It was learnt that the qualifying examination was held at the Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital between November 22 and 23,2023.
About 433 out of the 836 foreign-trained Nigerian medical graduates who wrote the qualifying examination organised by the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria did not score above the pass mark.
It was learnt that the qualifying examination was held at the Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital between November 22 and 23,2023.
The assessment for foreign-trained medical graduates was in the form of a Computer Based Test, with graduates taking the exam at four different Kano State locations: BMG Institute of Information Technology, JAMB Professional Test Centre, Kano Cooperative CBT Centre, and Treztech.
A computer-based test, a picture-based test, and an objective structural clinical assessment are all part of the examination.
It was gathered that most of the medical and dental graduates performed poorly in the CBT.
According to the list of shortlisted candidates received by PUNCH in Abuja, a total of 836 people with medical degrees from international colleges were initially shortlisted for the examination.
The findings revealed that the majority of medical and dentistry graduates did poorly in the CBT.
According to the list of shortlisted candidates received by our correspondent in Abuja, a total of 836 people with medical degrees from international colleges were initially shortlisted for the examination.
Recall that every year, thousands of Nigerians seeking to be medical physicians and dentists enlist at foreign colleges, spend a fortune on tuition and housing, and devote four to seven years to studying the Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery course.
Ukraine, Sudan, Cyprus, Egypt, the Caribbean, Russia, Belarus, India, Hungary, Guyana, Niger Republic, and Benin Republic are popular study abroad locations for Nigerians. However, after completing their education abroad, students must pass the MDCN assessment in order to practise in Nigeria.
To protect the nation’s health care system, the MDCN supervises the practise of Medicine, Dentistry, and Alternative Medicine in the country.
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