Medical schools in Ghana: Best in 2020
Medicine has for long remained a very respected field. One might wonder how many medical schools are in Ghana. There about 7 medical schools in the country. Some of the top medical schools in Ghana include University of Ghana medical school, Accra College of Medicine and The Kwame Nkrumah University of Sciences and Technology, School of Medicine.
List of best medical schools in Ghana.
In Ghana a number of people hold the belief that the country's medical schools do not offer high quality education to professionals training in this field. This is however, not in any way true. The medical education sector has since the mid nineteenth century worked to better the training offered to release highly trained professionals in the wide field of medicine.
The University of Ghana Medical School, Accra.
The University of Ghana is the largest Public University in Ghana. Its medical school is also the largest and best medical school in Ghana located currently at Korle Bu Teaching Hospital in Ghana. The medical school produces highly professional medics who offer indispensable health services.
The Kwame Nkrumah University of Sciences and Technology, School of Medical Sciences.
The university is situated in one of Ghana’s largest towns; Kumasi. The School of Medicine was established in 1975 and released its first batch of graduates into the professional world in1982. Being the second largest public university, it churns out highly proficient and excellently trained doctors.
The University for Development studies School of Medicine, Tamale.
The university which is located in Tamale adopts the student- centred, community-oriented and problem-based approach to medical education. The university is also adequately equipped with modern facilities and thus produces well trained doctors and allied health personnel in other fields such as radiology, laboratory technology and psyiotheraphy.
The University of Allied Health Sciences.
The University of Health Allied Sciences is located in the Volta Region. It is one of the youngest universities in Ghana having only started in 2012. At the time of its inception 154 students were enrolled and are currently in training.
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The University of Cape Coast Medical School.
This university which has a lesser student population compared to others aims at providing high quality education through provision of adequately comprehensive and liberal programmes .The university has in the recent past provided high caliber medical professionals.
Accra College of Medicine, Accra, Ghana.
Accra College of Medicine is a leading private medical school in Ghana. The Accra College of Medicine offers high quality medical education which is majored on research and aims to solve health problems in Ghana and Africa.
Family Health Medical School.
The institute began in 1997 as a diagnostic centre. Strategically placed, the institute overlooks the Atlantic Ocean. The institute provides their students with high class training in the medical field.
All the above institutions are accredited medical schools in Ghana offering exceptionally high class training for professionals in the medical field .If passionate about studying medicine then you must check them out.
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Source: YEN.com.gh
