Executive Secretary of NUC, Professor Julius Okojie
Medical students in Nigeria have been mandated by the National Universities Commission to spend eleven years in the university...Read more after the cut...
According to the Punch, this mandate was
made during the lecture “Development of Medical Education: Prospects
and Challenges”, presented by Professor Chiedu Mafiana on behalf of the commission’s Executive Secretary Professor Julius Okojie at the maiden matriculation and inauguration of the University of Medical Science, Ondo State.
He explained that the first four years
will be spent studying basic sciences in the university while the next
seven years will be spent at the medical school. This, he maintained,
would aid the students’ psychological growth and prepare them for the
future.
The Governor of Ondo State Olusegun Mimiko was
also in attendance and while expressing his optimism about the school,
he stated that the university should make the most of the medical
complex around the institution in conducting medical research.
He affirmed, “It is our hope and belief
that it will provide sound scientific, technological and professional
training to address identified health needs and problems, solve them
within the context of community and national needs and sustainable
development.”
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