Continuous Medical Education
Continuous Medical Education (CME) are academic events organized every month via online and offline platforms for students and professionals in the field of health care. Diverse topics are addressed by experts in the related fields which involve active engagement of participants with the expert(s) to allow for academic growth. The CME sector of MHI is headed by a coordinator who holds a place in the core team.
The CME sessions are organized by MHI, for MHI – members and non-members. The topics are selected from different fields of health care and are sometimes catered specifically for a particular subset including students, doctors, nurses, pharmacists, dentists, physiotherapists and more.
The CME programs address real world challenges that health professionals face in their daily lives and allow them to stay current with the latest developments in their specialty. They also contribute to refining skills in improving overall patient care and help in the advancement of career status and professional growth as well as improving individual CV’s.
MHI partners with multiple organizations, institutes, centers, societies hosting various pioneers, specialists, experienced leaders and health professionals to share and shed light on an array of topics and urgent issues.
Some of our most notable events are:
The CME was conducted in the format of a panel discussion with experts in the field from Muhimbili National Hospital, The Aga Khan Hospital, Saifee Hospital, Shree Hindu Mandal hospital, Regency health center and Ebrahim Haji Health center. The theme covered COVID-19; the burden, the approach and the different
treatment modalities.
Dr. Mohamed Zahir Alimohamed, a Biomedical scientist and molecular geneticist who inspired and provided an understanding of genetics as a whole and showed the various avenues for implementation of this knowledge and technology for bettering health care provision.
Conducted by Dr. Mazhar Amirali, a specialist physician and nephrologist. The complexity involved in acute kidney injury were simplified and a practical approach was introduced for the benefit of all those who attended. The CME was a hybrid hosting in house and online participants.
Organized in collaboration with Saifee Hospital Tanzania on End of Life care, Palliative medicine, Euthanasia and DNR and involved a panel of experts including Prof. Karim Manji (pediatrician and neonatologist), Dr Aleesha Adatia (Clinical oncologist and Palliative and pain management expert) and Dr Nikhil Bhat (Consultant Intensivist). Major doubts were cleared, and the controversial topics were elaborately analyzed with a massive attendance of over 100 participants.
A practical approach to glaucoma was conducted with Dr Kishan Mistry and Mudassir Alloo. A highlight of this event was the training on using direct ophthalmoscopes, portable pachymeters, tonometers and slit lamps together with lessons on how to perform indirect fundoscopy. The audience were enlightened, and it came with its fair share of reminders and knowledge.
Which was done over multiple sessions for students and health professionals alike. The first session was facilitated by Dr Allyzain and Dr Abduel and included an introduction to suturing, types of materials and their uses as well as one to one session as participants got to practice different types of knots and styles of suturing. This CME is planned to be done over multiple sessions with more in the
pipeline.
In February 2022, MHI introduced CME with awarded CPD points. The events were executed grandly by the MHI core team and accepted widely the MHI members and the health professional’s community.
Some of the upcoming CME sessions include updates on the management of COPD, a workshop on Autism and neurodevelopment, Dental emergencies, Burn out in the health field and more.
