Medical students are required to do seven years in the universities and not 11 as erroneously reported in some news media recently.
The National Universities Commission made the clarification in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos on Monday.
The Director of Quality Assurance of the commission, Prof. Chiedu Mafiana, told NAN on the telephone that every student of Medical Science must have a first degree in anatomy, physiology and medical biochemistry.
Mafiana added: “Another basic requisite is that there must be clinical skill laboratory, whereby in teaching students would use mannequins, dolls to simulate diseases.
“The students will then use the mannequins to practice, rather than using human beings.
“This will also assist the students to mature psychologically for the profession.”
NAN recalls some newspapers had quoted Executive Secretary of the NUC, Prof. Julius Okojie, as saying students wishing to study medicine would henceforth spend 11 years in the university.
Okojie reportedly made the remark at the maiden matriculation and inauguration of the University of Medical Science in Ondo, Ondo State.
NAN.
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