DEPARTMENT OF INTERNAL MEDICINE
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Ag. Head of Department : Dr. Victor Aniedi Umoh
| CONSULTANTS | CLINIC DAYS | SPECIALTIES |
| Prof. Peters, Etete James | Mondays | Respiratory |
| Dr. Ime O. Essien | Wednesdays | Cardiology |
| Prof. Joseph John Andy | Wednesdays and Tuesdays | Medicine |
| Dr. N. A. Akpan | Thursdays and Fridays | Dermatology |
| Dr. John Udo Ekot | Respiratory | |
| Dr. Bertha C. Ekeh | Mondays and Thursdays | Neurology |
| Dr. Emmanuel Edet Effa | Tuesdays | Nephrology |
| Dr. Victor Okon Ansa | Wednesdays | Cardiology |
| Dr. Okon Ekwere Essien | Tuesdays | Endocrinology |
| Dr. Victor Aniedi Umoh | Mondays/Fridays | Respiratory |
| Dr. Akpan Effiong E. | Wednesdays and Tuesdays | Nephrology |
The department of Internal Medicine is an academic/clinical service unit with the overall objective of providing training for medical students, interns (house officers) and resident doctors, as well as specialized/tertiary medicare for the population of Akwa Ibom State and some adjourning states. It is one of the major departments of the College of Health Sciences of the University of Uyo.
The actual departmental clinical activity commenced in 2001. However academic activities could not begin because there were just 2 Consultant staff and the clinical service was overwhelming. Academic activities started in earnest in May 2005, when Dr. J. U. Ekott was appointed and other consultants subsequently joined the department. Dr. N. A. Akpan is presently the head of department.
AVAILABLE INFRASTRUCTURE
1. Consultant’s Offices – 6 HOD’s Office, Prof. Andy’s office and 4 other offices
2. One seminar/conference room.
3. Sleeping in rooms – one for the houseman, one for the resident.
4. 3 Consulting rooms.
5. Thirty-nine bed spaces (bed distribution 17 male ward, 17 female wards, 5 amenity).
6. Medicine side room laboratory located in the Dialysis building.
7. A developing non-invasive medicine laboratory.
8. A dialysis unit with three functioning machines – courtesy of the Akwa Ibom State government.
SERVICES RENDERED/DEPARTMENTAL ACTIVITIES
Services to Patients
1. General Medical outpatient clinic – Daily
2. Subspecialty Clinics :
– Chest/Infectious disease – Mondays
– Endocrine – Tuesdays
– Cardiac – Wednesdays
– Nephrology Clinic – Wednesdays
– Gastroenterology – Thursdays
– Neurology – Thursdays
– Dermatology – Fridays
The department also new takes full responsibility of running the HIV clinic.
DEPARTMENTAL ACTIVITIES
1. Daily morning review meeting which usually start at 8.30 am
2. Weekly grand rounds (every Monday at 2 p.m.)
3. Case presentations – during consultant ward rounds – by medical students, house officers and resident doctors.
4. Joint meetings/seminars with other departments
5. Postgraduate seminar – Thursdays 2p.m.
6. Journal Review – weekly every Thursday 9 a.m.
RESIDENCY TRAINING
The Department has accreditation status for both the National Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria and the West African College of Physicians for the Part I Examination (WACP).
RESEARCH AND PUBLICATION
There are both completed and on-going group researches by consultants in the department. The consultants have published works in reputable local and international journals.
STAFF DEVELOPMENT/TRAINING/CONFERENCES ATTENDED
Our residency training program has taken off fully and outside postings are being done in collaboration with other hospitals. Consultants attend the yearly annual scientific meetings of their societies and present papers.
LEVELS OF PERFORMANCE/ACHIEVEMENT
We have been able to provide excellent medical services to the people of State and beyond. Our dialysis center caters not only for the state but neighbouring states. Attendance at our specialist clinics is growing and we are creating awareness about diseases like Hypertension and Diabetes mellitus through public enlightenment programmes by our consultants. Our residents also perform creditably in their examinations.