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ISRRT NEWSLETTER NOVEMBER 2011
General Organisation
COAAPTIMER meeting
COAAPTIMER is an association that was created in
2006 in Benin which brings together radiographers
who come from French-speaking Africa. Currently, it is
establishing its status and would like to collaborate with
ISRRT.
COAAPTIMER would like to contact CEDEAO
(community of West Africa states) in order to obtain
funds to improve education for radiographers in Africa.
COAAPTIMER would like to obtain recognition from
the profession.
This structure was put in place in order to take
charge of the organisation of education in Africa in the
near future.
Registration
Registrations were possible the day before the congress.
Schering France laboratories provided 200 bags for
the congress delegates. They were sent to Burkina Faso
by containers then by bus with the delegation from
Burkina.
The company Guerbet provided notebooks, Philips, Siemens and
Stephanix provided pens for the workshop. The bags are important
when you organise a workshop in Africa. Students helped to organise
the congress.
Registration fee was 20 000 CFA for foreigners (30 euros) and 15
000 CFA (23 euros) for inhabitants of Togo. This fee included coffee/
tea, lunches, transport, medical care and the final banquet.
Opening ceremony
The Health Secretary of the area of Lomé was present during the
Opening Ceremony. The ISRRT was represented by Philippe Gerson
and WRETF by Dominique Zerroug. The national television covered
the event.
Coffee breaks and lunches
Each morning we offered one coffee break and then a lunch break at
noon. This enabled all the participants in the workshop to improve
exchanges between each other.
Transport of the participants
Transport was provided by bus which picked the participants up at
their hotels at 6.30am and returned them at 6pm.
Prizes
6 prizes were offered for the best presentations. These prizes were in
the form of books which were provided by WRETF (250 euros) and
by the Dutch Radiographers Association (250 euros) – we would like
to thank them.
Dorien Pronk Larive personally donated 250 euros enabling us to
increase the number of books to offer.
Closing ceremony
Certificates of attendence were distributed during the closing
ceremony with again had the presence of the national television.
Evaluation
Evaluation forms were given to all the participants. This evaluation in
the form of graphs and summary tables will be done by Dominique
Zerroug and Jocelyne Legoazigo soon.
All the participants said they were very satisfied with the workshop.
Workshops scheduled in the afternoon were very successful. In our
opinion, it is essential to increase their number and more particularly
the subject on slice imaging. Many scanners are beginning to be
installed in Africa and radiographers do not have any vocational
training on this kind of medical imaging.
Next Workshop
3 societies want to organise the next workshop:
Cameroon: This society is very active and each year organises a very
big national congress. They are “ the engine “ for central Africa to
spread information and education to countries like Congo, Gabon,
Democratic Republic of Congo.
Mali: Mali has very high level of education but the society is not active
as in Cameroon.
Senegal: It s a new society with a young president and we have also to
help them for the future.
Usually we move from East Africa to Central Africa, in my opinion
Cameroon should organise the next workshop in January 2012.
Philippe GERSON
Vice president ISRRT Europe and Africa
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