Department of Medicine and Surgery

Philosophy and Objectives:

Overall Philosophy of the MBBS Programme of the College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Afe Babalola University.

To produce doctors that are able to function effectively as general practitioners (able to deal with common health conditions that are presented in general health care settings), empowered to appreciate and utilize opportunities for self-learning and professional development, sufficiently prepared and motivated for the possibility of specialist and academic postgraduate training.

Objectives of the MBBS Curriculum for the College of Medicine/Health Sciences, Afe Babalola University.

Objectives of the MBBS Curriculum are drawn from the philosophy guiding the College in its production of medical graduates. These are:

Ø  To produce confident, compassionate, problem-solving, entrepreneurial physicians with internationally equitable competencies who are responsive to the needs of their community.

Ø  To equip the medical graduate with the core competencies (attitude, skills and knowledge) required for a lifetime of clinical practice.

Ø  To engender self-directed learning in our students and thus prepare them for the life-long learning that is essential to keep up with constant changes in medical practice.

Ø  To develop a curriculum that harmonizes teaching assessment methods in the college of medicine and health sciences.

BASIC MEDICAL SCIENCES

Afe Babalola University College of Medicine and Health Sciences has separate departments of Anatomy, Biochemistry and Physiology. Envisaging the need for permanent staff ABUAD is currently training indigenous staff locally and internationally in line with the vision and mission of Afe Babalola University. In addition to the current permanent staff that we have, ABUAD has engaged the services of adequate part-time and associate staff for the college of medicine and health sciences.

LEARNING RESOURCES

Afe Babalola University College of Medicine and Health Sciences has a well stocked and up to date books and journals in the library for both basic medical sciences and clinical sciences. There are also two E-learning library with 150 sitting capacity each with access to large numbers of books and journals.

Regulation

1.         Instruction shall be provided leading to the Degree of Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery to be denoted by the letters M.B.,B.S. A Distinction may be awarded to candidates of special merit in any subject. Study for the degree shall be on fulltime basis.

2.   Admission Requirement

i.          Five ‘O’ level credit passes in English Language, Mathematics, Biology, Chemistry and Physics at one sitting.

ii.         UTME SUBJECTS

            English Language, Physics, Chemistry and Biology

iii.        DIRECT ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

1. ‘A’ Level passes in Physics, Chemistry and Biology or Zoology in addition to UTME requirements
2. B.Sc. in Anatomy, Physiology, Biochemistry, Microbiology, Human Biology, Zoology, and/or acceptable honours degree in medically related disciplines.

3.         Length of courses and Examination

The curriculum for the Degree of Bachelor of Medicine. Bachelor of Surgery shall normally extend over six academic years for UTME entrants, provided that candidates may be permitted by Senate to extend the period of study.

4.         The examination for the Degree of Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery shall be in five parts overall. Thirty percent of these examinations for each part of these examinations shall constitute continuous assessment of the candidate.

5. Part I Examination

All candidates shall take and pass the Part I Examination at the end of twelve months after admission to the programme..

6.   Part II Examination

All candidates shall take the Part II Examination at the end of eighteen months (third semester) after part I examinations. Candidates who satisfy the Examiners in the whole examination shall proceed to the Introductory Course in Laboratory and Clinical Medicine.

To secure a pass in the M.B; B.S Part II Degree Examination (200 level) each candidate must score a minimum of 50% in Anatomy, 50% in Biochemistry, 50% in Physiology 

7. (i)     Candidates who fail in either two or three subjects of the Part II Examination will be required to repeat the year.

(ii)        Candidates who fail in one subject only may be permitted by Senate, on the recommendation of the Academic Board, to proceed to the Introductory Course in various disciplines of Pathology and Clinical Medicine and be re-examined within 3 months of the previous examination in the subject in which he was referred. Such candidates will be required to attend revision course in the subject in which they were referred along with their participation in the Introductory Course.

(iii)       Candidates who are unsuccessful in the referred examination shall be deemed to have failed the entire Examination for the Part II, and shall be required to repeat the entire examination in all subjects of the part II examinations in order to proceed to the introductory course for the second time.

(iv)       Candidates who repeat the year and are then referred in two or more subjects will normally be required to withdraw. Those candidates with reference in one subject shall retake the repeat examination in that subject. The candidate shall be required to withdraw if he fails a resit examination

(v)        Subject to powers conferred on Senate to extend the period of study as herein before specified, candidates who fail to complete the Part II Examination by 33 months after admission to the course shall be required to withdraw from the MBBS programme.

