Kigali Health Institute

Aim of skills laboratory

To improve the quality of health personnel education through standardised practical competence skills, communication ability based on excellence in theoretical background and intellectual skills that meet international standards.

Overall objective

-Train long life learners;
-Bridge theory to practice;
-Ensure competence-based teaching;
-Secure learning environment;
-Promote problem-based learning;
-Promote student-centered learning

Activities of Skills Lab center

-Training of teachers;
-Review of curricula;
-Elaborating modules/checklists, DVD of skills taught in each department  ;
-Organizing Objective Structured Clinical Evaluation (OSCE);
-Use of simulated patients for communication;
-Training of health workers in clinical placements.