Orotta School of Medicine and Dental Medicine nurturing up-to-standard
professionals: Sudanese external examiners
Asmara, 11 December 2012 – A number of external examiners from Geziera
University, Republic of Sudan, said that Orotta School of Medicine and
Dental Medicine is nurturing up-to-standard professionals. The academicians
who have been supervising the batch comprising 40 students engaged in
internship indicated that the academic scrutiny involved theoretical and
practical examinations, and that they are satisfied with the students’ level
of competence.
Prof. Ali Haboor, Dean of Medicine Faculty in Gezira University, and Dr.
Fawzia Yusuf, a Pediatrician, asserted that graduates from Orotta School of
Medicine and Dental Medicine fulfill the requirements for professional
health personnel vis-à-vis international standards, thus demonstrating
Eritrea’s bright future in this regard.
Prof. Usman Kalafela, Dean of Applied Medical School in Gezira University,
and Prof. Hashim Eltom, a Physician, on their part explained that the
attained competence of the students is the outcome of the virtue of hard
work on their part and their instructors, in addition to the curricular
standard and the government’s commitment to this end. Furthermore, they
pointed out that the medical institute would make bold input in promoting
the impact of the health sector upon graduating the first batch of dentists
in 2014.
“The fact that 15 out of the 40 students are females attests to the growing
role of women in the career, and the batch as a whole is admirable
ethics-wise and in the mastery of the English language,” stated Dr. Islam
Saleh.
Likewise, Dr. Osman Hamid lauded the country’s capability of nurturing
competitive medical professionals in a short time, and stated that the
growing capacity of the school should be exploited to the maximum extent so
as to ensure the desired number of medical professionals in a relatively
shorter time span.
Orotta School of Medicine and Dental Medicine, which was established in
2004, has so far graduated 3 batches.
