Supporting Higher Education in the Developing World Annual Report 2011 AHED’S Mission AHED’s mission is to support developing countries in building capacity in higher education. AHED fosters this by sending highly trained personnel to assist in building and improving tertiary educational institutions in the developing world so that the experts and professionals essential for human and institutional development and for the alleviation of poverty can be educated in their home country. AHED is involved with the full spectrum of the academic and administrative aspects of tertiary educational development. This ranges from assisting in the expansion of existing academic, professional, research, and technical institutions and programs to helping set up new ones – from teaching courses to supporting the development of non- academic activities, such as computing and communications services, information systems and libraries, financial management, instructional media services, student services, the management of physical plant, alumni relations, fund-raising, health services, student and faculty housing, registration, and student aid. Completed Projects Benin Abomey-Calavi University In-Service Training in Nutrition AHED’s volunteers, Thomas Mercier and Amélie Roy-Fleming, were at the Abomey- Calavi University’s School of Nutrition, respectively from April 5- May 27 and May 1 – June 27. The focus of their work was to prepare the materials needed by the students and the doctors supervising them during the in-service training component of their program. These are intended to address a current issue in contemporary Africa, the “double burden” of malnutrition caused by scarcity as well as health problems such as Amélie Roy-Fleming hypertension, diabetes and obesity which are related to recent changes in lifestyles. AHED Volunteers Amélie Roy-Fleming, Dietitian (R. Dt.), Certified diabetes educator (CDE), Cree Board of Health and Social Services of James Bay, Wemindji, Québec. Thomas Mercier, B.Sc. in Nutrition (Laval University), B.Ed. in Education Science (University of Québec at Trois Rivières). Dietitian, Centre for Health and Social Services, Trois Rivières, Instructor, CEGEP, Trois Rivières, Québec 1 Liberia University of Liberia Remedial programs – Train the trainers Conzolo and Kara Migliozzi conducted a two-month program for remedial education instructors at the University of Liberia. The focus was on pedagogy, classroom management and assessment. The goal was to re-establish the university’s remedial program, which had been closed during the Liberian civil war and which had served Classroom at UL 3,000 students. AHED Volunteers Conzolo Migliozzi, M.S. (University of Massachusetts), Instructor, North Shore Community College, Lynn, Mass. Kara Migliozzi, M.Ed. (Salem State University), Health Educator, Higgins Middle School, Peabody, Mass. Course Development in Economics Arch Ritter taught two courses, one in African Economic Development for students, the other a seminar for faculty members in the Economics Department in research methodology in developmental economics. The course in African economic development is intended to be a model for its delivery and it will continue to be taught by regular faculty using Arch’s power point presentation, a course blog, and course notes printed from the Power Point slides. Arch Ritter AHED Volunteer Arch Ritter, PhD (University of Texas at Austin), Distinguished Research Professor Emeritus, Department of Economics and School of International Affairs, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON. Nepal Patan Academy of Health Sciences (PAHS) Basic Science PAHS was created to improve health in rural areas and to provide more health professionals to serve them. Carol-Ann Courneya, Jason Waechter and Jane Gair delivered two courses in basic medical science at PAHS in the spring and summer of 2011. Carol-Ann Courneya Jason Waechter Jane Gair AHED Volunteers Carol Ann Courneya, PhD Cardiovascular Physiology (UBC), Associate Professor, UBC, Vancouver, B.C. Jason Waechter, MD (UBC), FRCPS, Associate Professor, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB Jane Gair, PhD Medical Genetics (UBC), Instructor, University of Victoria, Victoria, B.C. 2 Nigeria Kwara State University (KWASU) Centre for Innovation and International Studies From May 2010 to April 2011, Nancy Hannemann served as the founding director of the Centre for Innovation and International Studies at KWASU, a new university located in Malete, southeastern Nigeria. The Center for Innovation and International Studies plays a leading role in preparing students to live and work in today’s increasingly interconnected world and in promoting KWASU’s Nancy Hannemann & international