Sthembi Mtombeni presents at Africa Emergency Medicine Conference and publishes work

Sthembi Mtombeni MD (MMEL '14) presented an abstract from her MMEL applied project “A needs assessment survey for an innovative health-care business course for graduate doctors” at the fourth Africa Emergency Medicine Conference (AFEM) in Cape Town, South Africa.

The abstract is published in the AFEM Journal.

Mtombeni also published a commentary on improving medical education through faculty development, which was published in the University of Zimbabwe 's Health Education Leadership (HEALZ) program newsletter in October 2013.

Mtombeni has medical training and work experience in Zimbabwe, South Africa and Namibia.

Read the commentary.

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