The Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN) has urged newly inducted medical graduates of Gombe State University to uphold professionalism, integrity, compassion and teamwork, warning that they must complete their mandatory housemanship.
It said the Housemanship must be completed within two years of provisional registration or risk an assessment examination.
The Registrar of the MDCN, Professor Fatima Kyari gave the warning at the university’s sixth attestation ceremony and third annual Prof. Idris Mohammed Lecture organised by the College of Medical Sciences.
Represented by the Assistant Registrar, Dr. Ali Mandaka, Professor Kyari described the induction as the completion of the graduates’ undergraduate medical training and the beginning of lifelong professional responsibility.
She said; “the council would process provisional registration certificates for the graduates, after which they would create accounts on the council’s centralised housemanship placement portal to select hospitals for the mandatory one-year training.”
According to her, graduates who fail to secure housemanship placements within two years of provisional registration may be required to undergo an assessment examination before becoming eligible for the training.
Professor Kyari urged the new doctors to treat patients with dignity and compassion, stressing that effective healthcare delivery depends on teamwork and mutual respect among doctors, nurses, pharmacists, laboratory scientists, physiotherapists and other healthcare professionals.
She further advised the graduates to respect their senior colleagues and teachers while encouraging experienced professionals to mentor younger doctors.
Also speaking, the Chairman of the National Emergency Medical Treatment Committee, Professor Ismail Jibrin urged the new doctors to approach the profession with humility, compassion and a strong sense of responsibility despite its challenges.
The Provost of the College of Medical Sciences, Professor Abubakar Difa, congratulated the 45 graduates and commended their parents, lecturers and other stakeholders for supporting their training.
He said the college, which began its MBBS programme in 2013, obtained full accreditation from the National Universities Commission in 2018 and the MDCN in 2019.
“Following its re-accreditation in 2023, its admission quota increased to 100 students per set, while new programmes in Nursing, Human Nutrition and Dietetics, Public Health, and Clinical Pharmacology were introduced.”
Professor Difa added that since graduating its first set in 2019, the college has produced 230 medical doctors now practising in institutions across Nigeria.
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