Malawi’s newest doctors

We’d like to congratulate the newest Medic to Medic graduates, Francis Kachedwa, Dzinkambani Kambalame, Yamikani Mastala and Lawrence Nazimera. They all completed their medical degrees and are now some of Malawi’s newest doctors.

Dzinka says ‘The results came out on the 5th of October in the year of our Lord 2011. Out of about 50 candidates, 13 candidates did not make it. It was a very scary moment when I heard about it. When I learnt that I had passed the examinations, I had joy that I could not control, but in some instances I felt like I was dreaming since the examinations were very tough.’

The graduation ceremony was held in November 2011 and they are all now in the first year of their hospital internship. We will be catching up with the on the next Medic to Medic monitoring visit.

Lyson Gwesele

M2M sponsored student Lyson Gwelse awarded an overseas trip

A second Medic to Medic student awarded overseas trip: Lyson Gwesele

Following Yamikani Mastala’s initial award in 2010, a second student, sponsored by Medic to Medic, has received a similar award this year.

Based on his performance in the exams at the end of the Department of Medicine rotations during Year 3, Lyson Gwesele is one of 16 Year 4 students, that have been selected from the College of Medicine, to do elective studies in four different universities in the UK. He will be spending four weeks at the University of Warwick Medical School in October 2011.

Congratulations to Lyson! Hopefully this is just the start of a trend for other Medic to Medic students to aim for in future years.

Dr Charles Mtibo

Former student, Dr Charles Mtibo, publishes a paper.

One of our former students, Dr Charles Mtibo, has published a paper in peer-reviewed journal Child Abuse & Neglect. Charles is now working as an intern in Malawi and his paper was based on his student project:
Explanations for child Sexual abuse given by convicted offenders in Malawi:No evidence for "HIV cleansing".

Click on the link to find out more!
http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/586/description#description

Yamikani Mastala

Medic to Medic Student Awarded for Outstanding Exam Results

Yamikani Mastala, a 4th year medical student sponsored by Medic to Medic, has been awarded a place on a trip to Warwick University Medical School in England after attaining high marks in his Medicine exams last semester. He, and a handful of other students?who did well in his year, will be spending a month in England in the Autumn.

Our congratulations go to Yamikani and hope he has a successful trip!