College Regulations

General

A programme of courses shall be provided leading to the degree of Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery, denoted by the letters MBBS.
The programme shall normally extend over a minimum period of five or six years, depending on student’s entry qualification as follows:
1. Five years for students admitted with three GCE Advanced Level passes (or equivalent) in Chemistry, Biology (or Zoology) and Physics or Mathematics. In addition, a candidate must have at least Five (5) ‘O’ Level credits in English Language and Physics or Mathematics whichever is not passed at ‘A’ Level.
2. Six years for students admitted with five credit level passes at SSCE or equivalent which must include Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology and English Language.
The first year courses shall be called the pre-medical year courses.
Students admitted for a six-year degree programme shall normally start with pre-medical year, while those admitted for the five year programme shall start with the 2nd year.
Entry to the 2nd year for the five year programme is limited. Therefore, the possession of minimum qualifications does not necessarily mean acceptance for the courses.
Students may enter other years on the recommendation of the College Academic Board to Senate in accordance with the regulations. Transfers beyond the beginning of the 1st Clinical year (400 Level) shall not normally be allowed. All transfers are subject to fulfillment of College requirement as detailed in the Pre-Clinical curriculum.

Regulations for the Pre-Medical Year

Instructions in the pre-medical year shall be by courses quantified into credits.
A credit shall be a series of fifteen one-hour lectures or tutorial classes, or an equivalent combination of these types of instruction.
No course shall carry less than one credit or more than five credits.
Students shall take courses as prescribed by the Faculty, in Physics, Chemistry and Biology with not less than 6 credits for each of these subjects. In addition the students shall take GNS 101 and GNS 102. GNS 201 and GNS 202 shall be taken in the second year while GNS 301 shall be taken in the third year.
Each course shall normally be examined at the end of the semester in which it is completed.
Examination shall range from a minimum of one hour to a maximum of three hours.
For each course there shall be a panel of examiners which shall consist of not less than two Examiners one of whom shall normally be the Head of Department who shall be designated the Chief Examiner.
The panel sets and moderates the questions and marks the answer scripts.
Panel members shall also jointly sign draft question papers and the examination results before the latter are submitted to the Examinations Officer by the Chief examiner.
The absence of a member of the panel shall not affect the validity of draft question or paper examination results.
Each course shall be graded out of 100 in the proportion of 30% for continuous assessment and 70% for course examination.
No credit shall be awarded for any course which a student fails by scoring below 40%.
The results of course examination shall be submitted by the Chief Examiner through the Dean of the Faculty to the Examinations Officer who publishes the result.
An examiners’ meeting shall normally be held at the end of each session to consider examination results for that session.
Statement of examination results shall be issued to students as appropriate at the end of the academic session.

Regulations for the Second and Third Years

Objectives; The objectives to be reached in each year shall be clearly presented to students.
In the second and subsequent years, instruction shall be in the community, hospital, classroom and laboratory and is not quantified by credits. Students in these years shall be designated:

Second Year (200L)
Third Year (300L)
Fourth Year (400L)
Fifth Year (500L)
Sixth Year (600L)

MBBS Programme
For a 100 level MBBS student to proceed to 200 level MBBS at the end of 100 level, he/she must:

Possess a GPA of at least 3.0 and in addition pass all courses with a score equal to or greater than 50% in each of the courses.
A student who fails to obtain a pass mark of 50% in not more than 2 courses in all but whose weighted average(s) in each subject(s) is not less than 45% and his/her GPA is not less than 3.0 shall proceed to 200 level.
Any student who fails to satisfy the conditions in (1) or (2) above shall be requirred to withdraw from the MBBS programme.

B.Sc Programme in Anatomy and Physiology
A candidate at 100 level B.Sc Anatomy or B.Sc Physiology must have a GPA equal to or greater than 2.0 before he/she can proceed to the second year of the same progamme

Second and Third Years.
During these two years (2nd and 3rd) of the Basic Medical Sciences, the subjects learnt shall constitute a continuous programme. The subjects are Anatomy, Biochemistry, Physiology and Integrated subjects in the MBBS Programe Pharmacology shall be introduced in Year 3 (300 Level) and examined as part of the integrated paper.

Students performance shall be determined by means of:

Progressive assessment, and
The First Professional examination at the end of Year 3.

