About Us
The departments in the faculty are also involved in providing support for degree programs in other faculties such as Bachelor Nursing Science, Bachelor Medical Laboratory Science and Bachelor Radiography programmes. At full take off of the Teaching Hospital, we will ensure effective and efficient synergy between the clinical training of the MBBS students and the residency training programmes of the Hospital. The faculty will hopefully, provide the majority of clinical consultant staff of the hospital. There will also be synergy in the utilization of facilities in both the College of Medine and the Hospital, utilization of resident Doctors in Medical students training and joint research grantsmanship. The faculty future plans include the mounting of postgraduate programmes (MSc & PhD) as well as short courses in clinical sciences.
Our goals
MISSION: To empower and nurture health care professionals, who will serve as leaders in their fields to deliver health care for the health and economic development of the people of Nigeria and beyond by promoting excellence, innovation and ethics in education, patient care, research and global collaboration.
OBJECTIVES: The clinical training of the MBBS students has the following objectives: -
To train medical officers with deep knowledge in Physiological, Anatomical, histological and biochemical bases of diseases and other health conditions and their interface with clinical medicine
To produce medical officers with in-depth knowledge of therapeutics with ability to determine drug actions in their patients;
To produce clinicians capable of understanding diseases and disease manifestations using laboratory and pathological skills and knowledge, including the determination of the effect of diseases on the lives of individuals;
To train medical officers with sound knowledge and understanding of causes of diseases and other public health challenges to provide solutions based on statistical data;
To produce medical officers who understand the ethical principles of medical practice and able to apply this in different settings within and outside Nigeria
To produce medical Doctors who understand and are able to work effectively in the health team and assume leadership roles when necessary.
To produce medical officers with sound theoretical knowledge and skills capable of undertaking research in various fields of the medical discipline
To be capable of conducting independent research.
To produce medical officers who can practice medicine and capable of conducting independent research in different settings in Nigeria and beyond
To train medical officers with a sound foundation to undertake further training/specialisation in the different specialities of Medicine.
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We heartily welcome you to the Faculty of Clinical Sciences, College of Medicine, Federal University of Lafia, Nigeria. We are a fast growing Faculty with committed, and dedicated staff who are working hard to actualize the vision of our great University, which is “to be a renowned and respected centre of learning, research and innovation, constituting a centre point for positive socio-economic transformation of the region’’. Working collectively with the Faculties of Basic Medical Science, and Basic Clinical Science and the Teaching Hospital, the Faculty of Clinical Science promotes excellence, innovation and ethics in education, patient care, research and global collaboration. We strive to instil the right knowledge, attitudes and skills in our medical students and other trainees to enable them become highly competitive health professionals.
The Faculty of Clinical Sciences works closely with the Teaching hospital to provide tertiary level clinical services and research. Staff of the faculty serve as trainers of resident Doctors in the different departments of the hospital. The faculty future plans include running postgraduate programmes (MSc & PhD) and short courses in clinical sciences.
We are committed to conducting researches that address gaps in knowledge on infectious and non-communicable diseases, including translational researches that will discover more effective and efficient approaches to clinical care and disease prevention and control.
Our remarkable team of faculty and staff is committed to promoting community partnerships and social accountability to the needs of the population while ensuring global competitiveness. The Faculty is opened to mutually beneficial collaborations and partnerships with local and global individuals/institutions across different disciplines.
We look forward to being a part of actualizing your career dream, research agenda and clinical service.