8.   Part III Examination (Pathology and Pharmacology)

(i)      No candidate shall be admitted to the Part III Examination unless he has completed not less than 12 months of study after the part II examination.'

"To secure a pass in the MBBS Part III Degree Examination each candidate must score a minimum, of 50% in Pathology and 50% in Pharmacology.

 (ii)    No candidate shall be admitted to the part III Examination unless he has passed in all subjects of the Part II examination

(iii)    Candidates attempting the Part III Examination for the first time shall present themselves for examination in both subjects.

(iv)       Candidates who fail to satisfy the examiners in one or both subjects of the examination may proceed with their clinical postings, but must submit themselves at the following re-examination in the subject(s) in which they failed at the stipulated time.

(v)        Candidates who fail in any of the subjects of the resit examination shall be deemed to have failed the entire examination for the Part III and shall be required, after appropriate courses of instruction, to present themselves for re-examination in the entire Part III Examination. Such candidates if successful shall repeat the clinical postings following the Part III Examination before proceeding to the Part IV Examination.   

(vi)      In the MBBS Part III Degree Examination, candidates who after repeating the year, fail two subjects at a resit examination shall be asked to withdraw from the MBBS programme

(vii) No candidate may proceed to the Part IV Examination unless he has passed both subjects in the Part III Examination.

Part IV examination

The subjects of the Part IV examination shall be:

All candidates shall take the Part IV Examination at the end of twenty four months after part III examinations.

Paediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Ø  Candidates must submit themselves for examination in both subjects at the first attempt.

Ø  Candidates who fail to satisfy the examiners in either or both subjects must submit themselves at the next examination available for resit in the subject or subjects in which they failed.

Ø  Candidates who fail to satisfy the examiners in either or both subjects of the Part IV Examination at the second attempt will be deemed to have failed the entire examination. They will not be permitted to precede to the Part IV examinations, but after appropriate courses of instruction may re-enter for the entire Part IV Examination. If successful, they will then repeat the clinical posting leading to the Part IV Examination. No candidates may proceed to the Part V Examination unless he has passed both subjects of the Part IV Examination.

10.Part V Examination

All candidates shall take the Part V Examination at the end of six months after part IV examinations.

(i)         The subjects of the Part V Examination shall be:

Medicine

Surgery

Preventive & Social Medicine

(ii)        No candidate shall be admitted to the Part V Examination   unless he has completed not less than 37 months of study after the Part II Examination.

(iii)       Candidates must present themselves for examination in all the subjects at the first  attempt.

(iv)       Those who fail to satisfy the examiners in any of the three subjects must submit themselves for re-examination in those subjects in which they failed at the stipulated time.

General

1.   Except as specified in Regulation 7(iv) above, candidate shall normally be allowed three attempts in any of the parts of the M.B.B.S degree examination. Subsequent attempts at any of the above-named examinations shall be with the permission of Senate on the recommendation of Academic Board.

2.     A candidate, who by reason of ill health or some other causes acceptable to the University, has been prevented from completing any part of the examination may apply to be credited with his performance in any subjects of the examination in which he has satisfied the Examiners, provided that he submits an application for this purpose to the Secretary not later than two weeks after the termination of the relevant examination.

3.     Candidates who for no acceptable reason absent themselves from any examination shall be deemed to have failed the examination.

4.  Candidates who for causes acceptable of the University have been prevented from

entering for an examination may enter for the examination at the next available attempt.

5.      Candidates shall be required to complete to the satisfaction of the University such period of approved practical course work as deemed necessary according to the curriculum.

6.      The list of successful candidates for the degree shall be published with the names arranged alphabetically. Those candidates who pass with distinction in any subject should be indicated.

7.      Candidates who have had periods of courses of instructions of MBBS programmes of approved universities may be admitted to Afe Babalola University but such candidates must begin from the 200 level or sit and pass the 200 level examinations of ABUAD.   

8.  Any of these regulations may, from time to time, be altered by Senate on the recommendation of Academic Board.

Note: The pass mark for M.B; B.S. degree Examinations is 50 percent. However 100 level courses which are operated under the unit course system have a pass mark of 50 percent.