MEDICAL PROGRAM INTERCALATED B.Sc. PROGRAMS Felix Anjorin 21/01/2010

INCEPTION MAY 2006 ACADEMIC STUDIES STARTED AT JOS TEMPORARY SITE – JETS (50 YEARS OF ECWA!) 1 ST ACAD. SESSION – MAY 2006 – FEB ND ACAD. SESSION – MARCH – DEC 2007 MOVED TO KARU 7 TH MARCH, GRADUALLY GOT PRE-CLIN LABS EQUIPED AT KARU. LECTURERS IN ANATOMY, BIOCHEM & PHYSIOLOGY GRADUALLY RECRUITED TO DATE 3 RD ACAD. SESSION – MAR ’08 – JAN TH ACAD. SESSION – FEB. – NOV TH ACADEMIC SESSION – NOV 2009 – SEPT 2010 EACH SESSION HAS 2 SEMESTERS

PROGRESS OCT/NOV 2008 – 1 ST NUC ACCREDITATION - INTERIM. NEXT NUC ACCREDITATION – SEPT/OCT ST MEDICAL & DENTAL COUNCIL ACCREDITATION STARTED 15 TH JULY, 2009; STILL IN PROGRESS. CLINICAL LABS – MULTIPURPOSE, MED. MICROBIOLOGY, HISTOPATHOLOGY EQUIPMENT STUDENTS’ HOSTELS OFFICES, FURNITURE LECTURERS IN PHARMACOLOGY & PATHOLOGY i.e. CHEM PATH, HAEMATOLOGY, HISTOPATHOLOGY & MED. MICROBIOLOGY

PROGRESS (CONT’D) LECTURERS ALSO IN CLINICAL SCIENCES: COMMUNITY HEALTH & PRIM HEALTH CARE, INT. MEDICINE (INCLUDING SUBSPECIALTIES - CARDIOL, DERMATOL, ENDOCRINOL & METABOL, INF. DIS, NEUROL, PULMONOL, RHEUMATOL, ETC), OBS & GYNAE (INCLUDING SUBSPECIALTIES), PAEDIATRICS (INCLUDING SUBSPECIALTIES) SURGERY (INCLUDING ANAESTH, ENT, OPHTHAL, ORTHOPAED, NEUROSURG, RADIOLOGY, UROLOGY, ETC). FAMILY MEDICINE (GEN. MED. PRACTICE).

2 BROAD PATTERNS OF TRAINING PRE-CLIN – 5 SEMESTERS – 2 ND MB CLINICAL – 7 SEMESTERS, i.e. 12 SEMESTERS FOR MBBS ALONE INTERCALATED B.Sc. + 2 ND MB, INLUD. PHARMACOLOGY – 8 SEMESTERS REST OF MBBS PROGRAM – 6 SEMESTERS; i.e. 14 SEMESTERS FOR B.Sc. + MBBS

MEDICAL CLASSES OF STUDENTS IN BU SO FAR 1 ST SET (L500, FROM MAY 2006) – 8+ SEMESTERS 2 ND SET (L400, FROM MAR 2007) – 6+ SEMESTERS 3 RD SET (L300, FROM MAR 2008) – 4+ SEMESTERS 4 TH SET (L200, FROM FEB 2009) – 2+ SEMESTERS 5 TH SET (L100, FROM NOV 2009) – 1 ST SEMESTER. FOLLOWING END OF MDCN ACCREDITATION 1 ST SET – 2 ND MB, THEN 2 ND SET 6-8 MONTHS LATER 3 RD SET 2 ND MB + B.Sc. + PHARM. - SEPT 2011, OTHER SETS FOLLOW 3 RD SET PATTERN

SOLUTION 1 ST & 2 ND SETS OF STUDENTS WILL CONTINUE WITH 6 SESSION MBBS PROGRAM; THEY WILL LOSE 3-4 SEMESTERS IN THE PROCESS. 3 RD SET – NOW AT LEVEL 300 WILL LOSE ABOUT 2 SEMESTERS IF THEY CONTINUE 6-YR MBBS PROGRAM. BETTER THEREFORE TO SPEND THE 2 SEMESTERS THEY WOULD HAVE LOST TO GET B.Sc. ANATOMY OR PHYSIOLOGY IN AN INTERCALATED FASHION (INCLUDING 2 ND MB) & THEN CONTINUE WITH REST OF MBBS PROGRAM. THAT IS 7 SESSIONS TO GET B.Sc. + MBBS. LOWER CLASSES TO FOLLOW PATTERN OF THE LEVEL 300 CLASS.

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