Our OB/GYN Training Program
The Botswana Harvard Partnership was established in 1996 between the Government of Botswana and the Harvard School of Public Health in response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Botswana. The partnership facilitates clinical capacity building programs to strengthen the Botswana health system.
To further this aim, the BIDMC Department of OBGYN created a supervised clinical elective for US based residents in Botswana that is supported by an on-site faculty member to provide oversight and mentorship to rotating residents. This continuous presence on-site allows for dynamic support of clinical training needs in Botswana.
Department Activities
The overarching mission of the program is strengthening global health training of US residents while at the same time, supporting clinical training in Botswana with the ultimate goal of improving women’s health. We work to achieve this goal through improving clinical training, care delivery, and quality improvement. Specific projects have included:
- Support of the initiation of the first ever OBGYN residency training program in Botswana
- Development of a structured OBGYN training curriculum for Botswana medical interns
- Clinical capacitation of general practitioners in Botswana
- Clinical and didactic teaching of medical students from the University of Botswana
- Expansion of access to gynecologic oncology surgical services
- Improvement in cervical cancer screening services
- Technical skills training including ultrasound and laparoscopy
- Research, safety and quality initiatives
- Simulation-based training
- Bidirectional exchange and collaboration for faculty and residents
OBGYN at Princess Marina Hospital
- The hospital is staffed by midwives, general physicians, specialists and a number of subspecialists, as well as residents in pediatrics, anesthesia and OBGYN
- The hospital performs approximately 6,000 obstetric deliveries per year
- Open gynecologic and obstetric surgeries are performed daily
- Outpatient clinical care includes high-risk obstetric and complex gynecologic consults including a multidisciplinary gynecologic oncology clinic
Contacts
Applicants should send application materials and any inquiries to Dr. Sally Hanson.
For more information, please contact:
Global and Community Health Division,
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Kirstein Building, 3rd Floor
330 Brookline Avenue
Boston, MA 02115
Phone: 617-667-4165
Fax: 617-667-4173
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