history

The Medic to Medic Programme is a scheme set up in August 2007 in order to sponsor healthcare students in developing countries.

Kate Mandeville is a British junior doctor who was herself born in Malawi when her father was working as an engineer there. On visiting Malawi last year and the village where she was born, she was struck by the scarcity of doctors in the mission hospital. She went on to visit the one national medical school in Blantyre, and met with the Dean of Students. He related how many students spent their spare time trying to find extra funding rather than focusing on their studies. Some students were dropping out of the course, even in their final years, due to lack of finances. In addition, many potential able students did not have education to A-level standard, or the ability to pay the fees for the more expensive, intensive “premedical” or access course.

On her return, she wrote to IMET2000, a charity set up to provide worldwide high quality medical education and currently developing an e-curriculum, proposing a joint project to sponsor medical students in Malawi. Founder Professor Colin Green was immediately taken by the idea, and the Medic to Medic Programme was hence affiliated to IMET2000.

The constitution document for IMET2000 can be downloaded here