Emergency Medicine Bedside Ultrasound Training in Kigali, Rwanda

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Kristin Dwyer outside of CHUK Hospital

In this blog post from the Partners Center of Expertise in Global and Humanitarian Health, Kristin Dwyer, MD, MPH, a BWH fellow in Emergency Ultrasound, writes about working with emergency medicine residents for her rotation at University Central Hospital of Kigali (CHUK) in Rwanda.

“As I wrap up my time here, I must say I found it to be a valuable experience,” she writes. “While it is difficult to effect change in a short amount of time, I think having smaller goals is useful. I am not necessarily going to get patients to come to the hospital earlier in their disease course, but I can arm physicians there with ultrasound skills to more accurately diagnosis them when they arrive looking for help.” Read more.