Table 2 Modules and core content of the Pre-Boarding Boot Camp and Bridging Programme

Module 1: The Botswana Healthcare Context

 Internship rules and regulations

 MIT key parameters, public service expectations, on-call regulations, work hour regulations, supervision regulations

 Interns’ roles and responsibilities

 Service related standards and expectations

 The health system in Botswana

 Guide to the healthcare system, primary healthcare in Botswana, perspectives from the Ministry of Health

 The socio-economic context of healthcare in Botswana

 Perspectives from the community

 Bridging programme for foreign graduates

 Hospitals in Botswana, tuberculosis in Botswana, referral systems, transitional challenges

 International perspectives for University of Botswana graduates

 Medical schools and internship programmes, Botswana healthcare in an international context, the South African healthcare system

Module 2: Clinical Knowledge and Skills

 Internal medicine emergencies workshop

 Septic shock, hyperglycemic emergencies, unresponsive patient, chest pain, seizure, hypertensive crisis, potassium disturbances, shortness of breath

 HIV care provider training workshop

 AIDS Clinical Care Fundamentals 2016 Course

 Pediatric emergencies workshop

 Assessment of the critically ill child, respiratory distress, status epilepticus, shock, neonatal hypoglycemia, management of “flat” neonate, neonatal seizures, intraosseous line placement, paediatric intubation, neonatal resuscitation

 Obstetric emergencies workshop

 Bleeding in early pregnancy, antepartum hemorrhage, postpartum hemorrhage, labor management, hypertensive disease, septic shock

 Surgical skills workshop

 Management of epistaxis, polytrauma, plaster application, evaluation and management of surgical wounds, suturing, knot tying

Module 3: Becoming a Well-Rounded Clinician

 Professionalism workshop

 Introduction to professionalism, delivering bad news, managing “difficult” patients and families with compassion and understanding, coping in the workplace, hierarchy and whistle-blowing, transformative action and advocating positive change

 Intern perspectives

 Experience, thoughts, and advice from recently graduated interns

 Resources and technology

 Utilizing technological resources to access guidelines, clinical references, and the medical literature

 Career paths

 Career pathways in Botswana