Admission Rate of Medical Students in Nigeria
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Help! Nigeria has 600 Pediatricians for 40million children (The Punch Newspaper, April 17, 2013 )
11% of the children that die in the world yearly are from Nigeria
Healthy citizens translates into healthy Nation. Healthy citizens correlates positively with healthy workforce. The place of Medical Professionals to the growth of Nations and their economic power cannot be over emphasized. The more the medical professionals, the more likely the quality of life of any Nation. We will be looking at the admission rate of Medical Students in their applications to Nigerian Universities over the past few years and its implication on the growing population of the country.
Nigeria has 128 Universities (as at July, 2013); No. 1 2 3
Funding Federal State Private
Total 40 38 50
Not all these institutions have courses in the Medical discipline for Applicants. According to the National Universities Commission (NUC), there are a total of 13 Disciplines of which 4 are medically inclined, they are: Basic Medical and Health Science Pharmaceutical Sciences Medicine and Dentistry; Veterinary Medicine
These are the courses: Dentistry & Dental Surgery
Human Anatomy
Anatomy
Biochemistry
Biomedical Technology
Human Nutrition & Dietetics
Medical Biochemistry
Medical Laboratory
Medical Radiography & Radiological Science
Medical Rehabilitation
Medicine & Surgery
Nursing Science
Optometry
Pharmacology
Pharmacology & Therapeutics
Physiology
Physiotherapy
Prosthesis & Orthopedic Technology
Public & Community Health
Radiography
Veterinary Medicine/ Science
Pharmacy Public Health Technology
23 Medical Courses
Course and Institution Course
Total Institution
Anatomy
19
Biochemistry
8
Biomedical Technology
1
Dentistry And Dental Surgery
9
Human Anatomy
2
Human Nutrition And Dietetics
2
Medical Biochemistry
3
Medical Laboratory
16
Medical Radiography And Radiological Science Medical Rehabilitation
Medicine And Surgery
Funding
ABUAD, ABU, ANSU, BABCOCK, BAYERO, BOWEN, DELSU, Federal (8), EBSU, IGBINEDION, LAUTECH, MADONA, UNIZIK, OOU, State (6), OSUN, UNIBEN, UNILORIN, UNIJOS, UNIMAID, UNIPORT Private (5) Federal (5), DELSU, IGBINEDION, LAUTECH, UNIBEN, UNICAL, UI, State (2), UNIJOS, UNIUYO Private (1) FUTO Federal (1) BAYERO, LASU, OAU, UNIBEN, UI, UNILAG, UNIMAID, Federal (8), UNN, UNIPORT State (1) UNICAL, UNIUYO Federal (2) Federal (1), ABUAD, UI Private (1) Federal (1), DELSU, LAUTECH, UNIBEN State (1) ABUAD, EKPOMA, BABCOCK, BAYERO, EBSU, Federal (9), IGBINEDION, IMSU, LAUTECH, UNIZIK, UNIBEN, UNICAL, State (3), UNIJOS, UNILAG, UNIMAID, UNN, UDUS Private (4)
1
BAYERO
3
UNIZIK, OAU, UNN Federal (3) ABSU, ABUAD, ABU, EKPOMA, ANSU, BABCOCK, BAYERO, BSU, BINGHAM, BOWEN, DELSU, EBSU, EKSU, ESUTECH, Federal (16), IGBINEDION, IMSU, KADSU, KOGSU, LAUTECH, LASU, State (16), MADONA, WILBERFORCE, UNIZIK, OAU, OOU, OSUN, Private (6) UNIABUJA, UNIBEN, UNICAL, UI, UNILORIN, UNIJOS, UNILAG, UNIMAID, UNN, UNIPORT, UNIUYO, UDUS
38
Federal (1)
Course and Institution Course
Total Institution
Nursing Science
25
Optometry
4
Pharmacology
2
Pharmacology and Therapeutics
1
Funding
ABU, ABSU, ABUAD, EKPOMA, BABCOCK, BAYERO, DELSU, Federal (14), EBSU, IGBINEDION, IMSU, LAUTECH, MADONA, NOUN, State (7), WILBERFORCE, UNIZIK, OAU, UNIBEN, UNICAL, UI, Private (4) UNILORIN, UNIJOS, UNILAG, UNIMAID, UNN, UNIPORT Federal (1), ABSU, FUTO, IMSU, MADONA State (2), Private (1) Federal (1), OOU, UNILAG State (1) DELSU
State (1)
Pharmacy
18
Physiology
20
Physiotherapy Prosthesis and Orthopaedic Technology Public and Community Health
4
