Fellow: Abubacarr Jagne From Gambia

Name: Abubacarr Jagne

Home Centre: Edward Francis Small Teaching Hospital University of the Gambia Medical School

Host Centre: Renal Unit Korle Bu Teaching Hospital University of Ghana Medical School

Mentor: Dr. Charlotte Osafo

Duration of Training: one year as per 20th July 2016

Learning objectives:

• Training follows the curriculum of the Ghana College of Physician program with all the skills and knowledge require to qualify the fellow in training for the end of two year training
• Training in research and writing a thesis at the end of the training
• Training medical student and other members of the team

Profile description and training plan:

I am Gambian by nationality. I have completed my membership training Internal Medicine for both West African College of Physician and Ghana College of Physician. My interests in nephrology and serious need for a Nephrologist in my country of 1.7million with no indigenous Consultant Nephrologists have been my motivation to complete this fellowship. The program is mainly involves clinical teaching as per the regional and national college curriculum. Daily ward rounds, four times weekly clinical teaching in the form of case, journal, mortality, audit presentation, grand rounds and three times weekly clinic. As a fellow in training you are rotating within procedure clinic and ward work. There are three monthly appraisals for fellows. The training end with terminal examination at the end of the two years.