In 2012, the Minister of Health and other leaders in the Bangladesh government
approached Massachusetts General Hospital to establish the country’s
first bone marrow transplant program at Dhaka Medical College Hospital to serve
the needs of the people of Bangladesh. Stated goals of this collaboration
included a broad focus on the care of oncology patients with a specific emphasis
on care of patients with hematologic malignancies and of women with gynecologic
cancers. The purpose of this article is to describe the international nursing
collaboration between Massachusetts General Hospital, Simmons College, the AK
Khan Healthcare Trust in Dhaka, and Dhaka Medical College Hospital that was
established to share nursing knowledge and to build specialized professional
nursing capacities to deliver high-quality cancer care in the public sector.
Over the past 3 years, through the educational programs that have been developed
within this collaboration—the Enhanced Specialized Nurse Training
Program—the Bangladeshi nurses have received continuing professional
development based on Western standards of nursing and have been offering nursing
care to patients who have undergone chemotherapy and bone marrow
transplantation. The challenges, opportunities, and outcomes of this
international collaboration have been highly rewarding and mutually
beneficial.
This article is a review of the Northern Ireland Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management (FMLM) conference, which took place on 9 March 2017 in Riddel Hall, Belfast. The conference programme included a number of inspiring and motivational keynote talks and workshops that embedded the theme of ‘Engaging, Leading and Improving’ throughout. This article summarises the main points from the keynote speakers and workshops. It also details the key learning points arising from the day as highlighted by delegate feedback.
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