ULTRASOUND TRAINING PROGRAMME IN ZANZIBAR ARCHIPELAGO (2023-2025) – First COURSE (23-27 of January, 2023)

The WORLD MEDICAL COLOURS ASSOCIATION and THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH ZANZIBAR

ULTRASOUND TRAINING PROGRAMME IN ZANZIBAR ARCHIPELAGO (2023-2025)

First COURSE (23-27 of January, 2023)

Day 1 – Monday 23, 2023

-Introduction (15 minutes): M. Franca Meloni, MD, and Giovanna Ferraioli, MD

-Entry multiple-choice text (30 minutes)

-How ultrasound works: basic principles (30 minutes). Richard G Barr, MD

-Terminology and technique (30 minutes). Leslie Scoutt, MD

-Hands-on (2 hours): Richard Barr, M. Franca Meloni, Giovanna Ferraioli, Jaffer Dharsee, Khadija Suleiman Said, Leslie Scoutt, Khamis Abrahman, Mahmoud Badru Ali

Day 2 – Tuesday 24, 2023

-Liver: anatomy (45 minutes). Leslie Scoutt, MD

-Gallbladder and biliary tree: anatomy (20 minutes). Richard Barr, MD

-Hands-on (2 hours): Richard Barr, M. Franca Meloni, Giovanna Ferraioli, Jaffer Dharsee, Khadija Suleiman Said, Leslie Scoutt, Khamis Abrahman, Mahmoud Badru Ali

Day 3 – Wednesday 25, 2023

-Pancreas and spleen: anatomy (30 minutes). Leslie Scoutt, MD

-Urinary tract: anatomy (30 minutes). Richard Barr, MD

-Hands-on (2 hours): Richard Barr, M. Franca Meloni, Giovanna Ferraioli, Jaffer Dharsee, Khadija Suleiman Said, Leslie Scoutt, Khamis Abrahman, Mahmoud Badru Ali

Day 4 – Thursday 26, 2023

Breast and thyroid: anatomy (40 minutes). Richard Barr, MD Abdominal vessels: anatomy (30 minutes). Leslie Scoutt, MD

-Hands-on (2 hours): Richard Barr, M. Franca Meloni, Giovanna Ferraioli, Jaffer Dharsee, Khadija Suleiman Said, Leslie Scoutt, Khamis Abrahman, Mahmoud Badru Ali

Day 5 – Friday 27, 2023

Uterus and ovaries: anatomy (40 minutes). Khadija Suleiman Said, MD Prostate: anatomy (15 minutes). Jaffer Dharsee, MD

Multiple-choice text (30 minutes)

Skill assessment text: Richard Barr, M. Franca Meloni, Giovanna Ferraioli, Jaffer Dharsee, Khadija Suleiman Said, Leslie Scoutt, Khamis Abrahman, Mahmoud Badru Ali

Certificate of the course

FACULTY

Khamis Abrahman, Sonographer – Mnazi Mmoja Hospital, Unguja, Zanzibar Archipelago, Tanzania

Richard G Barr, MD – Southwoods Imaging, Youngstown, OH, U.S.A.

Mahmoud Badru Ali, Sonographer – Wete Hospital, Pemba, Zanzibar Archipelago, Tanzania

Giovanna Ferraioli, MD – University of Pavia, Italy

Maria Franca Meloni, MD – Casa di Cura Igea, Milan, Italy

Leslie Scoutt, MD – Yale University, New Haven, CT, U.S.A.

Khadija Suleiman Said, MD – Ilala Afya Centre, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Jaffer Dharsee, MD – Ilala Afya Centre, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania