Medical
and Dental Consultants Association of Nigeria (MDCAN), has restated its resolve
to withdraw its services from medical education in all medical collages of
Nigerian Universities.
This follows the refusal of the National Universities Commission, (NUC), to
withdraw its circular demanding that clinical lecturers in medical schools must
possess a PhD degree as a prerequisite for career progression.
Addressing
a press conference in Jos, the Plateau State capital, National president of
MDCAN, Prof. Kenneth Ozoilo, said the withdrawal will also involve withdrawing
from teaching undergraduate medical students.
He however, added that it will continue to attend to patients in the hospitals.
Ozoilo also lamented the display of pride by the commission in which it equated
MDCAN to students.
Ozoilo explained that there was no basis for the comparison between fellowship
and the PhD, adding that it is an established fact that the curriculum content
of the fellowship far outstrips that of the PhD.
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