ABU, DELSU, KADSU, MADONA, WILBERFORCE, UNIZIK, Federal (13), OAU, OOU, UNIBEN, UI, UNILORIN, UNIJOS, UNILAG, State (4), UNIMAID, UNN, UNIPORT, UNIUYO, UDUS Private (1) ABUAD, ABU, EKPOMA, BABCOCK, BAYERO, BOWEN, Federal (9), CRUTECH, DELSU, LAUTECH, LASU, MADONA, UNIZIK, OOU, State (7), OSUN, UNICAL, UI, UNILORIN, UNILAG, UNIPORT, UNIUYO Private (4) BAYERO, UI, UNILAG, UNIMAID Federal (4)
1
FUTO
Federal (1)
1
NOVENA
Private (1)
Public Health Technology
4
BABCOCK, FUTO, MADONA, UNICAL
Radiography
6
Veterinary Medicine
11
BAYERO, UNIZIK, UNICAL, UNILAG, UNIMAID, UNN ABU, FUAMAK, MOUA, UNIABUJA, UNAAB, UI, UNILORIN, Federal (11) UNIMAID, UNN, UDUS
Federal (2), Private (2) Federal (6)
Top Medical Courses by Application Course 2011 Medicine & Surgery 114,939 Nursing Science 34,186 Pharmacy 30,586 Medical Laboratory 17,355 Physiology 2,647 Radiography 2,450 Dentistry/ Dental Surgery 2,028 Physiotherapy 1,679 Anatomy 1,481 Veterinary Medicine 1,444
2012 116,474 41,999 32,814 22,987 2,599 2,930 1,831 1,409 1,860 1,599
2013 134,184 55,892 35,217 25,000 2,342 3,580 2,216 1,688 1,893 1,781
232,945
276,263
%2011 53.42 15.88 14.21 8.06 1.23 1.14 0.94 0.78 0.69 0.66
%2012 50.00 18.03 14.09 9.87 1.12 1.26 0.79 0.60 0.80 0.69
%2013 48.57 20.23 12.75 9.05 0.85 1.30 0.80 0.61 0.69 0.64
… Total Application
215,170
The top 3 favourite courses are Medicine & Surgery, Nursing and Pharmacy. Medicine & Surgery contributes about 50% of total application. Marginally, there is a declining interest in Medicine & Surgery, Pharmacy, and Physiology. Why?
Application by Top 10 Institutions Institution UNN ABU OAU UNIBEN UNIZIK UNIPORT UI UNILAG UNICAL LAUTECH UNILORIN
2011 22,913 19,490 17,103 14,427 14,356 13,439 12,972 11,831 10,641 8,921 7,291
2012 24,808 11,830 17,547 16,269 18,664 9,076 12,984 13,508 10,729 8,409 12,626
2013 25,606 12,149 18,309 23,452 21,036 8,581 15,789 13,950 13,812 11,549 16,939
Application by Course & Institution Medicine & Surgery
Nursing
Pharmacy
Medical Laboratory
Application by Course & Institution Physiology
Physiotherapy
Dentistry
Radiography
Ranking of Institutions by Applications Course
First
Second
Third
Medicine and Surgery
UNN
UNIBEN
OAU
Nursing Science
UNN
OAU
LAUTECH
Pharmacy
ABU
UNN
UNIZIK
UNIZIK
UNN
UDUS
UNILORIN
UNIZIK
UNIUYO
Dentistry
UNIBEN
OAU
UNILAG
Physiotherapy
BAYERO
UNILAG
UI
Radiography
UNN
UNIZIK
UNICAL
FUAMAK
UNAAB
ABU
Medical Laboratory Physiology
Veterinary Medicine
st 1
UNN
nd 2
UNIZIK
rd 3 OAU
Admission Rate – UI (University of Ibadan – UI) Course
Application
Admission Admission Rate
Medicine and Surgery
7,648
135
1.77%
Nursing Science
2,588
41
1.58%
Pharmacy
1,739
85
4.89%
Biochemistry
611
85
13.91%
Physiotherapy
301
27
8.97%
Dentistry
205
37
18.05%
Human Nutrition
185
42
22.70%
Physiology
164
79
48.17%
Veterinary Medicine
154
75
48.70%
Medical Laboratory
142
25
17.61%
13,737
631
4.59% 2012/2013 UTME
Admission Rate – UNN (University of Nigeria, Nsukka) Course Application Medicine and Surgery 10,147 Nursing Science 5,070 Pharmacy 4,405 Medical Laboratory 2,935 Radiography 1,166 Medical Rehabilitation 623 Dental Surgery 338 Veterinary Medicine 124 24,808
Admission Admission Rate 220 2.17% 116 2.29% 195 4.43% 133 4.53% 53 4.55% 112 17.98% 70 20.71% 79 63.71% 3.94% 978 2012/2013 UTME
Admission Rate – UNILAG (University of Lagos) Course Medicine and Surgery Pharmacy Nursing Science Medical Laboratory Physiotherapy Dentistry Pharmacology Radiography Physiology
Application 7,890 2,040 1,375 662 392 375 266 263 245 13,508
Admission Admission Rate 98 1.24% 97 4.75% 31 2.25% 31 4.68% 39 9.95% 21 5.60% 34 12.78% 31 11.79% 33 13.47% 415 3.07% 2012/2013 UTME
Admission Rate – UNIUYO (University of Uyo) Course
Application
Admission Admission Rate
Medicine and Surgery
3,861
46
1.19%
