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Edition 32
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October 2020
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As we resume educational activities
on-campus we are ultra-cautious with the use of simulation spaces and
equipment, following very strict spacing, ventilation and cleanliness
policies. So far so good. Business is picking up and we welcome our students
to CIME where they can continue to develop their clinical skills with peace
of mind. We ask everyone not to congregate in groups in the public spaces of
CIME, and to enter/exit briskly through the SONAM gate upstairs to the 1st
floor corridor, accessing CIME from this point. We will inform as soon as we
regain access to the ground floor for educational purposes.
Time doesn’t stand still for anything,
not even COVID although it seems like that sometimes. Despite everything the
Academic Building in Nairobi is nearing completion and CIME has a full floor
in one part of the building approaching 30,000 square feet. We in CIME have
been working with the project team to design a centre that incorporates all
that we have learned from CIME Karachi. It will take some time to be
operational but as we prepare for the proposed undergraduate programmes in
Nursing and Medicine in Nairobi, that needs to be the drop-dead deadline,
possibly in 2022. The AKU home-grown expertise in Karachi will help
facilitate this process. This has the potential to be an amazing centre: the
only one of its kind anywhere in Africa, soon to be joined, of course by a
second in Kampala. Together with Karachi, this will achieve the vision of
‘One CIME, Three Locations’.
Professor Charles Docherty
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Healthcare Simulation Week 2020
We celebrated Healthcare Simulation
Week 2020 with the global healthcare simulation community to raise awareness
about our profession and the work we do to advance students’ learning and
patient care.
This year we approached electronic
media; Express News, Geo TV, and Samaa TV, to promote the importance of
healthcare simulation in improving the safety, effectiveness, and efficiency
of health delivery and outcomes. The CIME team was interviewed in Expresso
Morning Show, Geo Pakistan, Samaa Health and Naya Din Samaa TV Morning Show.
We then had a simulated Oscar Ceremony for the Best Actor, Actress etc,
within the CIME team.
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Students kick-off their first simulation session
To illustrate how students have
returned to CIME, we highlight their first simulation session. UGME Year V
students as a part of the Emergency Rotation, participated in
simulation-based Advanced Cardiac Life Support and practiced provision of
Primary Trauma Care to a patient with RTA at CIME.
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Read more
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Preparing community midwives
Most births in Pakistan happen at home:
no frills and minimal attendance perhaps by a lady health visitor or an
experienced Aunt. Midwives professionalise this service and help cut infant
and maternal mortality, often working in diverse communities with ethnicity
issues to contend with. Providing on-going educational activities is
essential to effectively maintain skills sets, knowledge and attitudes to
deal with difficult situations.
To address this, a simulation-based
orientation programme was designed to improve the midwives’ experiences of
care in the community. The aim was to provide participants enough skills and
knowledge about social problems, and the emotional, physical, and social
conditions underlying pregnancy, so that they can provide effective care.
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Phlebotomy workshop for nursing technicians
A single wrong technique in phlebotomy
has the capacity to cause pain, bruising, nerve damage perhaps false results,
haemolysis, prolonged hospitalization, delayed or missed diagnosis,
unnecessary use of antibiotics and a financial burden on the patient. In
addition to this, it can lead to a loss of confidence in caregivers and
anxiety over future procedures. Health workers are also at risk of
needle-stick injury and blood-borne infection if the proper technique is not
adhered to.
In addressing these issues, it is vital
to teach this procedure in a simulated setting, with feedback on performance
and the development of competence, protecting both health workers and
patients.
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Read more |
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COVID-19 handbook: How not to go viral?
COVID
isn’t going anywhere soon, and as schools re-open in Pakistan it is vital
that myths and misconceptions are dispelled. It is vital that the truth about
this disease is propagated to help prevent its spread to ensure the safety of
our students and teachers.
With
this aim in mind, the medical and nursing students from SPIE - Society for
Promoting Innovation in Education have sifted through the volumes of
information and disinformation on COVID-19 and compiled a user-friendly but
comprehensive booklet for schools and students across Pakistan. The book
includes knowledge about symptoms, prevention, self-screening advice and
guidelines for self-isolation and quarantine. It comes with quizzes and links
to interactive animations to provide confidence to the reader to continue
daily activities in the safest way possible.
This
initiative is designed to supplement the efforts of schools, colleges and
universities in preventing the spread of COVID-19 by promoting understanding
and social responsibility. In turn, this will reduce the pressure on
frontline staff and the country’s healthcare facilities.
You
can grab your copy by clicking on this link: https://www.aku.edu/cime/Documents/covid-booklet.pdf
Happy
reading!
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SeeMe in Media!
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Expresso Morning Show
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Geo Pakistan Morning Show
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Khabar Bakhair TV Show
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Naya Din Morning Show
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Samaa Health
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Webinar “COVID-19 and pulmonary
infections: Adapting to the new normal”
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Shoulder Dystocia workshop
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I-SPIE CIME: a students’ eye-view
Accompany new students on a tour of the
Aga Khan University’s Centre for Innovation in Medical Education (CIME) - the
first in South Asia to be accredited by the US-based Society for Simulation
in Healthcare. Let our students from SPIE, (the society for promoting
innovation in education) be your guide.
Witness the pedagogically optimised
venues for seminars, conferences and workshops as well as our high fidelity
simulated hospital and community environments. CIME is the most innovative
healthcare teaching and learning centre in Pakistan as well as in the region,
and aspires to be on a par with the best in the world. Watch video…
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Let’s
get social! |
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much more.
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Mailing
Address:
Centre
for Innovation in Medical Education (CIME), Aga Khan University, Stadium Road
P.O. Box 3500, Karachi 74800, Pakistan
Tel:
+92 21 3486 3733 | Email: cime@aku.edu |
Website: www.aku.edu/cime
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