Background information: Graduates of the course are recognized as assistant medical officers (AMO), a cadre between a three year diploma (clinical officer) and first degree holders in clinical medicine. Practically they are recognized and valued almost equally with holders of first degree clinical medicine (doctor of medicine) in Tanzania and in many other countries in Africa.
Coverage subjects: Internal medicine, paediatrics, obstetrics & gynaecology, community medicine, general surgery and basics in surgical sub-specialties including ophthalmology, orthopedics, otolaryngology and anaesthesia.
Main emphasis: Competence-based course that aims at improving the quality of knowledge and skills acquired in the previous training and build competencies in clinical management of health problems and health promotion at the district level.

Objectives: The Assistant Medical Officer should be able to:

1. Develop an understanding of how the human body functions and how it can be affected.
2. Diagnose and manage common and emergency surgical, obstetric, gynaecological, paediatric and tropical medical conditions and refer those outside his or her skills.
3. Use rationally the services of a clinical laboratory
4. Practice aseptic procedures
5. Prescribe responsibly and rationally
6. Organize and manage properly a medical, surgical, reproductive and child health wards and out patient department at district level.
7. Keep records, collect and interpret health management statistics in the district.
8. Assess the health priorities within an area by estimation from available data and by means of simple surveys.
9. Maintain supplies and equipment regularly in all peripheral units under his/her care.
10. Supervise activities on the control of major endemic/epidemic diseases.
11. Plan, manage, supervise and evaluate all programs under his/her care.

Dr. Senga Pemba
Tel: +255 (0)23 262 50 18
Email: pemba@healthtrainingifakara.org

P. O. BOX 39, Ifakara, Tanzania,
Telephone: +255 (0)23 262 5018
Fax: +255 (0)23 262 5028
Email: info@healthtrainingifakara.org
Internet: http://healthtrainingifakara.org/AMO/amos_curriculum.pdf
or http://healthtrainingifakara.org/AMO/amoprofile08.pdf

This course is aimed at clinical officers who want to improve competence in clinical medicine and clinical officers who will sit for the Assistant Medical Officer’s AMO entrance examination conducted by the Tanzanian Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (MoH & SW), and elsewhere.

Objectives and Content
1. To improve competence, performance and level of curative services for clinical officers (CO) at the workplace.
2. To refresh clinical officers with current information to sit for the AMO entrance examination.
3. To provide access to information resources (health databases, journals, books etc) for CO’s.
The content will follow the MoH & SW curriculum for clinical officers.

Core Subject areas:

• Pediatrics
• Obstetrics and gynecology
• Internal medicine
• Surgery
• Community medicine

Dr. Senga Pemba
Tel: +255 (0)23 262 50 18
Email: pemba@healthtrainingifakara.org

P. O. BOX 39, Ifakara, Tanzania,
Tel: +255 (0)23 262 5018
Fax: +255 (0)23 262 5028
Email: admin@healthtrainingifakara.org
Internet: http://www.healthtrainingifakara.org/AMO/test08.pdf

This is a comprehensive course that aims at updating the trainees with the most current
clinical sciences and the underlying principles in the obstetric and neonatal care. The course
enhances appropriate decision making and clinical reasoning skills for obstetric emergencies.

1. Introduction: The current state of maternal and perinatal care and outcomes in developing countries and the associated factors.
2. Life saving management skills for:
a. Obstetric emergencies: Haemorrhages, preeclampsia and eclampsia, complications of
abortions, anaemia in pregnancy and the use of partogram in labour
b. Emergencies of the newborns: Neonatal resuscitation, neonatal sepsis, prematurity, birth asphyxia etc.
3. Management of common maternal conditions: Malaria and HIV/ AIDS in pregnancy
4. The role of clinical audits in reduction of maternal and perinatal deaths.

Dr. Senga Penga
Tel: +255 (0)23 262 50 18
Email: penga@healthtrainingifakara.org

P. O. BOX 39, Ifakara, Tanzania,
Tel: +255 (0)23 262 5018
Fax: +255 (0)23 262 5028
Email: admin@healthtrainingifakara.org
Internet: http://www.healthtrainingifakara.org/AMO/test08.pdf

The Malaria course is aimed at strengthening competences of actors involved in the fight against malaria, at strengthening their ability to conduct control programmes, and at strengthening their capacity to learn by themselves using new communication technologies. Participants are involved in an active learning-teaching exercise. They are supported by specialized tutors. The learning process is based on self-learning (e-learning), group discussions and mutual exchange between the participants themselves and experts.

P. O. BOX 39, Ifakara, Tanzania,
Tel: +255 (0)23 262 5018
Fax: +255 (0)23 262 5028
Email: admin@healthtrainingifakara.org or Blaise.genton@unibas.ch
Internet: http://healthtrainingifakara.org/Malaria.Course2007.html