FACULTY OF MEDICINE

Introduction
The faculty of medicine was established in the 1984/85 academic session with the introduction of Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) course. The faculty currently has the following departments: Anatomy, Physiotheraphy, Physiology, Pharmacology, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Radiology, Surgery, Medicine, Anesthesiology, Psychiatry, Pediatrics, Community Medicine, Chemical Pathology & Immunology,
Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, Haematology, Medicine, Surgery and Otorhinolaryngology. The target of the faculty of Medicine is to compete favourably in both research and teaching spheres at the National and International level. Towards this goal, the creation of the College of Health Science was proposed in 2009.
Academic Matters
Four new programmes have taken off in 2009. These are Bachelor of Nursing, Radiography, Medical Laboratory Science and Dentistry. Also, the School of postgraduate Studies has approved the commencement of postgraduate training in departments of pharmacology, community medicine and physiology. Research and Publications The staff of the Faculty, in collaboration with Departments, were engaged in various research activities and have published the results of these endeavours in various national and international journals. Staff of the Faculty also attended various conferences and workshops/seminars during the period under review. These included:
• Prevention of mother to child transmission of HIVlAIDs evaluation workshop
• Workshop on making medical injection safe.
• Annual Scientific conference of Royal Society of tropical Medicine and Hygiene.
• Annual Scientific conference of the Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists of Nigeria.
• Annual Scientific Conference of Nigeria Society for Microbiology.
• Annual Scientific Conference of Nigerian Medical Association.
• European Congress on Tropical Medicine and International Health.
Community Service
The Faculty continued to provide practical experience to Bayero University Kano students in the Departments of Biochemistry, Biological Sciences and Chemistry during their SIWES puogramme. The Faculty also conducted the CBME and SP programmes and continued to play a vital role in the management of patients from all over Kano state, and other parts of Nigeria by the provision of diagnostic clinical services on daily basis. The Technical Staff in collaboration with AKTH Laboratory staff rendered contingency services such as water analysis and others for the state and its neighbours. The Faculty also participated in the provision of health education and services at various communities in Kano State during the field posting of its medical students. The programme was organized by CBME and SP of the Faculty of Medicine. Generally, the Faculty was active in training of competent doctors especially in infectious disease management, prevention and control for the state, nation and the world at large for the benefit of mankind.