
UoN Neurosurgery
Chairman UoN Dept of Surgery Dr Julius Kiboi and Prof NM Mwangombe with participants of Neuro-Clinicopathological conference: Fri 11 Jan 2019

MB ChB class of 2018
Some members of MB ChB class of 2018 with Chairman Dept of Surgery and other faculty members in a ward at the UoN Teaching Hospital

MB ChB class of 2018
Some members of MB ChB class of 2018 happy in a photo with their lecturers after finishing their final surgery clinical examination (OSCE). Pictured together with Chairman Dept of Surgery and other faculty members.

Paediatric Surgery Thematic Unit
Dr David Kihiko examining a PostGraduate student - 14th November 2018
UoN Dept of Surgery Chairman with two faculty members
Prof PLW Ndaguatha with neurosurgeons Dr Julius Kiboi and Dr Michael Magoha - Nov 6, 2018
KSPRAS 10th Cleft Outreach - Meru Teaching & Referral Hospital
UoN Dept of Surgery (Plastic & Recon) graduate students with UoN alumnus Dr James Kirimi the CEO of MTRH - 28th May 2018.

World Hearing Day - 2018
UoN and KNH teams at the World Hearing Day 2018 - Observed at KNH on 2nd March 2018
UoN/University of Kentucky partnership
The University of Kentucky team led by Dr Mathew Bush signing the visitors' book at UoN Dept of Surgery.
Otology and FacialPlastic training by University of Kentucky team
Dr Mathew L Bush and Dr Amit Patel of University of Kentucky with local faculty members outside UoN Dept of Surgery

