Afghan Military Medical School Reopens, Enrolls Women in First Class of Cadets
- Tracy Hampton, PhD
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Years ago, Afghanistan's military medical school was forced to close under the harsh rule of the Taliban. Its recent reopening in Kabul, in the spring of 2009, could help change the shape of medicine in Afghanistan.
US and Afghan officials hope that the military medical school will not only provide future physicians with the skills necessary to meet the challenge of delivering health care in the conflict-ridden country, but also will transform the way medicine is taught there.
Afghanistan's military medical school, forced to close under the harsh rule of the Taliban, reopened earlier this year in Kabul, and has also opened its doors to women students.
(Photo credit: Richard R. Welch, RN, MSN/MPRI)
“The quality of medical training in Afghanistan is poor now. Rather than retraining doctors who have been practicing for years, the best way to improve medical care is to improve the quality of training for new doctors,” said CDR Cary Harrison, MC, USN. …
