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In Uganda, a Yale Doctor Helps Train the First Interventional Radiologists at Public Hospitals
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The Road2IR training program has helped to close that gap in Dar es Salaam, the largest city in Tanzania.
program is structured as a two-year-long training program with three trainees — all of whom have already completed a residency in diagnostic radiology — graduating per year.
In addition to teaching fellows, visiting teams also train local nurses and technologists in IR.
Since the launch of the pilot program in October 2018, 19 radiologists have graduated from the program in Tanzania, in addition to 11 nurses and technologists.
More than 100 teaching teams have traveled to the country so far.
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