STEP - Clinical Electives

FACES student and staff

Clinical electives are available to medical students who are in their clerkship year/s of study, and to residents. In order to truly benefit both the participant and the program, clinical electives must be a minimum of 6 weeks, with 8 weeks highly encouraged. Electives that are 8 weeks or longer can include more than one site.

Learners who join FACES for a clinical elective at any of our sites will be involved in the following activities:

Patient Care: Clinical care of HIV positive adults and children in a family-centered out-patient clinic
Home visits: Follow-up of patients in the community
Hospital visits: Hospital visits to our patients who require in-patient care
Multidisciplinary team meetings: In-depth discussions to develop or modify care plans for particular patients and their families
Clinical team meetings: Weekly case-based clinical discussions
Internal CME program: Weekly CME on various relevant topics. Learners will be expected to present at least once during their rotation (if space is available), as well as present a case during M&M rounds (held monthly). Each site also hosts a full-day Saturday staff training on alternate months
Student/Resident projects: Most learners will be assigned one or two projects to complete during their elective. The projects are chosen based on program needs and learner interests
Residents will assist with the clinical supervision of medical students, as well as run "physical examination skills" sessions for staff

Site-specific opportunities:

Nairobi

Home visits in some of the largest urban slums in Sub-Saharan Africa
Visit to OVC centers
CME with ID and Paeds consultants
TB updates-laboratory and community projects

Kisumu

Youth-specific HIV services: 1-2 days per week at Tuungane-FACES
City-wide CME: Monthly HIV grand-rounds
Research lecture series: Weekly research seminars hosted by US CDC
Journal club: Monthly HIV journal club hosted by US CDC

Suba

In-patient rounds at the District Hospital
Mobile teams: Several health facilities are supported by mobile teams that return to each site on a weekly basis. This includes mainland and island sites.

Migori

Outpatient clinics at Migori District Hospital
In-patient ward rounds 1 day per week
Visits to peripheral clinics in surrounding cities, such as Rongo, Karunga, and Homa Bay
Male circumcision both at the district hospital and peripheral sites.

Rongo

Experience a true African rural set-up in Rongo District, strategically situated between the three large towns of Kisii, Migori and Homa Bay where you will:
- Do regular ward rounds at the district hospital.
- Mobile teams: Make visits to satellite sites Ongo, Oyani ,Othoro and Lwala in one of Kenya’s largest sugarcane growing areas.
- Attend weekly CMEs at the Rongo District Hospital.
- Attend to patients at the Patient Support Centre / Comprehensive Care Clinic.
- Perform male circumcision both at the district hospital and peripheral sites.