THIS SERVES TO INFORM THE PUBLIC AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS ABOUT SOME REGULATORY ACTIONS UNDERTAKEN BY THE MEDICAL AND DENTAL COUNCIL FROM DECEMBER 2021 – JANUARY, 2022 BACKGROUND The Medical and Dental Council (MDC) has been conducting regulatory quality assurance monitoring exercises aimed at ascertaining, among others, the registration status of practitioners and the standard of […]
TRIBUTE TO THE LATE PROF. EMMANUEL QUAYE ARCHAMPONG (BSc., MB, ChB, FRCS, FRCS, FWACS, FICS, FGA, FGCS) Prof. Emmanuel Quaye Archampong, a renowned surgeon whose dedication to duty, selflessness, and love for humanity will continue to be enshrined in our memory and that of generations yet unborn. The Medical and Dental Council shall forever remember
COLLECTION OF RETENTION FEES – 2022 Practitioners are reminded that they are to renew their registration by 31st December of every year. Accessing the Council premises around the end of the year has always been a nightmare due to the hawking on the pavements creating massive traffic. As part of the efforts to save practitioners
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NOTICE TO CONTINUOUS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROVIDERS As part of measures by the Council to digitize its operations, the Council is rolling out a Continuous Professional Development (CPD) Portal to enable CPD providers to upload the list of CPD attendees unto the CPD portal. This would enable practitioners to have an idea of the number of
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ETHICS SEMINAR AND INDUCTION CEREMONY FOR NEWLY QUALIFIED MEDICAL & DENTAL PRACTITIONERS There will be an Ethics Seminar and Induction Ceremony for newly qualified Medical and Dental Practitioners. Ethics Seminar: Thursday, 21st November, 2024 @8:00 a.m. Induction Ceremony: Friday, 22nd November 2024 @9:00 a.m. Venue for both the Ethics Seminar and Induction Ceremony: Accra International Conference Centre
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NOTICE TO MEDICAL/DENTAL PRACTITIONERS ALREADY REGISTERED PLACEMENT ON THE SPECIALIST REGISTER Medical and Dental Practitioners who were already registered and subsequently acquired additional specialist qualifications from foreign jurisdictions were not required to take registration examination for the purposes of registering those qualifications as specialist qualifications. However, with the advent of the specialist register (refer to
APRIL – JUNE, 2023 SECOND YEAR POSTINGS The deadline for submission is Friday, 21st April, 2023 @5:00 p.m.
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1.1 INTRODUCTION The Medical and Dental Council is the Statutory Agency under the Ministry of Health responsible for the regulation of the training and practice of medicine and dentistry in Ghana. The main object of the Council is to secure in the public interest the highest standards in the training and practice of medicine and
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LIST OF ACCREDITED MEDICAL AND DENTAL TRAINING INSTITUTIONS IN GHANA AND CORRESPONDING PROGRAMMES – MARCH, 2022 In accordance with Council’s Regulatory mandate under Part II of the Health Professions Regulatory Bodies Act, 2013 (Act 857), Council wishes to notify the public about institutions that have been accredited and recognised to train MEDICAL AND DENTAL PRACTITIONERS
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