#Training

For medics in Gaza, even traveling out for training can be an ordeal

In October, MAP supported Gaza surgeon Dr Mahmoud Basal to travel to Ethiopia to join an international training on treating patients with serious burns injuries, run by our partner Interburns. His journey to and from Palestine was fraught with difficulties.

A fantastic achievement for MAP’s family medicine programme in Palestine

MAP is delighted by the outstanding progress made by Palestinian health workers training to become family medicine doctors.

Following six UK breast cancer specialists in the West Bank

Last week, MAP supported a multidisciplinary team of UK breast cancer specialists to travel to the West Bank to help develop Palestinian breast cancer care.

Watch: UK breast cancer specialists help Palestinian surgeons develop new techniques

This week, a multidisciplinary team of UK breast cancer specialists travelled to the West Bank with MAP to help develop breast cancer care.

Watch: UK medics travel to Gaza to improve breast cancer care

Last month, a MAP-supported breast cancer mission travelled to Gaza. The team comprised of Dr Ashwini Sharma, Consultant Radiologist, and Dr Gerard O’Hare, Oncology Clinical Nurse Specialist.

Developing Palestinian breast cancer care this Breast Cancer Awareness Month

Next week, a group of UK specialists is travelling to the West Bank to support the development of breast cancer care. We spoke to Jane Macaskill, Consultant Oncoplastic Breast Surgeon, to find out what her and her team will be up to.

Improving care for Palestinian burns patients

Specialist burns care training, including visits by international, muliti-disciplinary teams, is a key part of MAP’s programme to improve the quality of care received by burns patients.

Delivering lifesaving skills to Palestine’s medics

This summer, MAP celebrated the high number of Palestinian doctors, nurses and paramedics trained to save the lives of patients with major trauma injuries.

Developing physiotherapy care for Gaza’s youngest generation

This summer Sioned Davies, Senior Paediatric Physiotherapist at the Countess of Chester Hospital, and Colin Hamilton, Senior Paediatric Physiotherapist at Cambridge University Hospitals, joined MAP in Gaza to provide training to 32 local physios working with children and new born babies.

Training physios to improve care for Palestinian burns patients

Two physiotherapists from Alia Hospital's Burns Unit in Hebron, Amin and Farouk, recently took part in a MAP-supported training to develop their skills and knowledge for burns patients.

First cohort of Palestinian oncology and palliative care nurses graduate in Bethlehem

Last month, MAP was delighted to celebrate the graduation of the first intake of participants in the Bethlehem University Oncology and Palliative Care Nursing Higher Diploma – the first course of its kind in the oPt.

In Palestine, training to be a doctor is impeded by the occupation

A new report by the International Federation of Medical Students’ Associations, a network of 1.3 million medical students, has highlighted the significant barriers to medical education in the occupied Palestinian territory.

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