Malawi, 2007-2009
LATH and LSTM are providing technical support to develop and implement the first Malawian BSc degree in Medical Laboratory Technology. The course aims to provide Malawi with suitably qualified district laboratory managers. Our support has focused on the final two years of the course when the students are primarily based in district hospital laboratories developing the skills they will require to become effective laboratory managers. The course is based on participatory, student-centred learning to ensure that participants have a rewarding and effective learning experience, and Malawi has a new generation of high quality laboratory managers able to improve diagnostic services where they are most needed.
Students from the BSc degree in Medical Laboratory Technolgy Course. LSTM Senior Lecturer, Dr Imelda Bates, who taught on the course, is pictured sitting top left.
