Rwanda
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| Medical Student's association for RwandaMEDSAR | ||||
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| Participating cities (LC's) | Butare | |||
| Languages | Kinyarwanda,English,French | |||
| Currency (how much is a Bigmac?) | Rfrs, 2500 | |||
| Time zone | GMT+2 | |||
| Number of Doctors and beds per 1000 people | 0.05/1000 | |||
| Member of IFMSA since... | 1996 | |||
| Number of incoming students per year | 30 | |||
| Who are our NEO's | Anan Mfizi | |||
| Our official website / Forum / Facebook group | medsarneo@yahoo.fr | |||
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Welcome Note
Dear student, We are honored that you are showing interest in doing an international elective in Rwanda. The Standing Committee on Professional Exchange of the Medical Student's Association of Rwanda is in charge of international electives since 1996. Just take a look on our program and I'm sure you'll be excited. please do not hesitate to contact us for any wonders about this.
Overview
The Faculty of Medicine at the National University of Rwanda is welcoming you to the International elective Program in its referral Hospitals. This is modulated through the Standing Committee on Professional Exchange(SCOPE) which has been doing this for more than 15 years now. We welcome Students from both Overseas and Regional Universities to do electives. The main Hospital accommodating International students is the Butare university teaching hospital but we are affiliated to many other hospitals around the country including Gihundwe Hospital in the South-western part of the country (Cyangugu) and Ruhengeri Hospital in the North.
Our health care system
Eventhough the Doctor:Patient ratio is still low, The quality of our health care system has known a great improvement for the past 15 years(following the 1994 genocide). More than 90% Rwandans are covered by different health insurance systems.
The hospitals
The NUR is the first University to be created in Rwanda, it is the main State’s University of the whole country. The faculty of medicine and the university teaching hospital are located on their own hill. The Butare university teaching hospital(Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Butare/CHUB) is the Biggest Hospital and the reference Hospital of the Southern Province. The Departments that are Hosting exchange Students are: Surgery Dpt(main language is English) Internal Medicine Dpt( both English and French are spoken) Pediatrics(Main language is English) Gynecology/ obstetrics Dpt. (Main language is still French but they do speak English as well). Most Departments do have their morning report meeting at 7:30 am.
Our medical education
Our medical education has two programs, an undergraduate and a postgraduate program. In the UG program, we do 2 years of preclinical and 4 years of clinical studies. the NUR faculty of Medicine is the only one present in the country, and it has more than a 600 Medical Students.
Cultural differences
Accommodation & Boarding
We do have accommodations. • In a newly built hostel, same conditions as local students and very close to the Hospital and the campus. i.e. you can walk to the hospital! Accommodation is free on bilateral agreements and an exchange fee is charged for unilateral units, boarding and lodging is included in the unilateral fee.
Social program
a broad range of social Programs!! this is from Welcoming parties, Dinners, House parties, pic-nics to different lakes and national parks, cooking parties... It is exciting am telling you!!
Local & National transportation
As Butare is a very small town(it's basically mainly the university), you can practically walk to and from anywhere. However buses either local and National do run continuously,, it's pretty easy!
Weather
Tropical Weather.. not too warm and not too cold all through the year! "weather paradise" in brief.
Social life
We do arrange for you Breakfast and Lunch at the Hospital Restaurant, and you can use whatever restaurant you want for Dinner. Some prices: • A Pizza: 2500rfs(3 euros) • A beer(0,75l): 1000rfs(1,3 euros) • A coke(0,33L): 400rfs(50 euro cents ) • Club: 2000rfs(2,5 euros) • Rwandan food restaurant prices : 1000- 2000rfs(1,3- 2,5 euros) Notice: Students in Rwanda do use Restaurants a lot as they do offer pretty good services at relatively good prices and it is not at all common for them to cook! so if you're tired of running home every evening to cook, just come over!!!
There are lots of shows and Musical performances in the University, your contact persons will let you know about everything going on.
Exchange conditions
The exchange program runs from April throughout the year.(June,July and August are busy months so not sure deal), months after summer are more sure deal since the hospitals are not busy with students. Boarding and lodging are at the Student restaurant and Hostels respectively. The hostels are near the Hospital and are located on a newly built hostel, very close to the Hospital and the campus. i.e. you can walk to the hospital(no need of taking a bus)! Social programs e.g. small parties, cultural dance lectures, etc are arranged by the LEOs. Some requirements;
- A health Insurance valid for Rwanda. - a photo (needed to be sent by mail before you arrive.) - White coat!, Stethoscope, Reflex Harmer, books that the student may need - a pair of bed sheets!, - Personal hygienic stuff, towels,…
The Applicant should get in contact with the embassy at home before coming since many countries don't require VISA to enter Rwanda. The available city at the moment is Butare(Huye town)only.
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City offered for Exchange
Butare - Butare (HUYE now ) was the largest and most important city in Rwanda prior to 1965, when it lost out to the more centrally located Kigali, 135km to its north, as the capital of independent Rwanda. Today the site of several academic institutions, including the country's largest university,Huye ( Butare) is still regarded to be the intellectual and cultural pulse of Rwanda. It is also an attractively compact and sedate town of shady avenues emanating from a main street lined with comfortable small hotels and breezy terrace restaurants.
The most prominent tourist attraction in Huye (Butare) is the superb National Museum, which houses perhaps the finest ethnographic collection in East Africa. Absorbing displays of traditional artifacts are illuminated by a fascinating selection of turn-of-the-century monochrome photographs, providing insight not only into pre-colonial lifestyles, but also into the subsequent development of Rwanda as a modern African state. The cultural significance of the Huye area is further underlined by a visit to nearby Nyabisindu, formerly known as Nyanza, the traditional seat of Rwanda’s feudal monarchy. The impressive Royal Palace at Nyanza, an enormous domed construction made entirely with traditional materials, has been painstakingly restored to its 19th century state and is now maintained as a museum. Inside the Royal Palace
[Huye City]]
