Nazik Hammad, Medical Oncologist and professor at St. Michael’s Hospital, University of Toronto, shared on LinkedIn:
“How does Africa produce its medical oncology workforce locally?
If you have missed our AORTIC medical oncology SIG on Training programs in medical oncology in Africa, here is the link.
Training programs in Med onc as a subspeciality of internal medicine are few and relatively new in SSA but they are already having huge impact and proving essential for de-centralization of services, provision of high-quality care and stewardship of resources.
Join me as chair with Dr. Chinenye Iwuji and Dr. Precious Makondi as moderators this webinar for the AORTIC Medical Oncology Special Interest Group (in collaboration with the AORTIC Education and Training Committee) webinar on medical oncology training programs in Africa. Meet the program directors who lead med onc training programs in Kenya, Rwanda, Ethiopia and Uganda. Learn about program development, funding, combined hematology oncology prorgams, recruitment of trainees, teaching faculty, challenges, achievements and triumphs. We will also be joined by the ASCO Oncology Training Programs (OTP) Committee chair, Dr. Gerlad Hsu who will discuss ASCO’s model of bringing med onc training programs together for collaboration, resource generation and sharing.
If you are thinking of medical oncology as a career or thinking of starting a new med onc training program in your institution or country, please join to learn lessons, ask questions and help advance the training of the medical oncology workforce in Africa.”