Rotation Programme for Student Doctors in low-income countries

Within the study programme for the 2nd phase, an student can choose to participate in the Rotation Programme for Student Doctors in low-income countries (Tropico). The student must indicate his or her interest as early as possible in the Master’s programme (about 15 months before departure). When an student has participated in this programme, this will be stated in his or her medical qualifications. The application procedure is described on the UMCN students’ web site; the whole procedure is explained during CKO 1 by the co-ordinator (Dr. Monique Keuter) or deputy coordinator (Dr. Henri van Asten) of the Nijmegen Institute for International Health (NIIH).

Students studying elsewhere in the Netherlands can apply via Tropico for a place in the rotation programme after available places have first been allocated to Nijmegen students. They too must comply with all requirements regarding preparation for the programme. In planning to participate in the programme, Faculty regulations must be taken into account. See the Course Prospectus of the Faculty of Medical Science.

Het coschap start de 6/7de Maart, Juni, September en December en eindigt op de 6/7de Maart, Juni, September en December.

Locations

• Africa: Tanzania and Ghana. The student has the opportunity to show initiative and take responsibility for a department or a number of patients, generally in a district hospital. The student is supervised by Medical Doctors and Assistant Medical Doctors.
• Indonesia: Semarang. The student has the opportunity to work in the Department of Internal Medicine and Paediatrics at Dr Kariadi Hospital, Semarang en Hasan Sadikin Hospital, both an university hospital. Afterwards the student goes for 4 weeks to Mlonggo  (Health Centre) and Jepara (Hospital), where he or she works in partnership with an Indonesian student in various departments, dealing with various aspects of Public Health and Clinical care.
• Indonesia: Bandung. The student has the opportunity to work in the Department of Internal Medicine and Paediatrics at Hasan Kadiki Hospital, an university hospital. Afterwards the student goes for 4 weeks to Puskesmas Garuda or another Puskesmas (Health Centre in Bandung) and 4 weeks to Soreang District Hospital, where he or she works in partnership with an Indonesian student in various departments, dealing with various aspects of Public Health and Clinical care.
• Suriname: Paramaribo and the interior. Here the student has the chance to gain initial experience in a peripheral hospital. Preventive elements are also involved, through assignments outside the hospital. General practica and dermatology can be part of the internship.
• Nicaragua: Leon. The studentship in Nicaragua offer the possibility of gaining initial experience in the primary health care (PHC) offered by health centres. The approach to PHC covers both curative and preventive elements. An effort is made to deal with the actual causes of many diseases, in the residential and working environment, by developing small projects in collaboration with the population. The students will also work in a hospital in Leon.

Vanwege het nieuwe curriculum Bachelor-Master zijn vele studenten niet op tijd klaar met hun senior coschap om op de 1ste van de maand aan hun coschap OWL te beginnen. Dit heeft geleid tot het besluit om vanaf de september 2011 periode de begindatum ongeveer een week op te schuiven zodanig dat de duur van het coschap OWL 13 weken wordt. In de praktijk betekent dit dat de startdatum van het coschap op de eerste woensdag van de maand zal worden. Een belangrijk aspect willen we vasthouden en dat is de overdracht van de zittende co’s aan de komende co’s. 

2011                                                                          

• Cogroep 115-117: September 2011 periode: woensdag 7 september tot woensdag 7 december 2011 (aankomstdatum: di 6 september voor overdracht )  
• Cogroep 118-120: December 2011 periode: woensdag 7 december tot woensdag 7 maart 2012 (aankomstdatum: di 6 december voor overdracht)                                                                                                                    

2012

• Cogroep 121-123: Maart 2012 periode: woensdag 7 maart  tot woensdag 6 juni  
• Cogroep 124-126: Juni 2012 periode: woensdag 6 Juni  tot woensdag 5 september  
• Cogroep 127-129: September 2012 periode: woensdag 5 september tot woensdag 5 december
• Cogroep 130-132: December 2012 periode: woensdag 5 december tot woensdag 6 maart 2013  

2013                                                                                      

• Cogroep 133-135: Maart periode: woensdag 6 maart tot woensdag 5 Juni
• Cogroep 136-138: Juni periode: 5 Juni tot 4 September
• Cogroep 139-141: September periode: 4 September tot 4 December
• Cogroep 142-144: December periode: 4 December tot 5 Maart 2014

2014

• Cogroep 145-147: Maart periode: woensdag 5 Maart tot woensdag 4 Juni 
• Cogroep 148-150: Juni periode: 4 Juni tot 3 September
• Cogroep 151-153: September periode: 3 September tot 3 December