Global Medicine
Four-Week Elective Rotation in Maputo, Mozambique
Overview | Objectives | Faculty and Administration | Institutions
Disease Spectrum | Research Opportunities | Length of Rotation
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The Global Medicine elective, begun in July 2009, offers second- and third-year residents the opportunity to engage in clinical and research activities in a 4-week rotation at a UC San Diego-affiliated medical center in Maputo, Mozambique. |
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During their rotation in Maputo, UC San Diego residents work alongside the residents and faculty of the internal medicine residency program at the Maputo Central Hospital, the major teaching hospital for the Universidade Eduardo Mondlane (UEM) School of Medicine. For the 2012-2013 academic year, Dr. Susannah Graves resides in Maputo full time as UC San Diego faculty attending physician and supervisor of the UC San Diego residents.
Dr. Graves, pictured, is on site in Maputo as clinical director of the Maputo Central Hospital educational collaboration. Residents on Global Medicine rotation also receive guidance from other Department of Medicine faculty members and fellows who spend 3- to 4-week periods in Maputo on a volunteer basis. Global Medicine rotation program faculty and administrators are listed below.
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UpdateAs of February 2013, UEM has hosted 88 senior medical residents from UCSD since the start of the program. More than 30 faculty members and 15 fellows from UCSD have traveled to Maputo, many of them several times, to provide instruction and guidance for UEM and UCSD residents. Twenty-two UEM residents have completed rotations at UCSD. In addition, UCSD has hosted numerous faculty members from the UEM Department of Medicine as well as surgeons, the director of pathology, three pathology technicians and parasitology laboratory technicians from UEM. |
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UC San Diego
Helen M. Ranney Professor and Chair Professor of Medicine Vice Chair, Department of Medicine Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases
Professor of Medicine Division of Infectious Diseases
UC San Diego Attending Faculty in Maputo
Susannah Graves, MD
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Maputo
Emilia Noormahomed, MD, PhD Associate Professor of Parasitology Parasitology Section Department of Microbiology Faculty of Medicine Principal Investigator, Medical Education Universidade Eduardo Mondlane
Sam Patel, MD Professor of Medicine Universidade Eduardo Mondlane Professor of Medicine
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Program Administration |
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Administrator Assistant to the Division Chief and Fellowship Coordinator Division of Infectious Diseases Telephone (858) 822-0333
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Program Coordinator Telephone (619) 543-2896 |
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Left, Sam Patel, MD, Professor of Medicine and MEPI Co-Principal Investigatoor, Universidade Eduardo |
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Maputo Central Hospital. Photographs: Chip Schooley, MD
Drs. Marisa Magaña and Emilia Noormahomed. |
During the elective rotation in Maputo, UC San Diego residents receive instruction and medical practice opportunities as integrated members of the internal medicine residency training program in the School of Medicine of the Universidade Eduardo Mondlane.
The School of Medicine, founded in 1963, is the primary medical school in Mozambique. Universidade Eduardo Mondlane is the country’s major national university.
The university medical center, Maputo Central Hospital, is located adjacent to the School of Medicine. It is an 1100-bed acute care hospital with 350 medical beds.
Drs. Noormahomed and Patel are the Maputo coordinators for the UCSD Global Medicine rotation. Both are also members of the UC San Diego Department of Medicine faculty.
About Dr. Patel
Dr. Patel graduated from the UEM School of Medicine in 1976. He received his internal medicine training in Berlin before returning to Mozambique in 1992 to serve as Professor and Chair of the UEM Department of Medicine. He is now professor of medicine, co-principal investigator of the UEM Medical Education Partnership Initiative, and a member of the Medical Council of Mozambique.
About Dr. Noormahomed
A graduate of the UEM School of Medicine, Dr. Noormahomed received a PhD in parasitology from the University of Grenada. She has been on the faculty of UEM School of Medicine since 1992 and served as its dean from 2002 to 2007. Dr. Noormahomed is principal investigator of the UEM Medical Education Partnership Initiative. At left, Dr. Noormahomed is pictured with Dr. Marisa Magaña, 2007 graduate and former Chief Medical Resident in the UC San Diego Internal Medicine Residency Training Program. Dr. Magaña is now a fellow in the UCSD Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine fellowship program. |
The Internal Medicine Residency Program trainees at Maputo Central Hospital. |
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At Maputo Central Hospital, a broad range of general internal medical diseases and disorders are seen in the patient population.
Infectious diseases in Mozambique include bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A, typhoid fever, malaria, plague, schistosomiasis, cholera, tuberculosis, and HIV/AIDS (prevalence 12.2%). |
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Carly Guthrie, UCSD medical student in Dr. Noormahomed’s laboratory. Photograph: Carly Guthrie. |
Research opportunities including investigations in malaria, tuberculosis and HIV are available under the direction of Emilia Virginia Noormahomed, M.D., Ph.D. The UC San Diego Division of Infectious Diseases has an ongoing research collaboration with Dr. Noormahomed’s laboratory.
The research team at Maputo Central Hospital. |
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Four weeks including a 1-2-week overlap with the UC San Diego residents who are in rotation in Maputo immediately prior and immediately following.
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News About the Program
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Map: CIA Factbook Online.
Maputo.
Maputo International Airport.
Beline, Mozambique.
Market in Maputo. |
The republic of Mozambique is located on the southeastern coast of Africa between South Africa and Tanzania. Its population was approximately 21 million in 2000.
A former colony of Portugal, Mozambique gained its independence in 1975 and ended years of civil war in 1992. In recent years, it has established a free market economy and multi-party elections.
Mozambique is an agricultural nation. Despite strong economic growth since the end of its civil war, it remains one of the poorest countries in the world. The gross domestic product is $820 US.
The infant mortality rate in Mozambique is 10%, seventh highest in the world. The life expectancy at birth is 41 years.
Mozambique is a tropical-subtropical land with 1800 km of coastline on the Indian Ocean. Its rainy season extends from November to April, and its dry season from April to November. Maputo
The port city of Maputo, population 1.4 million, is the capital of the country and the home of its major cultural institutions.
Maputo is located 75 minutes by car from Kruger National Park in South Africa and 90 minutes by air from Johannesburg.
The coast of Mozambique attracts international visitors to its resort hotels, unspoiled beaches, and excellent scuba diving and snorkeling.
The Indian Ocean seaside resort of Beline is two hours north of Maputo by car. Language and Culture
The official written and spoken language of Mozambique is Portuguese; the business languages are Portuguese and English. English is spoken widely in the Mondlane School of Medicine and in Maputo.
Most of the nation’s citizens speak Bantu-family African languages and practice traditional religions.
In the 1997 census, 24% of the country’s citizens identified themselves as Catholic, 18% as Muslim, 18% as Zionist Christian, and 18% as belonging to other religions, with the remainder declaring no religious affiliation.
Craftsman, Mozambique. |
Traditional houses, Mozambique. Photograph: Ken Kaushansky, M.D., M.A.C.P.
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