06 Aug 2024 Awards for Excellence in Pathology: OCI Foundation to Inspire Excellence for 3rD MBBS Medical Students in UNIZIK Medical School, Nigeria
The OCI Foundation has declared its intention to reward the top three performers in Pathology, a course taken as part of the 3rd MBBS medical examination at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University (NAU) Medical School, Nnewi Campus, Nigeria.
At a brief meeting with the leadership of the University’s College of Health Sciences (CHS) in Nnewi, led by the Provost, Prof. Gerald UDEIGWE, a delegation of the OCI Foundation announced that this award, to be known as the “OCI Foundation’s Award for Excellence in Pathology”, will be an annual program, with cash rewards to be made available to the top three performers in Pathology in the graduating class of each year.
The award presentation will be part of the Swearing-in and Graduating ceremonies for each new batch of medical doctors from the University. This will commence immediately with the 2024 batch, with the ceremony expected to be held around October/November this year.
In a letter to the Vice Chancellor of NAU, delivered through the Provost of the CHS, Prof Udeigwe, the OCI Foundation stated that “this award is aimed at inspiring improved overall academic performances in medical training, even though with a particular focus on Pathology.”
The OCI Foundation’s team noted that its Founder, Dr Chris Ifediora, an alumnus of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University Medical School, made the very first Distinction Score in Pathology during his 3rd MBBS Exam at the institution. This history informed the Foundation’s Board decision to fund this award.
The OCI Foundation also informed the team from the CHS that the organisation already has multiple undergraduate students of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University (in both the Awka and Nnewi campuses) on its financial scholarship and free hostel schemes. They pledged to continue working with the institution in finding other ways of further collaborations which will further strengthen the University’s quest to become a leading provider of medical education in Nigeria and Africa.
Team OCI Foundation was led by Mrs Jide UDEAJA and Mr Onyibor MACHIE. They were accompanied by three Cyfed Scholars (beneficiaries of the OCI Foundation’s undergraduate scholarships) attending the CHS, NAU. They were Miss Chidimma Chiara AMUA, Miss Onyinye Vivian EZEIKE and Praise Adaugo KELVIN
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