UoN Neurosurgery Alumnus at Cornell University
Dr Rowland Leurander Thabo at Cornell University. He is an alumnus of the Neurosurgery Thematic Unit of University of Nairobi
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MASTER OF MEDICINE IN GENERAL SURGERY (MMed.Surg)
Degree Code: | HMS 600 | Degree Name: | MASTER OF MEDICINE IN GENERAL SURGERY (MMed.Surg) |
Degree Type: | MASTERS |
Degree Duration: | 5 |
Degree Description: | Click to View |
Recent developments and technological advances in surgery have made it necessary to review surgical postgraduate training worldwide in terms of content and duration. Public medical service providers currently demand that surgeons of all subspecialties have basic knowledge and skills to treat any emergency surgical conditions before onward referral to the relevant subspecialty. Current training programs are structured to offer a common foundation course in Surgical Pathology, Surgical Anatomy, Surgical Physiology and Principles of Surgery for all the surgical specialties during the first two years of training. Successful completion of the foundation course is necessary before proceeding to further specialist training in General surgery, Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (3 years) and Neurosurgery (4years). The current program for MMed Surgery of the University of Nairobi, which was compiled in 1972 has been revised to bring it in line with these global developments. This program will benefit our clients, and make our program competitive internationally. OBJECTIVES
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ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS 2.1 The Common Regulations for the Master of Medicine Degree at the University shall apply. 2.2 The candidate eligible for admission into the program shall fulfill the following conditions: 2.2.1 Hold a basic medical degree i.e. Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBChB) of the University of Nairobi, or an equivalent qualification from an institution recognized by Senate. 2.2.2 Candidates must possess evidence of registration or eligibility to be licensed by Medical Practitioners and Dentists Board for purposes of training. 2.2.3 The applicant will be required to have a valid Professional Indemnity cover during the period of training. 2.2.3 Evidence of proficiency in English language is mandatory.
3.0 CREDIT TRANSFER AND EXEMPTION A candidate may, on the recommendation of the School Board and approval by Senate, be allowed to transfer up to a maximum of one third of the non-clinical taught course units offered in the programme. 3.1 Applicants seeking course exemption shall send a formal application to the Director, Board of Postgraduate Studies through the Dean School of Medicine. Justification of request and evidence of credentials to support such a request shall be attached to the application. 3.2 Application for course exemption shall be processed after payment of prescribed fee. 3.3 Applicants shall only be exempted from course units equivalent to those offered at the University of Nairobi. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS 2.1 The Common Regulations for the Master of Medicine Degree at the University shall apply. 2.2 The candidate eligible for admission into the program shall fulfill the following conditions: 2.2.1 Hold a basic medical degree i.e. Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBChB) of the University of Nairobi, or an equivalent qualification from an institution recognized by Senate. 2.2.2 Candidates must possess evidence of registration or eligibility to be licensed by Medical Practitioners and Dentists Board for purposes of training. 2.2.3 The applicant will be required to have a valid Professional Indemnity cover during the period of training. 2.2.3 Evidence of proficiency in English language is mandatory.
3.0 CREDIT TRANSFER AND EXEMPTION A candidate may, on the recommendation of the School Board and approval by Senate, be allowed to transfer up to a maximum of one third of the non-clinical taught course units offered in the programme. 3.1 Applicants seeking course exemption shall send a formal application to the Director, Board of Postgraduate Studies through the Dean School of Medicine. Justification of request and evidence of credentials to support such a request shall be attached to the application. 3.2 Application for course exemption shall be processed after payment of prescribed fee. 3.3 Applicants shall only be exempted from course units equivalent to those offered at the University of Nairobi.
4.0 COURSE STRUCTURE AND DURATION 4.1 The training program will be completed in a minimum of 5 years and a maximum of ten years.
4.2 The Principles of Surgery shall consist of mandatory rotations in General Surgery, Orthopaedic Surgery, Surgical Critical Care and Lectures. 4.3. The degree programme shall be offered on a full time basis consisting of two parts. Part one will consist of the following courses: Surgical Anatomy, Surgical Physiology, Surgical Pathology and Research Methods, Biostatistics & Epidemiology (year 1); Principles of Surgery and Surgery logbook (year 1 & 2). Part two will consist of the following courses: Principles and Practice of General Surgery, Dissertation and Surgery Log book (year 3, 4 & 5). 4.4 The programme shall consist of taught courses, clinical surgical skills, laboratory surgical skills, logbook and a dissertation. 4.5 All the courses covered will involve lectures, clinical work, clinical teachings, seminars, conferences, demonstrations, tutorials and training in special surgical techniques in a skills laboratory
5.0 COURSE OUTLINE.
5.1 PART I.
YEAR 1
Year 2
5.2 PART II YEAR: 3
PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF GENERAL SURGERY--STAGE ONE
YEAR 4
5.3 PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF SURGERY-- STAGE II
YEAR 5:
5.4. PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF GENERAL SURGERY-- STAGE III
