Safety, quality & education

From vision to implementation: Rwanda's first adult critical care medicine fellowship

J Crit CarePublished Descriptive report of program development

Authors' conclusion

The Adult Critical Care Fellowship represents a landmark in Rwanda's health workforce development.

Study context

Population
Inaugural cohort of adult critical care medicine fellows in Rwanda
Participants
6 inaugural cohort fellows
Outcome
Fellowship program implementation (inaugural cohort recruitment and teaching program)
Methodological detailscompetency-based curriculum, Curriculum developed by University of Rwanda College of Medicine and Health Sciences with Ministry of Health and international collaborators; accredited by the Higher Education Council in 2025
  • Competency-based curriculum
  • Curriculum developed by University of Rwanda College of Medicine and Health Sciences with Ministry of Health and international collaborators; accredited by the Higher Education Council in 2025

Main finding

As reported in the abstract

Fellows recruited into the inaugural cohort

6

National referral hospitals with placed fellows

4

Program launch

September 2025

Original publication

From vision to implementation: Rwanda's first adult critical care medicine fellowship. J Crit Care. Published 4 November 2025. doi:10.1016/j.jcrc.2025.155340

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