The Great Imitator: A Case of Multisystem Sarcoidosis Involving the Genitourinary System.

Sarcoidosis is a multisystem noncaseating granulomatous disease, which primarily involves the lungs, skin, and lymph nodes. In this case, we describe a 49-year-old Caucasian male presenting with weakness and symptomatic hypercalcemia. Initial workup revealed multiple testicular hypoechoic lesions on ultrasound and pulmonary nodules with hilar lymphadenopathy on a CT scan.

Evidence-Responsive Health Training to HIV/TB Risks in Namibia.

Training health-care students in settings with high-prevalence HIV and tuberculosis (TB) presents a challenge to reduce the risk of infection during their clinical training while maintaining quality education. We sought to gauge the risk of exposure to HIV and TB and identify associated variables through two cross-sectional surveys of health students at the University of Namibia. In the HIV exposure survey, overall almost one-quarter of students ( = 367) reported exposure to HIV-most often needle-stick injury-with a much higher rate reported in senior years (73% in year 6).

Health students' knowledge and infectious disease exposure: findings from a cross-sectional study in Namibia.

Background: Namibia has recently introduced a number of health training programmes that expose students to infectious disease risks such as human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and tuberculosis (TB). We explored the knowledge of students in relation to HIV and TB and whether or not there was evidence of exposure.

Methods: We conducted two cross-sectional surveys of Namibian health students (medicine and pharmacy) in 2018.

"They Will Come to Understand": Supervisor Reflections on International Medical Electives.

: Increasing numbers of medical students from high-income countries are undertaking international medical electives (IMEs) during their training. Much has been written about the benefits of these experiences for the student, and concerns have been raised regarding the burden of IMEs on host communities. The voices of physicians from low- and middle-income countries who supervise IMEs have not been explored in depth.

Melioidosis in a returned traveller.

Melioidosis is an infection endemic to Southeast Asia and Northern Australia, and is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. The present report describes a case of chronic melioidosis in a returning traveller from the Philippines. Clinical suspicion of this illness is warranted in individuals with a history of travel to endemic regions.

Toward reciprocity: host supervisor perspectives on international medical electives.

Context: An increasing number of medical students are engaging in international medical electives, the majority of which involve travel from northern, higher-income countries to southern, lower-income countries. Existing research has identified benefits to students participating in these experiences. However, reports on the impacts on host communities are largely absent from the literature.

"We learn from them, they learn from us": global health experiences and host perceptions of visiting health care professionals.

Purpose: It is increasingly common for health care professionals from developed countries to travel to developing regions of the world to learn or teach. This project aimed to describe the perceptions held by health care professionals in a developing region toward those who visit their communities to learn or teach.

Method: Semistructured interviews were conducted in July, 2011, with nine health care professionals from the University of Namibia School of Medicine.