The Postgraduate Programme is made up of two parts (Part I and II), distributed over eight (8) semesters, and taking 4 years as follows:
Year 1 (Part I) Semester
1 and 2

Year	Code	Medicine	HRS	Paediatrics	HRS	Surgery	HRS	OBGY	HRS
1	PHY 600	Physiology	72	Physiology	72	Physiology	72	Physiology	72
	PAT 600	Pathology	72	Pathology	72	Pathology	72	Pathology	72
	BCH 600	Biochemistry	72	Biochemistry	72	Biochemistry	72	Biochemistry	72
	MIC 600	Microbiology	70	Microbiology	72	Microbiology	72	Microbiology	72
	PAR 600	Parasitology/ Immunology	44	Parasitology/ Immunology	44	-	-	Parasitology/ Immunology	44
	PHC 600	Pharmacology	72	Pharmacology	72	-	-	Pharmacology	72
	PH 600	-	-	Psychology	10	-	-	-	-
	ANT 600	-	-	-	-	Anatomy	180	Anatomy	180
	BS 600	Biostatistics/ Epidemiology Research Methodology	36	Biostatistics/ Epidemiology Research Methodology	36	Biostatistics/ Epidemiology Research Methodology	36	Biostatistics/ Research Methodology	36
	EP 600	-	-	-	-	-	-	Epidemiology/ ICT	36
	HAM 600	-	-	-	-	-	-	Hosp Adm and Finance Management	10

Each discipline will at least have four (4)
examinable basic science subjects to offer during the first year. There will also be clinical training alongside the
basic sciences in all disciplines during the first year (Part I). Year 2 to Year 4 (Part II) Semester 3
to 8

Year	Medicine	Paediatrics	Surgery	OBGY
2	Clinical Medicine: Body systems, systematically. Clinical features and diagnosis. Management and natural history. Research proposal.	Description of: Dissertation; proposal write-up. Clinical situations affecting the child from perinatal period to birth, and from neonatology to adolescence. Aetiology, pathogenesis. Clinical features, investigations, treatment and follow-up.	Research proposal. Data collection. Case collection and analysis. Clinical surgery	Clinical OBGY and hospital activities. Journal club; case presentations, seminars. Dissertation. Clinical rotations. Radiotherapy (for two weeks at ORCI). Neonatology (2 weeks) Surgery/Urology (4 weeks) OBGY (16 weeks)
3	Dissertation. Clinical subspecialties e.g. pulmonary medicine; renal medicine; cardiology.	Dissertation: data collection and writing. Clinical rotations – two rotations in the year. Journal club; case presentations; seminars.	Dissertation writing. Clinical surgery.	Dissertation. Hospital/clinical activities. Journal clubs. Seminars, case presentations.
4	Psychiatry – 4 weeks. Geriatric Medicine – 4 weeks Research for publication in the year Journal club Case presentations Seminars	Clinical rotations – two in the year. Dissertation – final write-up. Journal club; case; Ob/Gy (4 (wks); Internal Medicine (4 wks); Paediatric Psychiatry (2 wks); ENT (2 wks) presentation. Seminars.	Specialties clinical rotations. 1.OBGY – 4 weeks. 2.Paediatrics – 8 weeks. 3.Ortho/Trauma – 6 months. 4.ENT – 6 weeks.	Dissertation Hospital/Clinical activities Journal clubs Seminars; case presentation Mock examination Final qualifying examination

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