Kolabo 2019: Day One Blog
The Kolabo 2019 team arrived to Mwanza, Tanzania after a layover in Kilimanjaro and some time for team building during the 24+ hours of travelling! The team is now situated safely near Lake Victoria and getting ready for two weeks of providing mental health education to CUHAS medical students at the Bugando Medical Centre and working with our partners to help foster sustainable capacity building for psychiatry in this region of the world.
Calgary team arrives!
The team spent the night during their 24+ hour travels to Tanzania in Kilimanjaro and were able to spend the morning catching a glimpse of the beautiful mountain peak and grab some team photos before catching their next flight to Mwanza!
Podcasts Recording Begins
One year ago, three of the University of Calgary residents reached out for CUHAS medical students who may be interested in psychiatry and want to start working on a podcast project. The students worked very hard on scripts and researching various mental health topics. Today we recorded the first two podcasts with two of the newest grads of CUHAS medical school! Dr. Jacqueline Bobyn and Dr. Jacob Goodwin recorded a podcast on “Anxiety Disorders” and Dr. Paige Durling and Dr. Jackson Malata recorded a podcast on “Psychosis.” Keep an eye out on the website for future links to these podcasts!
The Introductory Lecture
The introductory lecture of the Psychiatry course was delivered today by Dr. Kathy Fitch, who attempted to get the students answering questions about their assumptions related to mental health.
The team explores Mwanza
The Calgary team explores the beautiful, rocky and lush landscape of Mwanza where they will be spending the next two weeks teaching CUHAS medical students about mental illness.
Congratulations to the newest CUHAS graduates!
Today some of the newest medical graduates of CUHAS helped us create podcast materials related to mental health but they are currently starting their internship year spread out across Tanzania. They were all in Mwanza this past weekend to celebrate their graduation. On behalf of the entire Kolabo team, we want to congratulate our previous students on their graduation!
