El director médico de la Escuela de Medicina de la Universidad de Guyana, Dr. Madan Rambaran, presenta su país y el marco actual de la formación de recursos humanos en salud. Esa presentación es parte de la Segunda Reunión de la Red de Escuelas de Salud Pública - RESP / UNASUR, que ocurrió el 18 y el 19 de octubre de 2012, en Río de Janeiro.

1. SECOND MEETING OF NETWORK
OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS RESP /
UNASUR.
Dr. Madan Rambaran
Medical Director,
University of Guyana,
School of Medicine.
2012

2. Guyana
 Former British
Colony
 English Speaking
 Population 750, 000
 Area 214,000 km2
Bureau of Statistics
http://www.statisticsguyana.gov.gy

3. Faculty of Health
Science, University of
 Pharmacy
Guyana.
 Medical Technology-
microbiology, hematology, chemistry
 Nursing
 Optometry
 Radiography

4. University of Guyana, School of
Medicine
 Established 1985
 5 year MBBS program
 Graduated 350

5. Postgraduate Training
 Introduced 2006
 Six Programs:
Diploma in Surgery (2006)
Diploma in Anesthesia & Critical Care (2007)
Diploma Orthopedics& Trauma (2007)
Masters in Emergency Medicine (2010)
Masters in Pediatrics (2011)
Masters in Obstetrics & Gynecology (2012)

6. Nursing Schools
 Registered Nurse – 3 year
 Nurse Assistant – 18 months
 Midwife – 12 m0nths

7. Other
 Medex
 Community Health Worker
 Disease specific training
 Diabetic Foot
 HIV/AIDS


8. Strengths
 Essential Capacities in place
 Several linkages with partnering institutions

9. Challenges
 Finance
 Retention
 Quantity and Distribution
 Primary Health Education
 Faculty
 Delineation and standardisation of Profiles
for providers and managers