{"id":7011,"date":"2019-01-23T16:02:24","date_gmt":"2019-01-23T16:02:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.presbyuniversity.edu.gh\/site\/?p=7011"},"modified":"2019-01-23T16:21:06","modified_gmt":"2019-01-23T16:21:06","slug":"pucg-gets-full-accreditation-medical-and-dental-council-of-ghana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.presbyuniversity.edu.gh\/site\/pucg-gets-full-accreditation-medical-and-dental-council-of-ghana\/","title":{"rendered":"PUCG Gets Full Accreditation, Medical and Dental Council of Ghana"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Presbyterian University\nCollege, Ghana (PUCG) has been granted <strong>Full\nAccreditation<\/strong> to run the Physician Assistantship (PA) programme spanning\nfrom July 2018 to July 2023. This is contained in a publication by the Medical\nand Dental Council (MDC) of Ghana in 23<sup>rd<\/sup> January, 2019 edition of\nthe Daily Graphic Newspaper, and official media outlet of the Government of\nGhana. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The full publication from the MDC is found below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">\u00a0\u00a0<strong>MEDICAL AND DENTAL COUNCIL<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><strong>PUBLIC\nNOTICE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;LIST OF ACCREDITED\nPHYSICIAN ASSISTANT\u2019S TRAINING INSTITUTIONS IN GHANA AND CORRESPONDING\nPROGRAMMES&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Health Professions Regulatory Bodies Act, 2013 (Act 857)\nstates: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Section 27\n(a) \u201cthe Council shall assess facilities and contents of programmes for the\ntraining of doctors and dentists and physician assistants in training of\ndoctors and dentists and physician assistants in training institutions\u201d. <\/li><li>Section\n30(1)(a) \u201cA person does not qualify to be registered as a medical or dental\npractitioner, physician assistant or certified registered anaesthetists unless\nthat person holds a primary qualification from an institution recognised by the\nCouncil. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<table class=\"wp-block-table\"><tbody><tr><td>\n  <strong>No.<\/strong>\n  <\/td><td>\n  <strong>Institution<\/strong>\n  <\/td><td>\n  <strong>Programme(s)<\/strong>\n  <\/td><td>\n  <strong>Status<\/strong>\n  <\/td><td>\n  <strong>Period<\/strong>\n  <\/td><td>\n  <strong>No. of Years<\/strong>\n  <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\n  <strong>1<\/strong>\n  <\/td><td>\n  Anglican University\n  College, Nkoranza\n  <\/td><td>\n  BSc Physician\n  Assistantship (Medical)\n  <\/td><td>\n  Provisional\n  <\/td><td>\n  14<sup>th<\/sup> Dec.\n  2017- 13<sup>th<\/sup> Dec. 2020\n  <\/td><td>\n  3 Years \n  <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\n  <strong>2<\/strong>\n  <\/td><td>\n  College of Health of Wellbeing,\n  Kintampo \n  <\/td><td>\n  Advance Diploma in Community Health and Medicine Advance Diploma in Community Oral Health and Medicine\n  \n  \n  <\/td><td>\n  Provisional \n  &nbsp;\n  &nbsp;\n  Provisional \n  &nbsp;\n  <\/td><td>\n  20<sup>th<\/sup> Aug. 2018 \u2013 19<sup>th<\/sup>\n  Aug. 2019\n  &nbsp;\n  20<sup>th<\/sup> Aug. 2018 \u2013 19<sup>th<\/sup>\n  Aug. 2019\n  <\/td><td>\n  1 Year\n  &nbsp;\n  &nbsp;\n  1 Year\n  <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\n  <strong>3<\/strong>\n  <\/td><td>\n  Garden City University\n  College, Kumasi \n  <\/td><td>\n  BSc Physician\n  Assistantship (Dental Therapy)\n  <\/td><td>\n  Provisional \n  &nbsp;\n  <\/td><td>\n  9<sup>th<\/sup> March,\n  2018 \u2013 8<sup>th<\/sup> March, 2021 \n  <\/td><td>\n  3 Years\n  <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\n  <strong>4<\/strong>\n  <\/td><td>\n  Narh-Bita College, Tema \n  <\/td><td>\n  BSc Physician Assistantship (Medical)\n  <\/td><td>\n  Provisional \n  &nbsp;\n  <\/td><td>\n  9<sup>th<\/sup> March, 2018 \u2013 8<sup>th<\/sup>\n  March, 2021\n  <\/td><td>\n  3 Years\n  <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\n  <strong>5<\/strong>\n  <\/td><td>\n  Pentecost University\n  College, Accra\n  <\/td><td>\n  BSc Physician\n  Assistantship (Medical)\n  <\/td><td>\n  Provisional \n  &nbsp;\n  <\/td><td>\n  20<sup>th<\/sup> Dec.\n  2018 \u2013 17<sup>th<\/sup> Dec. 2021\n  <\/td><td>\n  3 Years\n  <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\n  <strong>6<\/strong>\n  <\/td><td>\n  Presbyterian University College, Agogo\n  <\/td><td>\n  BSc Physician Assistantship (Medical)\n  <\/td><td>\n  Full\n  <\/td><td>\n  5<sup>th<\/sup> July, 2018 \u2013 4<sup>th<\/sup>\n  July, 2023\n  <\/td><td>\n  5 Years\n  <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\n  <strong>7<\/strong>\n  <\/td><td>\n  Princefield College,\n  Ho\n  <\/td><td>\n  BSc Physician\n  Assistantship (Medical)\n  <\/td><td>\n  Provisional \n  &nbsp;\n  <\/td><td>\n  14<sup>th<\/sup> Dec.