‘Simulation on Wheels’: A Capacity Building Project to Improve Maternal, Neonatal and Basic Trauma Management in Rural Health Facilities in Nakuru County, Kenya

The ‘SIM on Wheels’ is a mobile unit for simulation-based training of medical teams that employs advanced simulation-based training modalities that enable health care providers to effectively improve their clinical, communication, organizational and administrative abilities.

The SIM on Wheels project is a partnership between; The Embassy of Israel, Nakuru County Government, Egerton University, Technion ,Centre for  Global Engagement(Technion), Israel Institute of Technology and Mashav.

The Co-ordinator for the Israel teams is Prof. Ruti Margalit (Centre for Global Engagement-TECHNION)

The project is based at the Faculty of Health Sciences, administrated by:-

1. Dr. Brian Lishenga - Dean FHS, Egerton University
2. Mrs Alice K Maranga-Ondieki - Project and BTLS Co-ordinator
3. Dr. Amos Otara - Maternal skills Co-ordinator and spokesperson
4. Dr. Elizabeth Kibaru Neonatal Skills Co-ordinator and secretary
5. Ms. Salome Otenyo - Equipments and logistics.

6. Prof. Ruti Stashefsky Margalit - MD, Associate Professor (Visiting) Co-director - Center for Global Engagement; Technion, Haifa, Israel.

The training unit is currently providing faculty development and simulation-based training programs in-situ in peri-urban and rural hospitals in Nakuru County, Kenya; with its first activity being a training in Njoro Subcounty Hospital on July 2021. Training of health workers at Njoro Sub-county Hospital was done, sponsored by Newpoint Hospital. Among those trained were staff from Njoro sub-county hospital, Egerton university Medical Department, and Newpoint Hospital.