POSTGRADUATE TRAINING: RECOGNIZING MEDICAL EQUIVALENCE

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POSTGRADUATE TRAINING RECOGNIZING MEDICAL
EQUIVALENCE

• Professor Paul K. Nyame
• Rector
• Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons

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• P.M.E. is the phase of medical education in which
  doctors develop competencies after completion of
  their basic medical qualification.
• Comprises pre-registration training (housejobs),
  vocational / professional training, specialist
  and sub-specialist training and other formalised
  training programmes for defined expert functions.
  

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• International standards must be modified or
  supplemented according to regional, national and
  institutional needs and priorities.
• Each country has the responsibility to ensure
  that its postgraduate medical training programme
  is supporting national healthcare delivery
  objectives (WFME)

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THE PROPOSED MIINISTRY OF HEALTH CAREER STRUCTURE
FOR DOCTORS AND DENTISTS

• The Specialists
• Chief Consultant
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• Consultant
• Ca. 5 years
• experience
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• Senior Specialist
• 3 years further

Special Grade Special Grade
Medical Officer (with increments to level of
specialist) Diploma in a Specialty
e.g. Anaesthesia, Child Health, O.R.L.,
Ophthalmology, Psychiatry, OB/Gy/Surgery  
2 years
training   P.M.O, S.M.O.,
M.O.   House Officer/
Intern  
Staff Officers
Principal Medical Officer
Senior Medical Officer  
5 years
Medical Officer (MO) 2 years
House Officer/ Intern
 
Admin. Cadre?
It is the aim of the College to get every
qualified doctor into a specialty
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TRAINING PLAN

• Entry
• MB ChB, MBBS or equivalent
• Part I GCPS or Primary of West African Colleges
• Interview
• Course in Computing/ Statistics
• Entrance Examination for
• Lab. Medicine, Radiology, Radiation Oncology,
  Anaesthesia

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RESIDENCY TRAINING

• MEMBERSHIP
• 3 years to Membership
• 4 years to Membership in Radiology
• 2 years to Membership in Public Health (one
  year done for MPH as entry requirement)

• 1 year practice after Membership
• Do management course GIMPA
• Research Methodology/ Statistics

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• FELLOWSHIP
• Extensive practice in specialty 2 3 years
• Subspecialty training 2 3 years
  Cardiothoracic, Urology, Cardiology,
  Gynae-oncology etc.
• Examination
• Cases with commentary
• Dissertation
• Oral examination

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ADMISSION INTO RESIDENCY PROGRAMME
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PART II MEMBERSHIP EXAMINATIONS
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PART II (MEMBERSHIP) EXAMINATIONSNO. TURNED OUT
IN FACULTIES
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DIPLOMA EXAMINATIONS