Medical and
Dental Council Of Nigeria Public Notice
Strict
adherance to the MDCN guidelines on Internship training and full registration
by training institutions, supervising Consultants and interns
The
attention of the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria has been drawn to:
a. The
failure of some accredited training institutions and supervising consultants to
effectively coordinate and ensure strict adherence to the Council's guildelines
on internship training and supervision.
b. The
failure of some medical/dental interns to ensure that their internship training
conforms/meets the minimum standareds set by the Council, especially on the
approved duration of training in each posting, timely submission of their
internship sign off forms and application for full registration with the
Council.
For
the avoidance of doubt, the Council expect as follows
i.
Chief Medical Directors (CMD's) of the training institutions must
accompancy applications/sign off forms with authority letters dult signed by
the CMDs or their representatives.
ii.
Each of the four (4) postings is to be performed by the interns for an
uninterrupted twelve (12) weekls. Where posting is interrupted for any reason
(e.g. Industrial actions, ill health maternity level and any form of level) the
intern on resumption will repeat in full the interrupted rotation.
Consultants
should not sign any intern off if the required uninterrupted 12 weeks rotation
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iii.
Formal approval and releases must be obtained from the relevant institutions
when internship training will be performed at more than one training
institutions. Council should be duly notified either during the training or
soon after the conclusion of the training.
iv.
Council views as serious offence and punishable by law (under the Medical
and Dental practitioners Act) any practitioner or institution where engages any
medical/dental practitioner without sighting and verifying that such
practitioner or person holds a valid and genuine registration with the Council.
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Council
hereby reiterates it stand that no practitioners will undertake NYSC programme
without obtaining his/her MDCN full registration certificate. Council on it
part is committed to speedy processing and release of full registration certificates.
All doctors can now register and make payment electronically once they are
expected to update their personal data and could proceed to maka payments where
required.
All approved
internship training institutions, the CMDs, the Consultants and the
medical/dental interns to take note of these regulations and ensure strict
compliance. Equally, the Council appreciates your continued efforts at ensuring
high standards of understanding to sustain the standards
Signed
Dr. A. A.
Ibrahim, Dsc., Mni
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