Table 2

Quotes on benefits

Position

Our student to faculty ratio is very high, so whenever you have an extra hand, or extra head…it is always something that helps you.


Senior faculty

Above all, I think our patients, children benefit…You get a second opinion of what might be wrong with this child.


Senior faculty

I believe in Medicine in which we learn not only the science, but also we learn from the person, themselves, the way they conduct themselves….. residents have to choose… “I think this one will be my role model.”


Junior faculty

Someone can come as a lecturer, but we find that there is an opportunity to do more research here, or… help us in this gap. And back home they have someone who is interested in this area, and he introduces us …So they [advance the] experience from individual to department to institution.


Senior faculty

When the young doctors come here, when they come to Africa, they become activists back in their country… A lot of my friends' perspectives on health have changed because of visiting countries.


Senior faculty