{"id":36350,"date":"2024-05-06T15:03:07","date_gmt":"2024-05-06T15:03:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/index.php\/2024\/05\/06\/govt-unveils-task-force-to-review-medical-education-training\/"},"modified":"2024-05-06T15:03:07","modified_gmt":"2024-05-06T15:03:07","slug":"govt-unveils-task-force-to-review-medical-education-training","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/govt-unveils-task-force-to-review-medical-education-training\/","title":{"rendered":"Govt unveils task force to review medical education training"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Nairobi, Kenya, May 06 \u2013 <\/strong>The government has launched a joint task force to evaluate the state of medical education and training in Kenya across public and private universities.<\/p>\n<p>The task force was launched on Monday by Cabinet Secretaries Susan Nakhumicha (Health) and Ezekiel Machogu (Education). <\/p>\n<p>Nakhumicha emphasized the task force\u2019s role in providing vital insights to inform national policies and activities related to medical training.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe task force, comprising experts from academia and industry, will assess the country\u2019s training needs and capacity across public and private medical institutions, guiding policy decisions and necessary interventions for planning and quality assurance,\u201d Nakhumicha stated.<\/p>\n<p>She underscored the task force\u2019s significance in addressing longstanding health and human resource challenges, including issues contributing to the ongoing doctors\u2019 strike.<\/p>\n<p>The Ministry of Education echoed this sentiment, emphasizing the task force\u2019s focus on evaluating medical schools\u2019 capacities and teaching hospitals utilized by Kenyan universities in terms of infrastructure, staffing, equipment, and workload.<\/p>\n<p>Nakhumicha noted that the task force has a two-month timeline to complete its assessment and provide recommendations.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nairobi, Kenya, May 06 \u2013 The government has launched a joint task force to evaluate the state of medical education and training in Kenya across public and private universities. The task force was launched on Monday by Cabinet Secretaries Susan Nakhumicha (Health) and Ezekiel Machogu (Education). Nakhumicha emphasized the task force\u2019s role in providing vital [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36350","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36350","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36350"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36350\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36350"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36350"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36350"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}