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First 30 medical students graduate
from Family Health Medical School
THE FIRST 30 group of
medical students have
successfully completed
their Bachelor of Medicine
and Bachelor of Surgery
(MBChB) at the
Premier Private Medical School in West
Africa, Family Health Medical School
(FHMS) at Teshie, opposite Kofi Annan
Peacekeeping Center, Accra.
Family Health Medical School is
Ghana's Premier Private Medical School
that provides student-centered learning
strategies that promote smart-learning
among the students.
Family Health Medical School
(FHMS), is the medical wing borne
from Family Health Hospital, which
started from a garage at 51 Guggisberg
Street, Korle But in 1997 as a diagnostic
Centre. It was later moved to Zoti road
in a rented premise and now to its permanent
location at Teshie, directly opposite
the Kofi Annan International
Peace Keeping Training Centre.
Family Health Specialist Hospital
have modern facilities such as a convertible
anatomage and telemedicine; various
laboratories and lecture halls.
The Founder of Family Health University
College, and the president for
Family Health Medical School, Prof.
Enyonam Yao Kwawukume in his address,
congratulated the pioneer graduands
for making the school proud. "We
•Prof. Enyonam Yao Kwawukume presenting an award
to one of the students
thank you for demonstrating trust and
confidence in our ability to offer you
world class medical education".
He said the school have adopted an
effective pedagogical strategy which
supports lively student discussions instead
of the traditional didactic lectures.
This Prof. Kwawukume indicated, is a
collaborative approach to learning that
helps students to apply their knowledge
to solve complex problems; and encourage
students to think deeply, ask questions,
defend their assertions, and
determine the merit of other ideas.
The school he revealed, have introduced
French language and Sign language
into teaching to equip students to
interact with French-speaking patients
and patients with speech and hearing
disabilities.
"We believe that our job, as medical
educators, is to reinforce student learning
and to nurture lifetime learners. If
we fail to be innovative, we will stifle
our own growth as professors and lecturers,
and also possibly stifle our students’
learning."
Prof. Kwawukume averred that, in
the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic,
management deployed user-friendly, accessible
and affordable online teaching
and learning applications to ensure that
students’ academic work was not disrupted.
The Faculty and students he mentioned,
were given adequate training in
the use of the e-learning applications by
the I.T. staff of the Institution.
"All foreign students of the Family
Health Medical School participated fully
in the e-learning process, and a hotline
was established to receive and address
complaints/queries from both local and
foreign students".
According to Prof. Kwawukume, as
part of their determination to maintain
academic excellence, has engaged a large
number of notable Professors, Senior
Lecturers, and Clinical Consultants
whose services have contributed to the
success of graduands.
"At Family Health Medical School,
students begin their Clinical experience
from their first year, at the Family
Health Specialist Hospital, which is located
on the campus. This is one of the
main advantages of Family Health Medical
School, the only Private Medical
School with its own hospital working
24-hours all year round."
The Guest of Honor, Rev. Prof. P. F.
Ayeh-Kumi, Provost, remind the graduands
that as first graduates of the great
College, they have a lot to prove within
the healthcare sector.
"You have to make the College
proud by excelling at your profession
and working hard to create a platform
for other graduates from your Institution.
As you work towards your goals
and dreams, do not hesitate to take opportunities
for further studies along the
way and surround yourselves with people
and materials that will help you to
expand your level of thinking and practice".
As part of their academic programme
at Level 400, graduating students
undertook a Community Health
Screening project at Teshie (Lenshie
Quarters in Ledzokuku and Adedenkpo);
and also, at Tambushie in
Labadi.
The students met and interacted
with the chiefs and members of the
communities. The health screening project,
which gained a wide media coverage,
was accepted by the chiefs and
people of Teshie and since then, our
students continue to replicate it in our
neighbouring communities each year.
Speaking on behalf of FHMS Class
of 2020, Sharon Nana YaaGyasi-
Dankyira expresses gratitude to Pro
Enyonam Yao Kwawukume and Wife,
DrSusu B. Kwawukume for creating
great opportunity for them. "We know
this is the beginning of greater heights
for this noble institution. It is a great
honour to have been students within its
walls. We have gained more than just
knowledge we overcome our doubts as
fears. We have made considerable strides
into our future endeavours to become
outstanding doctors.”
Youth Agenda NGO CEO donate to Princess Marie Louise Children’s Hospital
BY PHILIP ANTOH
philip.antoh@dailyheritage.com.gh
THE FOUNDER and Author of
Youth Agenda Non-Governmental
Organisation,(NGO) Mr Raymond
Tuvias part of his 50thBirthday made
a donation and interacted with staff,
parents and children at the Youth
Agenda-SIF Rehab Centre at the
Princess Marie Louise Children’s Hospital
in Accra.
The Nutritional Rehab Centre
(NRC) was established in 2005
through the partnership of Youth
Agenda NGO, the Social Investment
Fund (SIF) - the implementation
agency of the erstwhile Ghana Poverty
Reduction Programme (GPRS I) - and
the Boeing Company, USA.
According to MrTuvi, Youth
•Parents and staff pose with the donated items
Agenda was established with an initial
membership of 30 motivated youth of
the KorleWokon-Jamestown Community
and the Sacred Heart Catholic
Church, Derby Avenue, Accra in 2000;
this was after graduating from the
University of Ghana and completing
National Service of teaching at Achimota
School.
“Founding Youth Agenda and its
subsequent activities was my act of
giving back to the community I spent
my earliest years in,” he stated.
He said the Nutritional Rehab
Centre is the only stand-alone Children’s
Hospital in Ghana which provides
non-residential nutritional
interventions for malnourished children
experiencing developmental delays,
weight-loss and illness as a result
of inadequate intake of protein, calories
and other micronutrients.
MrTuvi said parents and guardians
of such children are taught ways of
fortifying meals for the immune systems
of their wards to be boosted
thereby.
He said through the hard work of
staff, National Service personnel and
volunteers, thousands of moderate to
severe malnutrition cases have been
successfully treated at the facility over
the years. Parents bring their children
to access such services three times a
week.
“Thursday, November 26 was another
such clinic day. So, coinciding
with my birthday offered an opportunity
to give to the facility we established
and have supported over the
years with our widow’s mite,” he
added.
The Administrator of the Princess
Marie Louise Children’s Hospital,
MrYeboahFordjour, assisted by Mr
David Hussey, Stores Manager of the
Hospital and Mrs Bernice Okine, the
Nutrition Officer-in-charge of the
NRC, “took delivery of a mini deep
freezer, curtains and soft drinks we
donated.”
“We continue to give God Glory
and thank our benefactors for enabling
us come through with support
for the Rehab Centre.”