Faculty of Basic Clinical Sciences
Created in 2008 as one of the five faculties of the College of Medical Sciences, and the bridge between the pre-clinical and clinical phases of medical training.
Prof Galadima Bala Gadzama
Dean, Faculty of Basic Clinical Sciences
It is my immense pleasure to welcome you to the Faculty of Basic Clinical Sciences of this great University. On behalf of the academic, technical and administrative staff, I extend warm greetings to our current and prospective students, parents and guardians, alumni, collaborators, and guests exploring our Faculty through this platform. The Faculty is committed to excellence in medical education, research and community service.
The Faculty of Basic Clinical Sciences occupies a unique and strategic position in the training of healthcare professionals. It is the critical bridge between the preclinical phase and clinical phase of medical training. The Faculty ensures that the University graduates who pass through it possess sound theoretical knowledge, clinical skills, ethical prowess and professional competence required for effective patient care. Our disciplines — Laboratory Medicine and Pharmacology — are designed to help students understand the pathophysiology of diseases, medical diagnostic techniques and therapeutic approaches that are the cornerstones of modern healthcare professions.
Our curricula are periodically reviewed to reflect the current trends in medical education in line with global best practices. This enables us to produce graduates that are of global value, highly competitive, and responsive to the evolving needs of the global healthcare system. Our Faculty is home to highly dedicated and experienced academic staff who are deeply passionate and committed to teaching and learning, research, and community service.
Research is a core pillar of our Faculty. We actively promote a culture of inquiry that addresses local, national and global health challenges. By fostering collaborations within and beyond our institution, we aim to position the Faculty as a hub for impactful and socially relevant research.
To our current students, you remain major stakeholders of the Faculty. Your feedback on our activities is welcome at all times. To our prospective students, we look forward to you joining our academic family. To our alumni, we urge you to continue to be good ambassadors of the Faculty and the University as a whole. As you conclude reading this note, I invite you to learn more about the Faculty — our philosophy, mission and vision, as well as departments, research activities and community services. Once again, welcome to the Faculty of Basic Clinical Sciences of the University of Maiduguri, Nigeria.
Faculty overview
Faculty of Basic Clinical Sciences was created in 2008 as one of the five faculties in the College of Medical Sciences of the University. The other four faculties are the Faculties of Allied Health Sciences, Basic Medical Sciences, Clinical Sciences and Dentistry. Though the College of Medical Sciences was created in 1978, just three years after the establishment of the University of Maiduguri in 1975, the decision to migrate to a full collegiate system was taken in 2008 when the five faculties were created.
The pioneer Dean of the Faculty is Prof. Haruna Asura Nggada, who steered the affairs of the Faculty between 2008 and 2025, while the current Dean is Prof. Gadzama Bala Galadima. The primary objective of the Faculty is to contribute to the training of medical and dental doctors through the University’s MBBS and BDS programmes. In addition, the Faculty serves other programmes, including Medical Laboratory Science, Medical Radiography, Medical Rehabilitation, Nursing Science and Pharmacology.
The Faculty is an interface between the pre-clinical and clinical phases of medical and dental training. It enables medical and dental students to translate the skills and knowledge of normal body biochemicals, functions and structures — Human Anatomy, Human Physiology and Medical Biochemistry — learnt during the preclinical phase, to diagnosis and treatment during the clinical phase.
Furthermore, the Faculty offers postgraduate training (MSc and PhD programmes) in fields such as Anatomic Pathology, Clinical Pharmacology, Biochemical Pharmacology and Neuropharmacology. Professional postgraduate training services are provided for medical doctors undergoing relevant residency training of both the National Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria and the West African College of Physicians. The Faculty has a wide scope of research capacities covering infectious diseases, non-communicable diseases, cancers, drug resistance, medicinal plants and drug discovery and development. The Faculty also renders community services to the University community and beyond, in the form of medical outreaches, medical counselling and public awareness campaigns.
Philosophy, mission and vision
Philosophy
The philosophy of the Faculty is the provision of comprehensive basic clinical science training, research and services in the areas of Laboratory Medicine and Pharmacology, to serve as the bedrock of modern medical practice.
Mission
The mission of the Faculty is to provide an enabling avenue for the College to attain her mission by the provision of adequate, up-to-date basic clinical education at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels, evidence-based patient-oriented laboratory and clinical services, and cutting-edge research in the areas of Laboratory Medicine and Pharmacology.
Vision
The vision of the Faculty is to be the educational hub of basic clinical knowledge and best practice in basic clinical and laboratory medicine in Nigeria and Africa as a whole.
Departments in the Faculty
Five departments of laboratory medicine and pharmacology.
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