\n  2017 \u2013 13<sup>th<\/sup> Dec. 2020\n  <\/td><td>\n  3 Years\n  <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\n  <strong>8<\/strong>\n  <\/td><td>\n  Radford University College, Accra \n  <\/td><td>\n  BSc Physician Assistantship (Medical)\n  <\/td><td>\n  Provisional \n  &nbsp;\n  <\/td><td>\n  14<sup>th<\/sup> Dec. 2017 \u2013 13<sup>th<\/sup>\n  Dec. 2020\n  <\/td><td>\n  3 Years\n  <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\n  <strong>9<\/strong>\n  <\/td><td>\n  School of Anaesthesia\n  , 37 Military Hospital, Accra\n  <\/td><td>\n  BSc Physician\n  Assistantship (Anaesthesia)\n  <\/td><td>\n  Provisional \n  &nbsp;\n  <\/td><td>\n  3<sup>rd<\/sup> July,\n  2018 \u2013 2<sup>nd<\/sup> July, 2021\n  <\/td><td>\n  3 Years\n  <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\n  <strong>10<\/strong>\n  <\/td><td>\n  School of Anaesthesia, Greater Accra\n  Regional Hospital, Accra \n  <\/td><td>\n  BSc Physician Assistantship\n  (Anaesthesia)\n  <\/td><td>\n  Provisional \n  &nbsp;\n  <\/td><td>\n  14<sup>th<\/sup> Dec. 2017 \u2013 13<sup>th<\/sup>\n  Dec. 2020\n  <\/td><td>\n  3 Years\n  <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\n  <strong>11<\/strong>\n  <\/td><td>\n  School of Anaesthesia,\n  Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi\n  <\/td><td>\n  BSc Physician\n  Assistantship (Anaesthesia)\n  <\/td><td>\n  Provisional \n  &nbsp;\n  <\/td><td>\n  14<sup>th<\/sup> Dec.\n  2017 \u2013 13<sup>th<\/sup> Dec. 2020\n  <\/td><td>\n  3 Years\n  <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\n  <strong>12<\/strong>\n  <\/td><td>\n  University for Development Studies,\n  School of Anaesthesia, Tamale\n  <\/td><td>\n  BSc Nurse Anaesthesia\n  <\/td><td>\n  Provisional \n  &nbsp;\n  <\/td><td>\n  29<sup>th<\/sup> April, 2016 \u2013 28<sup>th<\/sup>\n  April, 2019\n  <\/td><td>\n  3 Years\n  <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\n  <strong>13<\/strong>\n  <\/td><td>\n  University of Allied\n  and Health Sciences, Ho\n  <\/td><td>\n  BSc Physician\n  Assistantship (Medical)\n  <\/td><td>\n  Provisional \n  &nbsp;\n  <\/td><td>\n  19<sup>th<\/sup> Dec.\n  2016 \u2013 18<sup>th<\/sup> Dec. 2019\n  <\/td><td>\n  3 Years\n  <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n\n\n\n<p>The Medical and Dental Council shall not grant any form of\nregistration to graduates from institutions not accredited by the Council. The\nCouncil shall also not grant Retrospective Accreditation to any institution. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:right\"><strong><em>Registrar <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Presbyterian University College, Ghana (PUCG) has been granted Full Accreditation to run the Physician Assistantship (PA) programme spanning from July 2018 to July 2023. This is contained in a publication by the Medical and Dental Council (MDC) of Ghana <a href=\"https:\/\/www.presbyuniversity.edu.gh\/site\/pucg-gets-full-accreditation-medical-and-dental-council-of-ghana\/\" class=\"read-more\">Read More &#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7012,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sfsi_plus_gutenberg_text_before_share":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_show_text_before_share":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_icon_type":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_icon_alignemt":"","sfsi_plus_gutenburg_max_per_row":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7011","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.presbyuniversity.edu.gh\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/PUC-logo.jpg?fit=2728%2C2612&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.presbyuniversity.edu.gh\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7011","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.presbyuniversity.edu.gh\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.presbyuniversity.edu.gh\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.presbyuniversity.edu.gh\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.presbyuniversity.edu.gh\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7011"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.presbyuniversity.edu.gh\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7011\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7018,"href":"https:\/\/www.presbyuniversity.edu.gh\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7011\/revisions\/7018"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.presbyuniversity.edu.gh\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7012"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.presbyuniversity.edu.gh\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7011"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.presbyuniversity.edu.gh\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7011"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.presbyuniversity.edu.gh\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}