Virtual Doctors As Educators Workshop

DATE: 26 -28 October, 2021

TIME: 9:00am to 5:00pm (Nigerian Time GMT +1)

The West African College of Physicians, Faculty of Family Medicine announces her 2020 Virtual Update Course for Junior and Senior Residents.

Theme: The Burden of Changing Family and Community Dynamics & Writing and Defending Dissertation and Patient Report Book (Case Book)
Date: Fri 11th - Sat 12th September 2020
Time: 7:45am - 10:00am (Morning Session)
            1:45am - 4:00pm (Afternoon Session)
Venue: Zoom Virtual Meeting Rooms

43RD Annual General and Scientific Meeting (AGSM) of the College was held in Cotonou, Benin Republic from the 4th and 8th of November, 2019

Meeting extract:

Two day mandatory Ethics courses at UCH, Ibadan- Thursday 6th to Friday 7th August, 2020

Educational courses for 2019 – 2023 by faculties

1. Primary Courses  – Monday 27th to Friday 31st July, 2020
2. Membership Courses – Monday 3rd to 14th August, 2020
3. Fellowship Research Methodology – Monday 10th to Friday 14th August, 2020
4. Internal Medicine sub-specialty courses – Monday 17th to Friday 26th August, 2020.

1. Doctors as Educators programme held successfully in S/Leone
2. West African Journal of Medicine office at no 6 Taylor Drive, off Edmound Cresecent, Yaba is now fully renovated and operational.
3. The College 44th AGSM would hold in The Gambia between the 26th to 30th October, 2020
4. Internal Medicine to make fellowship sub-specialty update courses in lieu of revision courses
5. Electronic copies of proposal and Dissertation should now be submitted to the college 
6. Tenure of all College appointments is now two years and renewable once

1. Election of Dr Sonny Kuku as the BOT chairman
2. Appointment of a new head of administration for the college
3. Sponsors of college prizes to make up the value to the current approved two thousand Dollars
4. Endowment funds to be launched at college dinner during the AGSM
5. Courtesy visit to ASGM host country President
6. Two new college prizes have been approved – Dr Roger Makanjuola prize in Psychiatry and Dr Titilayo Ipadeola Prize in Haematology