THE Senate of the University of Medical Sciences (UNIMED, Ondo City, Ondo State, has approved the establishment of a Faculty of Medical Rehabilitation, the first of its type in any Nigerian university.
This was disclosed by the institution after the meeting of the university senate at its 10th special meeting held on Thursday, 13th August, 2020.
Speaking on the development after the meeting with the institution senate, the vice chancellor, Professor Adesegun Fatusi, said the development is in tandem with the university’s vision which is to be a one-stop institution for human resource development across all health and medical disciplines.
Fatusi explained that the philosophy of the Faculty of Medical Rehabilitation is to produce university graduates of Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy, Audiology, Speech Therapy, Prosthetics/Orthotic and other professionals in the field of rehabilitation who will satisfy the regional and national needs in these fields of health sciences.
He said his vision is to make UNIMED the leading institution in medical rehabilitation in West Africa, with courses that span the entire fields to address the huge deficit in human resource for quality medical rehabilitation in Nigeria and the West Africa sub-region.
“In the over seven decades history of university education in Nigeria, it is troubling that less than a dozen universities offer any course in medical rehabilitation and no university offers more than two courses in that field despite the huge and increasing need for medical rehabilitation services
“UNIMED is out to change that scenario as we are set to offer new courses in Occupational Therapy, Audiology, Speech Therapy, Prosthetics and Orthotics,” he said.
Similarly, the vice chancellor disclosed that about 20 new programmes in medical and health-related sciences would be introduced in the next academic session in a bid to enhance access to exceptionally high quality education.
Fatusi said the Senate had also approved the curricula for the commencement of the 20 new courses.
“The courses approved include Speech Therapy, Audiology, Prosthetic and Orthotics, Occupational Therapy, Environmental Health Science, Community Health Science, Dental Therapy, Dental Nursing Science, Health Care Administration and Hospital Management, Health Information Management, Food Science, Nutrition and Dietetics, Medical Physics, Science Laboratory Technology.
Other programmes approved by the Senate include Information Technology and Health Informatics, Environment Management and Toxicology, Medicinal Chemistry, Pure Physics, Radiography and Radiation Science, Cell Biology and Genetics.
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