6.0 EXAMINATION REGULATIONS. 6.1 Taught courses 1. A candidate shall present himself/herself for University Examinations in Part I of study at such a time as the School may determine and as approved by Senate. The Surgical Anatomy, Surgical Pathology, Surgical Physiology and Research Methods, Biostatistics & Epidemiology examinations shall be sat at the end of the first year. The Principles of Surgery examination shall be sat at the end of the second year. The Principles and Practice of General Surgery examination shall be sat at the end of the third, fourth and fifth year (Stage I, II and III). 2. Thirty percent of the marks shall be from continuous assessment. 3. A candidate shall be expected to be physically and mentally sound and able to perform surgical duties while undertaking the program. A candidate is expected to conduct him/herself in a manner befitting the medical profession and shall not be allowed to sit the examination if he/she does not meet these requirements and may be discontinued from the program. 4. Successful completion of each part shall be determined by satisfactory performance of the examination and a candidate shall not proceed to the next part if he has not passed all the constituent course units. 5. A candidate is expected to take all the courses to the satisfaction of the Department, the Board of the School and the Senate. 6. The University examination shall include written, oral, clinical or practical as determined by the School and approved by the Senate. 7. A candidate who fails to satisfy the examiners in the courses sat in Part 1 and Part 11 examinations shall on recommendation of the Board of Examiners and approval of the Senate be permitted a maximum of two supplementary examinations in the failed course examination within a period of six months. 8. A candidate who fails the clinical examination in The Principles of Surgery and in The Principles and Practice of General Surgery shall be considered to have failed the whole examination. 9. The pass mark of all the courses shall be 50%. 10. If a candidate fails in the second supplementary or exceeds the prescribed maximum duration of the course, then the candidate shall be discontinued.
6.2. Dissertation and Log Book. 1. The topic for the dissertation shall be within a field of General Surgery agreed upon between the candidate and the Department. The dissertation will be examined according to the requirements for such examinations in the School of Medicine and must be submitted three months to the date of Part II (Stage III) Principles and Practice of General Surgery. It will be assessed through evaluation by internal examiners and an external examiner. 2. A candidate who fails to achieve 50% overall mark in the dissertation may be allowed to resubmit up to a maximum of two resubmissions within a period of three months. 3. Successful completion of the dissertation will be required before sitting for Part II (Stage III) Principles and Practice of General Surgery. 4. The log book shall contain a chronological record of all diagnostic or operative procedures done during the training. A candidate must present the surgery logbook one month before the date of Part I Principles and Practice of Surgery examination and part II (Stage III) Principles and Practice of General Surgery examination. 5. A candidate who fails to achieve 50% overall mark in the surgery logbook may, after further rotation in the relevant course, resubmit it for further examination within six months. 6. Successful completion of the surgery logbook will be required before sitting for Part I Principles of Surgery examination and Part II (Stage III) Principles and Practice of General Surgery examination. 7. A candidate who fails in the second resubmission of the dissertation and surgery logbook or exceeds the prescribed maximum duration of the course will be discontinued.
6.3 Examinations Year 1 HMS 601 Surgical Anatomy, 1x3 hr written paper (200 Marks) 1x3 hr practical examination (300marks) ½ hr oral examination (100 marks)
HMS 602 Surgical Physiology 1x3 hr written paper (200marks) 1x3 hr MCQ (200 marks) ½ hr oral examination. (100 marks)
HMS 604 Research Methods, Biostatistics & Epidemiology 1x3 hr written paper (100 marks)
HMS 605 Surgical Pathology 1x3 hr written paper/MCQ. (100 marks) 1x3 hr MCQ (100marks) 1x3 hr practical examination (200 marks) ½ hr oral examination (50 marks)
Year 2 HMS 603 Principles of Surgery 1x3 hr written paper (100 marks) 1x3 hr MCQ (100 marks) 1x4 hr Clinical (200 marks)
HMS 606 Principles of Surgery logbook (200 marks)
Year 3 HMS 701 Principles and Practice of General Surgery Stage I 1x3hr written paper (100 marks) 1x3 hr MCQ (100 marks) 1x4hr Clinical (200 marks)
Year 4 HMS 702 Principles and Practice of General Surgery Stage II 1x3hr written paper (100 marks) 1x3 hr MCQ (100 marks) 1x4hr clinical (200 marks)
Year 5 HMS 703 Principles and Practice of General Surgery Stage III 1x3 hr written paper (100marks) 1x3hr MCQ (100 marks) 1x4 hr clinical (200marks)
HMS 704 General Surgery Log Book (200 marks)
HMS 1101 Dissertation (100 marks)
7.0 AWARD OF DEGREE A candidate who satisfies the examiners in all the examinations for all the parts Shall, on the recommendation of the Board of Examiners and approval of Senate, be awarded the degree of Master of Medicine in General Surgery.
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DEGREE COURSES
Level : 1 | |||
Semester: 1 | |||
Course Code | Course Name | Course Hours | |
HMNS 603 | Principles Of Surgery (surgical Critical Care/icu 120 General Surgery 360) | View Description | |
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HMNS 604 | Principles Of Surgery Log Book | 120 | View Description |
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HMS 601 | Surgical Anatomy | 360 | View Description |
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HMS 602 | Surgical Physiology | 240 | View Description |
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HMS 603 | Surgical Pathology | 360 | View Description |
No Course Description Available! | |||
HMS 604 | Research Methods, Biostatistics & Epidemiology | 120 | View Description |
No Course Description Available! | |||
HMS 605 | Principles Of Surgery(surgical Critical Care/casualty Evening/weekend Calls) | 120 | View Description |
No Course Description Available! | |||
Level : 2 | |||
Semester: 1 | |||
Course Code | Course Name | Course Hours | |
HMS 606 | Principles Of Surgery Logbook | 1200 | View Description |
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Level : 3 | |||
Semester: 1 | |||
Course Code | Course Name | Course Hours | |
HMS 701 | Basic Principles And Practice Of General Surgery | 120 | View Description |
No Course Description Available! | |||
HMS 702 | Principles And Practice Of General Surgery Log Book Continuous Dissertation | 360 | View Description |
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Level : 4 | |||
Semester: 1 | |||
Course Code | Course Name | Course Hours | |
HMS 701 | Basic Principles And Practice Of General Surgery 1200 (subspecialities; Neurosurgery 360,cardiothoracic And Vascular Surgery 360, Plastic And Reconstructive Surgery 360, Oral A | 360 | View Description |
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HMS 702 | Principles And Practice Of General Surgery Log Book | Continuous | View Description |
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Level : 5 | |||
Semester: 1 | |||
Course Code | Course Name | Course Hours | |
HMS 801 | Advanced Principles And Practice Of General Surgery | 1200 | View Description |
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HMS 1101 | Dissertation | 360 | View Description |
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