FACULTY PROGRAMMES
The Faculty runs both undergraduate and postgraduate programmes.
Undergraduate Programme: Our undergraduate programme leads to the award of MB;BS (Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery) Degree of University of Nigeria. Students for this degree are either admitted for a 6-year programme (90%) via University Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME); or for 5-year programme (10%) via direct entry. Students on the 6-year programme spend the first year (pre-med) on courses in biology, physics, chemistry, and zoology. The students admitted for 5-year programme must have obtained First Degree in related courses or a pass in Advanced level biology, chemistry, and Physics; and they join the medical education in 2nd year. After the pre-med, the students spend 18 months in Basic Medical Sciences of Human Anatomy, Human Physiology, and Medical Biochemistry as well as introductory community Medicine and Psychological Medicine. Thereafter, there is 12 month training in Basic Clinical Sciences that comprises courses in Pharmacology & Therapeutics; Pathology (Morbid Anatomy, Haematology/Immunology, Chemical pathology, and Medical Microbiology); and introductory clinical sciences. The last three years are spent in the clinical Departments and Community Medicine.
The curriculum of undergraduate training is structured in such a way that our graduates are well prepared to meet the medical needs of the Nigerian population, West African sub-region, as well the global population. They are also suitably equipped to undertake postgraduate academic and clinical training in any field of Medicine globally. On graduation, our students spend a mandatory 12 months on pre-registration internship training to obtain full registration with the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN) and certification to practice medicine in Nigeria.
Postgraduate programmes: The Postgraduate programmes in the Faculty include
A Institute of Maternal & Child Health
- MSc/PhD – Human Reproduction
- MSc/PhD – Tropical Paediatrics
B Community Medicine
MPH – Masters in Public Health
C Institute of Public Health
- MSc/PhD – Health System Policy and Management
- MSc/PhD – Epidemiology & Medical Statistics
- MSc/PhD – Health Promotion & Communication
- MSc/PhD – Occupational & Environmental Health
- MSc/PhD – Clinical Epidemiology
- MSc/PhD – Bioethics
- DrPH – Health System Policy and Management
- DrPH – Epidemiology & Medical Statistics
- DrPH – Health Promotion and Communication
- DrPH – Occupational & Environmental Health
- DrPH – Clinical Epidemiology
- DrPH – Bioethics
D Pharmacology & Therapeutics
- MD – Pharmacology & Therapeutics
- MD/PhD – Pharmacology
- MSc – Pharmacology & Therapeutics
- PhD – Pharmacology & Therapeutics
E Internal Medicine
- MD – Medicine
- MSc – Medicine
MILESTONES
In meeting the basic manpower needs of the country and the West African Sub-region, the Faculty has trained graduates that continue to excel globally in all facets of Medicine. The first ever open heart surgery in black Africa was undertaken by the Faculty, and as result of Pioneering work and effort of some members of the Faculty, our centre was designated as the Centre of Excellence in Cardiovascular Medicine and Surgery in Nigeria. In addition, the Faculty carried out the first successful separation of Siamese twins by indigenous surgeons in Nigeria. On a global level, one of our graduates Dr. Bennet Omalu (1990 graduating class) undertook groundbreaking research that led to re-emergence of awareness of a neurologic condition associated with chronic head trauma called chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE in American Football players. In a recently published Google Citation ranking, two of our graduates and Faculty members (Prof. Obinna Onwujekwe and Prof. Benjamin Uzochukwu) were among the top-10 most cited researchers in Nigeria. Other notable achievements are in the fields of infectious diseases, Cancer, Hypertension, Disorders of Sex Development (DSD), minimal access surgery, and Oesophageal atresia treatment.
PROFESSOR SEBASTIAN O EKENZE
DEAN (2018 – )