Education Minister tells medical schools to admits qualify to study medicine

Education Minister, Prof Jane Naana Opoku Agyemang has called on medical schools in the country to find innovative ways of admitting, training and certifying medical doctors in the country. According to her, the number of students who qualify but do not get admission into the various schools of medical sciences to be trained as doctors in the country is heartbreaking. Prof. Jane Nana Opoku Agyemang, who was speaking at the 47^th congregation and 2^nd induction ceremony of the School of Medical Sciences at the University of Cape Coast, expressed her unhappiness about the doctor-patient ratio in the country. Prof. Naana Opoku Agyemang appealed to Schools of Medical Sciences across the country to look around for solutions to the challenge by engaging private hospitals in the country. The Vice Chancellor of the University of Cape Coast, Prof. Domwine Dabire Kuupole in his address  revealed that the university is planning to open more clinical sites across the country to enable the school of Allied Sciences expand its intake of students to study medicine to improve the doctor-patient ratio.The Vice Chancellor also intimated that the University of Cape Coast has since the 1^st of August, 2014 adopted the collegiate system with the purpose of sharing resources and devolving some areas of administration to allow effectiveness and efficiencies in the delivery of services to the public. The University graduated 46 doctors to commence their housemanship training at the Cape Coast Teaching Hospital.

 

 

 

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