Department of Medical Imaging Sciences, School of Health Sciences, University of Rwanda-College of Medicine and Health Sciences, P.O Box 3286, Kigali, Rwanda.
J Ultrasound. 2021 Dec;24(4):493-498. doi: 10.1007/s40477-020-00530-2. Epub 2020 Nov 25.
The community outreach program is one of the main activities of the University of Rwanda, and both staff and students get involved in this tremendous initiative to serve the community free of charge.
The main objectives of this community engagement activity were to raise awareness of medical imaging services and abdominal ultrasound screening.
The project proposal was planned by the Medical Imaging Department, University of Rwanda College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Remera Campus. It took place at Kigali's main car park. Two ultrasound machines were used, and screening was done by students under supervision of registered sonographers. A cross-sectional design with random sampling was employed, and SPSS version 21 was used for data analysis. Statistical techniques were used to calculate inter-observer reliability by comparing patient complaints and sonographic diagnosis.
Herein we report the first medical imaging community outreach, on which 86 patients received ultrasound abdominal scans free of charge. Of these, 33 (38.5%) were male and 53 (61.5%) were female. Their ages varied from 20 to 76 years, with a mean age of 48. The screened organs included the liver, gall bladder, pancreas, spleen, kidneys, urinary bladder, prostate, uterus and ovaries, and abnormalities were identified in different organs. The results showed a high degree of reliability between what was presented by the patients and measurements found after diagnosis by the sonographer. The average measure of the intraclass correlation coefficient was 0.973, with 95% confidence intervals ranging from 0.959 to 0.983 (F (85,85) = 37.537, p < 0.001).
This experience was beneficial to the Medical Imaging Sciences Department staff and students, as well as to the Society of Medical Imaging and Radiation in Rwanda. The results showed that this outreach was also very positive for the community at large.
社区拓展计划是卢旺达大学的主要活动之一，工作人员和学生都参与到这项免费为社区服务的重大倡议中。
本次社区参与活动的主要目的是提高对医学影像服务和腹部超声筛查的认识。
该项目提案由卢旺达大学医学与健康科学学院雷梅拉校区的医学影像系规划。它在基加利的主要停车场进行。使用了两台超声机，由注册超声技师监督下的学生进行筛查。采用横断面设计和随机抽样，使用 SPSS 版本 21 进行数据分析。通过比较患者的主诉和超声诊断，使用统计技术计算观察者间的可靠性。
在此，我们报告了首次医学影像社区外展活动，共有 86 名患者免费接受了腹部超声检查。其中，男性 33 例（38.5%），女性 53 例（61.5%）。他们的年龄从 20 岁到 76 岁不等，平均年龄为 48 岁。筛查的器官包括肝脏、胆囊、胰腺、脾脏、肾脏、膀胱、前列腺、子宫和卵巢，不同器官发现了异常。结果显示，患者提出的内容与超声技师诊断后的测量结果之间具有高度可靠性。组内相关系数的平均测量值为 0.973，95%置信区间为 0.959 至 0.983（F（85，85）= 37.537，p < 0.001）。
这次经历对医学影像科学系的工作人员和学生以及卢旺达医学影像学和放射学会都有好处。结果表明，这项外展活动对广大社区也非常积极。