Progressive assessment and the First Professional examination will each carry 50% of the total mark. The pass mark for each subject as well as for the examination shall be 50%.

Progressive assessment shall be based on:

Periodic tests taken either during or at the end of study of each body system or equivalent programme and on practical including each Community based Experience and Service (COBES) posting.
Comprehensive examination at the end of Year 2 covering all the subjects studied during that year.

A student who obtains a pass mark of 45% or more in each subject of the Progressive Assessment shall proceed to year 3.
A student who attains 45% in 2 or 3 subjects only to but scores 40-45% in 1 or 2 subjects shall have the option either to proceed 300 Level or repeat 200 Level.
A student who attains 40-45% in 3 or 4 subjects or less than 40% in 1 or 2 subjects shall repeat 200 Level
A student who attains less than 40% I 3 or 4 subjects, or fails again (less than 45%) after repeating 200 Level, shall withdraw from the MBBS programme.
The First Professional MBBS examination shall consist of four components. Three of these are individual subjects of Anatomy, Biochemistry and Physiology. The fourth part shall be an integrated examination incorporating the Community Based Experience and Service (COBES) programme, and principles of Pathology, Microbiology and Parasitology, Behavioural Sciences, Pharmacology and Therapeutics, and Epidemiology and Community Health.
In order to proceed to the Clinical Clerkship of Years 4, 5 and 6 a candidate must complete the prescribed courses, Anatomy, Biochemistry, Physiology and the integrated subjects and pass the examination stated above with a grade of not less than 50% in each subject (Progressive Assessment and Examination marks taken together)
1. A candidate who fails in three or more subjects shall repeat Year 3, and shall retake all the failed subject (s) in the First Professional Examination at the end of Year 3.
2. A candidate who fails in not more than two subjects shall resit the subjects failed within 3months of the first examination. If he fails the resit examination, he shall repeat Year 3.
3. Where a student has to repeat a whole year in order to sit for subject(s) previously failed, he shall be required to repeat the entire course towards progressive assessment but sit the terminal examination in the subject(s) in which he failed.
4. After repeating Year 3 and examination, a candidate who fail in any subject shall be required to take part in the conduct of the First Professional examination.
External Examiners shall be required to take part in the conduct of the First Professional examination.

Regulations for the Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Years

These constitute the clinical years. Student’ Performance during the three years shall be assessed by means of Progressive Assessment and by the final examination, each carrying 50% of the marks.
Progressive assessment shall be based on periodic evaluation from clinical evaluation.by clinical supervisors and the end-of-posting examination.
The Final MBBS examination shall consist of three parts.
1. Part I: This shall be held 22-24 months from commencement of the clinical programme. The subject to be examined shall be:
  1. Pathology (Morbid Anatomy and Histopathology), Microbiology and Parasitology, Haemtology, Chemical Pathology and Immunology).
  2. Pharmacology and Therapeuties.
2. Parts II: This shall be held about 4 months after Part I The subjects to be examined shall be:
  1. Paeditratics and Child Health
  2. Obstetrics and Gynecology.
3. Part III: This shall be held 6-8 months after Part II. The subjects to be examined shall be:
  1. Medicine including Behavioural Sciences.
  2. Surgery including all surgical specialties as well as Anesthesia and Radiology.
  3. Epidemiology & Community Health.
The final examinations shall test both theoretical knowledge and practical skill. No student shall pass a clinical subject unless he obtains 50% in the Practical examinations. The practical examination shall constitute 50% of the total marks for each clinical subject.
External examiners shall be required to take part in the conduct of the final examinations.

The Final MBBS Parts I, II, & III resit examinations:
A candidate who fails in any subject in each final examinations shall be required to write the papers failed withing 3 months of the initial attempt, Any candidate who fails the second attempt shall be required to repeat the year (including Clerkship and Progressives Assessment the subject failed) before the third and attempt. Thereafter if the candidate fails, he shall be required to withdraw from the MBBS programme.

MBBS Evaluation.

Successful completion of Clinical COBES posting with score not below 50% at 500 and 600 Level is a pre-requisite for graduation from the Medical school.
Successful Completion and passed GNS courses is a pre -requsite for graduation from the Medical School
The degree of MBBS shall be an unclassified degree.
Distinction shall be awarded to a student obtaining 70% and above in any subject of the Basic Medical Sciences or in any of the Clinical subjects.
The distinction shall be indicated in the MBBS certificate.