DENTAL SCIENCES DEPARTMENT
Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) program commenced for the first time in Zambia in 2011 with the fist intake of 24 students. The motives for starting the programme were poor dentist to population ratio (1:800,000) against World Health Organisation. recommendation of 1:300,000) and high cost of training dentists abroad. In January 2010 the Ministry of health with help of WHO, contracted a consultant to determine the possibility of creating a Medical School in Ndola under the Copperbelt University. The consultant indicated that this was a well conceived and feasible project. Following this the Ministry of Health in…Read more
CLINICAL SCIENCES DEPARTMENTS
The clinical science department is located at the Ndola Central Hospital in Ndola, on the 6th floor with Tropical Disease Control. The Hospital is operated by the Ministry of Health, with funding from the Government of the Republic of Zambia. The clinical Sciences Department constitute the school’s administrative unit to manage the activities of training, teaching and research in clinical sciences…Read more
BASIC SCIENCES DEPARTMENT
The Department of Basic Sciences is one of the departments in the school of medicine. The Basic Sciences Department provides instruction in human science courses, such as Anatomy, Physiology, Clinical Chemistry, Immunology and Medical Microbiology to Bachelors of medicine and surgery and Bachelors of dental medicine students…Read more
PUBLIC HEALTH UNIT
The Public Health Unit (PHU) starts its teaching to medical and dental students in their 1ST year of training and continues up to their 5th year of graduation. The objectives of the PHU are to introduce students to the concept of public health and its relevance in the health care delivery system in Zambia; to equip students with the knowledge and skills to be able to conduct epidemiological studies on diseases of public health importance in Zambia; to equip students with the knowledge and skills to plan, organize and evaluate health programmes; to develop in the students the spirit of team work in promoting health; and to increase students’ interest in uptake of careers in rural practice…Read more