Information reaching the ExamsGuru Team has it that the Nigerian Medical Students will
now Spend 11 Years In Medical School. The National Universities Commission has disclosed that medical students will henceforth spend a minimum of 10 to 11
years in school.
This was made known by the Executive Secretary of the Commission, Prof. Julius
Okojie in a lecture delivered at the maiden matriculation and inauguration of the University of Medical Science, Ondo, Ondo
State.
Prof. Julius Okojie who was represented by the Deputy Executive Secretary of the
commission, Prof. Chiedu Mafiana, in a lectuyre titled ‘Development of Medical Education : Prospects and Challenges‘, stated
that this development was imperative in order to enable the students mature psychologically for the profession.
According to him, the 2015 document for the training of medical students made
provision for students to spend the first four years in studying basic sciences in university after which they would proceed
to the medical school to spend another seven years.
