According to Platinum Times, 433 of the 836 foreign-trained medical graduates who sat the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria’s qualifying exams failed.
The qualifying test was held at the Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital between November 22 and 23,2023.
The assessment for foreign-trained medical graduates was in the form of a Computer Based Test, with graduates taking the exam in four different Kano State locations: BMG Institute of Information Technology, JAMB Professional Test Centre, Kano Cooperative CBT Centre, and Treztech.
The evaluation includes a computer-based test, a picture-based test, and an objective structural clinical assessment.
The findings revealed that the majority of medical and dentistry graduates did poorly in the CBT.
According to the list of shortlisted candidates received by our correspondent in Abuja, 836 people with medical degrees from overseas universities were shortlisted for the examination in the first instance.
Only 403 students passed the exams, according to the results obtained by our correspondent on Monday.
According to Platinum Times, hundreds of Nigerians seeking to be medical physicians and dentists enroll in foreign colleges each year, spending a lot on tuition and accommodation costs and devoting between four and seven years to the Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery program.
Ukraine, Sudan, Cyprus, Egypt, The Caribbean, Russia, Belarus, India, Hungary, Guyana, Niger Republic, and Benin Republic are popular study abroad locations for Nigerians. However, after completing their education overseas, students must pass the MDCN assessment in order to be licensed to practice in Nigeria.
The MDCN is the body that regulates the practice of Medicine, Dentistry, and Alternative Medicine in the country in order to protect the country’s health care system.
The MDCN performs the assessment twice a year. The examination assesses applicants’ ability to use their basic medical sciences and clinical abilities in a health care context. Dr Tajudeen Sanusi, MDCN Registrar, told The PUNCH recently that the assessment examination was a global standard.