Courses Under Medicine Department: Courses Related to Medicine and Surgery
1. Medicine/Surgery: Is the medical science that deals with the study of the human body structure called anatomy, and the various functions of the body called physiology with the aim of healing of mal-functions through drugs. This indeed is the mother of medical courses. With branches in pediatics, obstetrics/gynaecology, radiology, internal medicine, community health, cardiology.
5. Dentistry: medical science which deals with the diagnosis and treatment of disease of mouth with reference to teeth. With branches in periodontology, orthodontics, oral pathology, dental radiology, paededonties, prosthetic.
2. Pharmacy: deals with study of drugs, manufacture of drugs and sales with dispensary of such drugs. This i termed second best with branches in pharmacology, clinical pharmacy, pharmaceutics, pharmaceutical chemistry.
4. Medical Laboratory Science:A medical laboratory scientist (MLS) (also referred to as a medical technologist, a clinical scientist, or clinical laboratory technologist) is a healthcare professional who performs chemical, hematological, immunologic, microscopic, and bacteriological diagnostic analyses on body fluids such as blood, urine, sputum, stool, cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), peritoneal fluid, pericardial fluid, and synovial fluid, as well as other specimens. Medical laboratory scientists work in clinical laboratories at hospitals, physician’s offices, reference labs, biotechnology labs and non-clinical industrial labs.
3. Nursing: a medical science that deals with the treatment and care of patients. Also specialize in delivery of babies. It is very promising with branches in midwifery, anaesthetic, general nursing etc.
7.physiology: the study of the functions of the body
8. Optometry: a medical science that deals with the study and care for the eye.
9. Human anatomy: deals with the study of the structure of the human body.
12. Veterinary Medicine: is the branch of medicine that deals with the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of disease, disorder and injury in animals. The scope of veterinary medicine is wide, covering all animal species, both domesticated and wild, with a wide range of conditions which can affect different species.
10.Biochemistry: the branch of science concerned with the chemical and physicochemical processes that occur within living organisms.
11.Microbiology:special area of biology that deals with the study of micro-organisms, it’s interaction and relationship with the environs and also activities with the living beings. It is very vast and promising with branches in. Food microb., chem. Microb., ind. Microb., pet. Microb., med. lab., pharmaceutical, microb.. 10. Radiography: the science dealing with X-rays and other high-energy radiation, especially the use of such radiation for the diagnosis and treatment of disease.
13. Medical Rehabilitation:
6. Physiotheraphy: simply physical theraphy.
