FG plans six medical simulation centres, aims for 20,000 annual admissions

Summary

The Federal Government says it plans to establish medical simulation centres in Nigeria’s six geopolitical zones and raise annual medical school admissions to 20,000 within three years.

Highlights

• Education Minister Tunji Alausa disclosed the plan while receiving the TETFund Medical Simulation Committee’s report.
• The centres are meant to support practical training for medical and other health professional students.
• The government says the expansion is intended to help grow the healthcare workforce.
• Alausa said annual medical school admissions have risen from about 5,000 when President Bola Tinubu took office to almost 12,000 now.