The Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN) says all
medical graduates who schooled abroad and seek to take the council’s assessment
examination will undergo a six-month mandatory attachment programme.
According to a statement on the council’s website, the first
attachment programme will commence in January and run till June.
MDCN said the teaching hospitals for the programme include
Olabisi Onabanjo University (south-west), Enugu State University (south-east),
University of Port Harcourt (south-south), University of Ilorin (south-west),
Aminu Kano University (north-west) and University of Maiduguri (north-east).
“The Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN) hereby
informs all Foreign Trained Medical and Dental Graduates, Parents and
Guardians, other Stakeholders and the General Public that with effect from
December 2021, intending candidates for Council’s Assessment Examination will
be required to undergo a six-month mandatory attachment programme before they
can be eligible to sit for the MDCN pre-registration examination,” the
statement reads.
“The first Attachment Programme will start in January and end in June 2022 while subsequent ones will be fixed and advertised accordingly.
“The programme shall be for candidates trained in ALL
Countries (other than Nigeria) and whose training institutions are currently
listed in the World Directory of Medical Schools (www.wdoms.org).
“Candidates must hold medical/dental degrees from approved
medical and dental training institutions that shall be verified by the
Electronic Portfolio of International Credentials (EPIC).
“Candidates will be
required to provide evidence of eligibility to practise medicine/dentistry in
their individual country of training. A current practising licence and a
Certificate of Good Standing from the country’s medical/dental regulatory
authority (not from the Training Institution) shall be required.”
Applicants who are Nigerian citizens are required to pay a
non-refundable fee of N900,000, while non-citizens are to pay N1,400,000 for
the programme.
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