Student Electives 2007

Addenbrooke’s Abroad assists the placement of many medical student electives in resource-poor countries.

The number of placements for 2006/2007 was as follows:

China – 5
India – 15
Kenya – 8
Lesotho – 2
Malaysia – 3
Nepal – 3
Pakistan – 2
Samoa – 4
South Africa – 3
Taiwan – 2
Tanzania – 5
Tonga – 2
Uganda – 4
Vietnam – 2

Addenbrooke's Abroad bursaries were awarded to:

• Jason Ali: Northern District Hospital, Espirito Santo, Vanuatu – prevalence and incidence of different types of malaria

• Meredith Bowles: St Luke’s Hospital, Mpwapwa, Tanzania – active participation in HIV clinic. Download case study.

• Ailbhe Burke: Calicut Medical College, Kerala, India – audit of protocols to minimise the risk of hospital-acquired infections
  
  
• Nisreen Fahmy: Institute of Endemic Disease, Khartoum, Sudan – development of clinical algorithms for diagnosis of TB. Download case study.

• Annalise Katz-Summercorn: Kisumu Hospital, Kenya – active on wards and with Kenyan Orphan Project Medical clinics
  
  
• Michael Riste: Mpilo Central Hospital, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe – active participation in medical clinic. Download case study.

• Senem Tugrul: Chi Minh City Hospital, Vietnam – design of a double-blind, randomised study of encephalitis therapies

In 2008, Addenbrooke’s Abroad supported 10 students with bursaries.

The students went to:

• Ali Alim-Marvasti to Tehran Hospital, Iran
• Kristie Bewers to  Nkoma CCAP Hospital, Malawi
• Thomas Gope to Southern Regional Hospital, Dangriga, Belize and Punta Gorda Hospital, Punta Gorda, Belize
• Rachel Gottschalk and Catherine Grilli to St Anthony’s Hospital, Volta Region, Ghana
  
• Ashok Kar to Tupua Tamasese Meaole Hospital, Apia, Samoa, South Pacific
  
• Priscilla Mathewson to National Referral Hospital, Honiara, Solomon Islands and Taro Hospital, Taro Island, Solomon Islands
• Thomas Williams to Ambelal Heinrich Memorial Trust Clinic and childrens clinics of Reaching the Unreached and Vellore Christian Medical College, Tamil Nadu, India
• Clare Wilson to Tygerberg Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa
• Quan Yuan to Qingdao Municipal Hospital

Elective Prize: The 2008 elective prize was awarded to Joel Wan Ee Chin.