents
C. Radiographers
D. Surgeons
E. Sonographers
F. Midwives
2.2 The Course Structure
The content of the training course was structured as in the table below:
3. Conclusion
At the end of the three (3) day training, each participant received a certificate of attendance. The COE Director encouraged all participants to join the soon to be established Zambia Society of Ultrasound. It was agreed that the next course takes place in the week ending 27th November, 2020 and the COE Director was tasked to work towards achieving that.
