It can be difficult to know which teaching hospitals and medical schools to consider for your medical elective. Always conduct a thorough search into your institution in Nigeria and confirm with your medical school your chosen location meets their requirements.

Here are some suggestions of where to start when organising you elective in Nigeria.

“The Medical and Dental professions in Nigeria are regulated by the Medical and Dental Practitioners Act Cap 221 (now Cap M8) Laws of Federation of Nigeria 1990 which sets up the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria with the following mandates:

1. Regulation of training in Medicine, Dentistry and Alternative Medicine in Nigeria
2. Regulation of Medical, Dental and Alternative Medicine practice in Nigeria.
3. Determination of the knowledge and skills of these professionals.
4. Regulation and control of Laboratory Medicine in Nigeria.”

Cited March 2015

Sources:

https://www.mdcn.gov.ng/

http://www.mdcnigeria.org/Internship%20Training%20Centres.htm

Fully Accredited Nigerian Medical Schools

1. College of Health Sciences, Abia State University Uturu, Abia State
2. College of Health Sciences, University of Uyo, Akwa Ibom
3. College of Health Sciences, Nnamdi Azikiwe University Nnewi, Anambra State
4. College of Medical Sciences, University of Maiduguri, Borno State
5. College of Medical Sciences, University of Calabar, Cross – Rivers State
6. College of Health Sciences, Delta State University, Abraka, Delta State
7. College of Health Sciences, Ebonyi State University Abakaliki, Ebonyi State
8. College of Medical Sciences, University of Benin, Benin-City, Edo State
9. College of Health Sciences, Igbinedion University Okada, Edo State
10. College of Medicine, Ambrose Alli University Ekpoma, Edo State
11. College of Medicine, University of Nigeria Enugu Campus, Enugu State
12. College of Medicine, University of Lagos, Idi- Araba, Lagos State
13. College of Medicine, Lagos State University Ikeja, Lagos State
14. Obafemi Awolowo College of Health Sciences, Olabisi Onabanjo University Ago Iwoye, Ogun Sate.
15. College of Health Sciences, Obafemi Awolowo University Ile-Ife, Osun State.
16. College of Medicine, Enugu State University of Science & Technology, Enugu, Enugu State
17. College of Medicine, Imo State University Owerri, Imo State
18. Faculty of Medicine, Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, Kaduna State.
19. Faculty of Medicine, Bayero University Kano, Kano State
20. College of Medicine, University of Ilorin, Kwara State
21. College of Health Sciences, Bingham University Karu, Nasarawa State
22. College of Health Sciences, Niger Delta University, Wilberforce Island, Bayelsa State
23. College of Health Sciences, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Osun State
24. College of Health Sciences, Usmanu Danfodio University Sokoto, Sokoto State
25. College of Health Sciences, Madonna University Elele, Rivers State
26. College of Health Sciences, University of Port- Harcourt, Rivers State
27. College of Health Sciences, Benue State University, Makurdi, Benue State
28. College of Health Sciences, Anambra State University, Uli Anambra State
29. Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Jos, Plateau State
30. College of Health Sciences, Bowen University, Iwo, Osun State
31. College of Health Sciences, Babcock University, Ilisham-Remo, Ogun State
32. College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Oyo State

Approved Nigerian Teaching Hospitals

1. Abia State University Teaching Hospital, Aba
2. University of Uyo Teaching Hospital
3. Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital Nnewi
4. University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital
5. University of Calabar Teaching Hospital
6. Ebonyi State University Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki
7. University of Benin Teaching Hospital, Benin City
8. University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Enugu
9. Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano
10. Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Zaria
11. University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, Ilorin
12. Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Idi-Araba
13. Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, Ikeja
14. Olabisi Onabanjo (Ogun State) University Teaching Hospital, Sagamu
15. LAUTECH teaching Hospital, Osogbo
16. OAU Teaching Hospital Complex, Ile-Ife
17. University College Hospital, Ibadan
18. Jos University Teaching Hospital
19. University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital
20. Usmanu Danfodio University Teaching Hospital, Sokoto
21. Delta State University Teaching Hospital, Oghara
22. University of Abuja Teaching Hospital Gwagwalada
23. Niger Delta University Teaching Hospital, Okolobiri
24. Benue State University Teaching Hospital Makurdi