Seven doctors have begun to read for Masters degrees in Internal Medicine through a joint initiative by the Institute of Health Science Education (IHSE), Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), University of Guyana and the Institute of Human Virology, University of Maryland.
The programme, which started on January 14, follows on the development of postgraduate education at the GPHC in affiliation with the University of Guyana which was initiated in 2006. At present there are programmes in Surgery, Emergency Medicine, Orthopaedics and Trauma, Paediatrics, Anaesthesia and Obstetrics and Gynaecology. An opening ceremony was held yesterday.
The programme is supported by a new five-year grant from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as part of the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). Educators from the University of Maryland’s Institute of Human Virology, the IHSE, GPHC, and the University of Guyana have designed the programme and are now embarking on the