Commission rejects applications for medical training

Only the current six schools will be authorized to train medical professionals for the 2014/2015 academic year in Cameroon following the rejection of all new application files for accreditations by the commission submitted by some schools wishing to carry out the training.

Meeting last July 25, in the conference room of the Ministry of Higher Education in their 2nd session, members of the National Commission for Medical, Pharmaceutical and Odonto-stomatological training in Cameroon, said the application files were all rejected because none of the schools were well equipped to carry out the training.

Speaking during the occasion, the Chairperson of the Commission, Minister of Higher Education and Chancellor of Academic Orders, Jacques Fame Ndongo, revealed that some 800 students fit for medical training will be selected for the 2014/2015 academic year in Cameroon after the national competitive examination slated for September 26 this year.

Minister Fame Ndongo expressed satisfaction over the return of order in the training of medical, pharmaceutical and odonto-stomatological professionals in the country.

He reiterated the need for all members of the commission to work in total synergy in order to ensure that quality is at the centre of this training in the authorized 6 medical establishments in Cameroon made up of four faculties in state universities and two private higher institutions of learning.

Members of the commission drawn from the Prime Minister’s Office, Ministry of Higher Education, Ministry of Public Health, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Economy, Planning and Regional Development, the training schools, National Orders of Medical doctors, Pharmacists and Odonto-stomatologists, World Health Organization and the International Conference of Francophone Deans of Faculty of Medicine used the occasion to evaluate the level of implementation of recommendations adopted during the 1st session of the commission.