At IMG we are committed to our vision to make a difference to health care in Uganda. Our emphasis on quality standards, continuous improvement and excellent services to our patients are the core pillars that inform our practice. We also believe that in a country where there is paucity of skills or skilled personnel, we can make a difference by building capacity through sharing knowledge.This is why we have a volunteer programme that welcomes skilled professionals willing to work in Uganda, with the available systems and personnel. This way, we engender a learning culture and continuous learning that empowers people at the grassroots to be better health workers.
Through our volunteer programme we have had and continue to enrol volunteers from Uganda and overseas who have found this a rewarding experience.
In Uganda, we have several young volunteers whose help has been vital in maintaining our records and database; including general administrative duties and tasks. Volunteers from England, USA, Belgium and other countries have also contributed in the areas of nursing and midwifery, trauma and emergency care, among others.
One of our longest serving volunteers is a Nurse Tutor recruited through Voluntary Services Overseas (VSO). His experience has been immensely rewarding as he shares nursing knowledge and expertise with students who have a dream to be excellent nurse practitioners. We believe that his efforts to impart knowledge and critical thinking will have profound outcomes in the quality of nursing care that these students will give – we can already see it in their student practice now.
As of March 2008, we have a second volunteer from VSO working with the Finance Team to devise, implement or improve finance systems across the organisation.
The hospital currently has critical needs in:
- Paediatrics
- Midwifery
- Intensive care nursing
- Health Service/ General Management
- Anaesthesiology and Critical Care
- Tutoring at the nursing school
Please contact us if you are interested in sharing knowledge in these areas.
