Last week, Mbarara University of Science and Technology launched its 2016 leadership and community placement programme with a one-week workshop.
The training, in the university’s faculty of Science main hall, saw 280 students, including 14 international students from Harvard (two) and University of Saskatchewan (12) attending the programme, this year. According to the university spokesperson, Dennis Lukaaya, the community training would add value to their qualification.
“Mbarara University’ flagship philosophy has been to train students who are able to carry out aspects of community engagement for better health and access to health services by the underserved rural communities,” he said.
Opening the training, the university’s deputy vice chancellor for Academic Affairs, Dr Nickson Kamukama, charged the students to consider the field a dynamic classroom, from which they would benefit from ever-changing knowledge.
Some of the students participating in the community placement programme include those attending Medicine and Surgery (year four); Physiotherapy (third year); Pharmacy (second year), and Pharmaceutical Sciences. After the training, the student will be deployed in what is known as community placement for 10 weeks, from May 28.
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