Pharmacy
1,799
87
4.84%
Biochemistry
925
77
8.32%
Physiology
292
26
8.90%
Human Anatomy
177
26
14.69%
7,097
262
3.69% 2012/2013 UTME
Admission Rate – UNIPORT (University of Portharcourt) Course
Application
Admission
Admission Rate
Medicine and Surgery
3,628
0.00%
Nursing Science
2,943
35
1.19%
Pharmacy
1,717
54
3.15%
Dentistry/Dental Surgery
267
14
5.24%
Anatomy
296
56
18.92%
Physiology
225
53
23.56%
9,076
212
2.34% 2012/2013 UTME
Admission Rate Summary
(UNN, UI, UNILAG, UNIUYO, UNIPORT)
Course Medicine & Surgery Course
Pharmacy
Course Nursing Science
Application 7,648 10,147 7,890 3,861
Admission 135 220 98 46
Admission Rate 1.77% 2.17% 1.24% 1.19%
Application 1,739 4,405 2,040 1,799 1,717
Admission 85 195 97 87 54
Admission Rate 4.89% 4.43% 4.75% 4.84% 3.15%
Application 2,588 5,070 2,943
Admission 41 116 35
Admission Rate 1.58% 2.29% 1.19%
Admission Rate Summary
(UNN, UI, UNILAG, UNIUYO, UNIPORT)
Course Physiotherapy Course Dentistry
Course Physiology
Application 301 392
Admission 27 39
Admission Rate 8.97% 9.95%
Application 205 338 267
Admission 37 70 14
Admission Rate 18.05% 20.71% 5.24%
Application 164 245 292 225
Admission 79 33 26 53
Admission Rate 48.17% 13.47% 8.90% 23.56%
Admission Rate Summary
(UNN, UI, UNILAG, UNIUYO, UNIPORT)
Course Veterinary Medicine
Application 154 124
Admission 75 79
Admission Rate 48.70% 63.71%
Course
Application 142 2,935 662
Admission 25 133 31
Admission Rate 17.61% 4.53% 4.68%
Application 177 296
Admission 26 56
Admission Rate 14.69% 18.92%
Medical Laboratory
Course Anatomy
Admission rate for Medicine & Surgery and Nursing is less than 2% on the average Pharmacy has about 4.5% admission rate Medical laboratory is about 9% Veterinary Medicine has the highest admission rate of over 50% - on the average Combined admission rate for Medicine & Surgery, Nursing and Pharmacy is less than 3% on the average Overall, the number of medical professionals produced is far less than can handle the Nigeria growing population.
Admission Rate (2000 – 2007) FACULTY Administration Agriculture Arts Education Engineering/Env. Law
2000 6.75 46.96 26.9 84.95 10.99 5.61
2002 2.83 28.64 11.62 46.59 5.12 2.54
Medical
5.26 2.55 4.23 3.13 4.15 4.31
Science Social Sciences
35.45 9.84
15.71 4.05
2003 5.57 20.22 17.24 85.94 8.66 3.11
24.5 8.01
2005 4.65 61.25 14.82 58.59 7.07 4.3
20.59 5.17
2006 6.87 57.32 19.31 53.91 9.31 6.19
21.8 8.01
2007 7.32 65.81 17.78 41.85 9.98 6.08
25.91 8.68
Overall, less than 5 of 100 applicants are admitted yearly for Medical disciplines, the remaining 95 seek admission elsewhere
According to The Punch Newspaper, April 17, 2013; 6.9 million children under five years of age died in 2011 globally – WHO It also estimated that 19, 000 children die each day and; almost 800 every hour For example, after India, Nigeria is second on the list of countries with the highest infant deaths in the world Nigeria, with a population of 70million children under the age of 18 , has only 600 trained consultant paediatricians. Out of this 70 million children, over 40 million are under the age of five The United Kingdom has 3,084 trained consultant paediatricians and 1,184 associate paediatric specialists for its 20 million children and it does not include the 3,174 paediatricians in training Child care is inadequate in Nigeria and there are gaps. It reflects in our health indices of 145 per 1,000 births Dearth of trained health personnel at all the primary health care centres, poor child care workforce and lack of emergency paediatric response facilities in our hospitals were reasons for high infant mortality rate in the country
Data source: - www.jamb.org.ng
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