SSMJ May 2013
Editorials
Editorial: 'Collaboration between SSMJ and its readers'
All of us in the healthcare professions throughout the world can learn much from each other. This has been demonstrated so well by the collaboration between the editors, authors, medical experts and readers of the South Sudan Medical Journal.News, Reports and Policy
The potential of telemedicine in South Sudan
The aim of this article is to introduce the concept of telemedicine in South Sudan, as part of routine healthcare delivery.Extract from: Report of a Visit to UK on Clinical Attachment at Poole Hospital and St Mary's Hospital, Isle Of Wight 6 October - 28 November 2012
I visited UK on a 7- week clinical attachment to Poole hospital, mainly working in the department of diagnostic imaging (Ultrasound). The grant for my visit was secured from Gordon Memorial College Trust Fund (GMCTF) with the help of Dr. Frankie Dormon, a Consultant Anaesthetist at Poole Hospital and the Medical Lead of Poole Africa link (which is the link with Wau hospital).The life of Professor Giuseppe Meo
Professor Meo graduated in Turin in 1962, and specialized in emergency and thoracic surgery. In 1968 he and his colleagues founded Comitato Collaborazione Medica (CCM), an NGO dedicated to health development in emerging countriesAdvert: JUBA COLLEGE OF NURSING AND MIDWIFERY
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Rare abdominal wall hernias in South Sudan
The repair of abdominal wall hernias (AWH’s) is the most common surgical procedure in the world. In South Sudan there are two unusual aspects. As elsewhere, the most frequent types of AWH are inguinal and umbilical in adults and femoral and epigastric in children and babies. However in South Sudan there is a high incidence of what the Western medical literature describes as ‘rare AWH’s’How I improvised an external fixator to manage open fractures
Orthopaedic surgery is a technical specialty. In Nigeria, as in most developing countries, insufficient funding is available for technological advancement [1]. Indigenous hospital technology can reduce cost of managing injuries needing surgery, many of which are caused by an epidemic of road traffic accidents [2]. This paper explains how to make and use an improvised external fixator for the management of open fractures and instruments used for its clinical application. This is an improved version of an earlier external fixator [3].Viewpoint: Self directed learning is NOT an easy way out for the teacher
The practice of medicine changes so rapidly that it is essential for health care professionals to continue to learn throughout their career. Self directed learning helps the learner to remain up-to-date on developments that occur in their profession. Therefore, the new learning technologies have placed an increasing emphasis on self directed learningResearch
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