This training for Biomedical Engineering Students under the department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering. It is facilitated by the Amalthea Trust UK
Objective of Amalthea Trust
To help provide for the sustainable maintenance of medical equipment through provision of training programmes for the recipients.
The charity is particularly concerned with the lack of trained technicians and engineers in many developing countries. Often, equipment is not usable because of quite simple faults, which can be easily rectified with the minimum of resources, but the expertise does not exist. It is therefore crucial that training is provided. The charity assists in developing training programmes by a number of means, either sponsoring UK engineers to visit hospitals in order to develop training programmes and train personnel, or providing funding for existing medical engineering departments to upgrade training facilities, offer apprenticeships and sponsor training courses.
- Gestor: Roland Niwareeba
- Lecturer: Jaswant Singh Bilkhu
- Student: GINGO ESAU
- Student: ELIJAH KIZITO
- Student: MAJID MAHAD
- Student: MARTIN MARAKA
- Student: FELIX MATUA
- Student: REAGAN MUGISHA
- Student: IBRAHIM MUMBERE
- Student: GODFREY OLAO
- Student: SHAMSA ZUBEDA
This course will assist the student to increase
his/her foundational knowledge of the normal structures and functions of the
major organ systems. In addition, the student will gain an appreciation for the
physical and biochemical changes from early childhood to the senior. Physiology is also important because it is the foundation
upon which the bio-technician will understand the importance of "life”, and how
"life” copes with
stresses imposed on human bodies by the environments/diseases.