engagement. Abdul-Rasheed Na'Allah AHED Volunteer Nancy Hannemann, MA, Economic and Social Studies (Social Anthropology), University of Manchester, Director of Global Education, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB Ethiopia Addis Ababa University (AAU) Needs Assessment for Family Medicine—a new specialty in Ethiopia There is no graduate programme to train family physicians in Ethiopia. In 2011 a team from the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Toronto conducted a needs assessment that informed the content and design of the curriculum for a new post-graduate specialization in family medicine at AAU. International Family Medicine Advisory Committee AHED Volunteers Jane Philpott, MD CCFP, Chief of Family Medicine, Markham Stouffville Hospital, Assistant Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario Katherine Rouleau, MDCM, CCFP, MHSc, Assistant Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario Kevin Bezanson, MD, CCFP, DTMH, Lecturer, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario Eileen Nicolle, B. Arts Sc (Honours), MD CM, CCFP, faculty physician, Health for All Family Health Team, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario Marc Abbyad, M.Sc., BEng, Project Manager and Software Engineer, Medic Mobile, Toronto, Ontario 3 Integrating Community Service Learning into the Undergraduate Nutrition Curriculum Hawassa University Food insecurity is one of the critical problems influencing the well-being of vulnerable populations, and Ethiopia has one of the highest levels of food insecurity and protein-calorie malnutrition in sub-Saharan Africa. To address this problem, AHED’s volunteer, Carol Henry, working with Hawassa University faculty, designed a capstone course in nutrition for the Undergraduate Nutrition Curriculum. Carol J. Henry AHED Volunteers Carol J. Henry, PhD (University of Western Ontario), Associate Professor of Nutrition and Dietetic, College of Pharmacy and Nutrition, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, S.K. Rwanda National University of Rwanda (NUR) Master’s Degree Program in Accounting The Faculty of Economics and Management at NUR launched a new master’s degree in accountancy in October 2010. Don Cherry spent several months during 2010 and 2011 to help launch the programme. He worked with Rwandan colleagues to upgrade teaching in the new MSc Accountancy programme, taught specialized topics for the Department of Management, in the Accounting and Business Administration streams, conducted workshops on teaching methodologies for junior staff members within the Faculty of Economics and Management, and assisted the Department of NUR Management with curriculum review and program development. AHED Volunteer Don Cherry, MBA (McMaster), B. Com (Dalhousie), CMA, Adjunct Professor, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia Namibia University of Namibia (UNam) Teaching and Learning Improvement In February 2011, Barbara Campbell, Wayne Cutcliffe, and Lawrence Hale, spent 10 days at UNam to give a course on university teaching to 85 new faculty and provided workshops in active teaching and learning strategies for 25 lecturers from the faculties of Science, Health Sciences, Education, Engineering and Computer Technology. Wayne Cutcliffe AHED Volunteers Barbara Campbell, Ph.D. (Calgary), Associate Professor of Nursing and Director of the Webster Centre for Teaching and Learning, UPEI, Charlottetown, P.E.I. Lawrence Hale, Ph.D. (McMaster), Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Biology, UPEI. Wayne Cutcliffe, M.Sc. (University of New Brunswick), Associate Professor, Department of Computer Sciences and Information Technology, UPEI, Charlottetown, P.E.I. 4 Student Support Programmes In October and November 2011, Barbara Campbell, Treena Smith, and Anne Bartlett assisted UNam to set up academic support programs for students. They held group sessions and met with smaller groups or individuals around specific program implementation as well as with students who needed one-on-one help. They gave presentations on collaborative teaching and learning as well as on the peer review process for faculty members. AHED's Volunteers & UNam Colleagues AHED Volunteers Barbara Campbell, Ph.D. (Calgary), Associate Professor of Nursing and Director of the Webster Centre for Teaching and Learning, UPEI, Charlottetown, P.E.I. Anne Bartlett, MEd (Mount St. Vincent), Coordinator, Pathways to Academic Success, Webster Centre for Teaching and Learning, UPEI, Charlottetown, P.E.I Treena Smith, BA (University of Prince Edward Island), Transition Coordinator, Webster Centre for Teaching and Learning, UPEI, Charlottetown, P.E.I On-Going Projects Rwanda National University of Rwanda (NUR) Administrative Staff