Yaounde I University - Faculty of Medicine Opens to the Public

The cultural week of the institution began last Monday, July 16 at the school premises.

The Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences of the University of Yaounde I, is currently carrying out a five-day showcase week which allows the students and teachers to communion with one another on an informal base, share the different cultural traditions that they will be faced with when they become practitioners either in the dental or pharmaceutical fields. It is a moment for the medical community (students and teachers) to discuss and learn how to live in peace, share opinions and philosophy which, according to the Dean of the Faculty, Professor Ekoe Tetanye is very important in any community that wants to progress. A representative of the Rector of the University of Yaounde I opened the event on July 15 through the cutting of a ribbon to kick-start the cultural week.

The week is an opportunity for the institution to deeply dwell on the theme which is "Today's Training and Tomorrow's Health Personnel." The Dean of the Faculty said they are out to brainstorm on the manner in which they are training young doctors. Prof Tetanye said "we want to be sure we are training the young doctors with enough capacity for the task that lies ahead". Adding that it is a week to see if they are training young doctors in good conditions with enough potential for the challenges ahead?

The week is a veritable come together for students in the institution as they have a lot of sporting activities in football, basket ball and tennis matches to share something which is common in most medical schools. The yearly cultural event which ends on July 20 is also an open-day event for the public to know what takes place at the Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, how someone can be admitted into the different cycles. Within the sidelines of the cultural week is a health campaign in which students, teachers and the public will be freely screened on prostrate, breast and cervical cancers as well as cardio-vascular diseases. The gala nights, traditional parties, ballets, sketches, poems, choir competition, and the discovery of others through special gastronomy will grace the event in which final year students of the faculty will be saying good bye paving the way for their graduation ceremony come July 27.