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Lagos State University

Region: Ojo Country: Nigeria

College History
The first Vice-Chancellor of Lagos State University, Professor Folabi Olumide set up an Advisory Board in 1987 towards the establishment of the Lagos State University College of Medicine based on the recommendation of the Tertiary Education Review Committee. A favourable report was submitted but nothing could be done for another 10 years because of the problems facing the University.

However things changed for the better when Professor Akesode (now deceased) revived this issue again. Working assiduously, he got the approval of the Military Administrator and set up a new Advisory Committee headed by Prof. Deji Femi-Pearse for the establishment of Lagos State University College of Medicine in July 1997. The following month August 1997, the Committee submitted its report to the Military Administrator, Col. Mohammed Buba Marwa who accepted most of the recommendations.

The recommendations included:

  • the establishment of a College of Medicine by the Lagos State University;
  • that the institution should train medical doctors and other allied professionals, carry out research, and health care services;
  • that the General Hospital, Ikeja should be developed as the main Teaching Hospital for the College; and
  • that a School of Nursing should be established in the College of Medicine.
Thus, on February 9 1999, the Lagos State University College of Medicine (LASUCOM) was 'born' after 10 years of incubation. The College was commissioned by his Excellency, Lagos State Military Administrator, Col. Mohammed Buba Marwa and from its humble beginnings has taken great strides.

Institutional Goal
The institutional goal of the Lagos State University College of Medicine is to produce medical doctors and health professionals who shall be:
  • of acceptable national/international standards;
  • of high quality, and in such numbers as are required to meet the health care needs of Lagos State and the nation at the primary, secondary and tertiary levels;
  • capable of performing various roles in the health management team and ready to motivate, educate, supervise and lead other health workers in health promotion, and in the prevention and treatment of diseases;
  • capable of undergoing further development in the health sciences such that they can function effectively as hospital specialists, teachers in medical schools or as health management experts;
  • conscious of their duties as medical doctors or other health professionals and will observe at all times the tenets and ethics of their profession.
Institutional Objectives
At the end of the undergraduate course, the graduate must demonstrate to the satisfaction of the institution that he has the knowledge, ability (skills) and attitudes (human qualities) essential for good professional practice as listed below:

(a) Knowledge (Cognitive)
The graduate must have adequate knowledge of the :
  • normal structure, function, development and growth of the human body and their impact on behaviour and society;
  • appropriate promotive, preventive, curative and rehabilitative measures that can be used to identify, analyse and also to solve the health needs and problems of individuals, families and communities;
  • disorders of structure, function, development and growth of the human body and their impact on behaviour and society;
  • humanities, to broaden and enhance general education, including economics, politics, management and administration.
(b) Ability (Skills)
The graduate must demonstrate the necessary skills to:
  • collect, record and analyse information about the health needs of individuals, families and communities;
  • identify, recognize and diagnose the health problems of individuals, families and communities;
  • utilize appropriate promotive, preventive, curative and rehabilitative measures in solving health needs and
  • problems of individuals, families and communities;
  • communicate effectively on the health needs and problems of individuals, families and communities;
  • search and critically evaluate relevant literature about health matters
(c) Attitudes (Human Qualities)
  • The graduate must possess:
  • the discipline of self education which should continue throughout his/her professional life;
  • the ability to assess health needs or problems, whether of an individual, family or community comprehensively;
  • the ability to observe professional ethical standards;
  • an awareness of scope and limits of his/her role and of the necessity to seek advice and collaborate with other health workers;
  • a high sense of responsibility towards work and calmness especially in emergency situations;
  • an inquiring and analytic disposition to health matters which may lead to simple problem-solving research;
  • the readiness to plan, manage and evaluate health services for individuals, families and communities;
  • the readiness to educate, motivate, supervise and lead or support other health workers and the community in health promotion and the prevention and treatment of diseases;
  • the willingness to function optimally, critically and innovatively at all times even when manpower and other resources are limited;
  • the highest standard of morality and integrity.


Lagos State University Degree Programs :

Medicine

  • Bachelor Degree
  • MBBS

Dentistry

  • Bachelor Degree
  • BDS
  • Master Degree
  • MDS

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Contact Details


Address: Badagry Expressway PMB 1087, Ojo, Lagos State

Email: admissions@lasunigeria.org

234 (1) 588 4048

http://www.lasucom.edu.ng/

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