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EDUCATION * Founded in 1998, incorporated in 1999, and reorganized in 2004, St. Luke School of Medicine was authorized in Ghana to develop a medical school in 2005. St. Luke School of Medicine - Ghana will provide graduate professional doctoral training in allopathic medicine. St. Luke School of Medicine will offer a four-year Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) curriculum. SLSOM is a non-sectarian medical school. A minimum bachelor's degree is required for admission. SLSOM - Ghana is not accepting applications for students at this time. Please do not send applications or letters requesting admission, or information. This portal is intended for Professors and Lecturers of Medicine, Librarians, and University Business Administrators seeking job opportunities or volunteer information, only. BASIC SCIENCE INSTRUCTION SLSOM-Ghana Doctor of Medicine program will be divided into three sessions a calendar year. Each session is called a trimester. Each trimester is 16-weeks with a two week break. Trimesters are normally scheduled to begin in January, May, and September of each year. The first two years of medical school, Basic Science, instruction will be conducted in Accra, Ghana. It will consist of lecture and laboratory courses in the sciences of anatomy, neuroanatomy, histology, embryology, physiology, biochemistry, genetics, microbiology and parasitology, immunology, hematology, public health and biostatistics, pharmacology, general and systemic pathology (three trimesters), molecular biology, nutrition, intro obstetrics and gynecology, behavior science, abuses (drugs, child, seniors, spouse, etc.). The fourth trimester is an intense pre-clinical preparation, which includes physical diagnosis, medical diagnosis, intro to radiology, intro to patient care and treatment, intro to clinical medicine, intro to surgery, and epidemiology and preventive medicine. This last pre-clinical trimester also includes preparation for the USMLE Step 1. CLINICAL SCIENCE INSTRUCTION The Clinical Science curriculum, the last two years of medical school, will be conducted in accredited hospitals and clinics only. The clinical science curriculum, ninety-two (92) weeks, includes clinical rotations at accredited teaching hospitals, and didactic training which prepares the medical student to examine, diagnose, and treat patients. For most SLSOM students, there is no requirement for national service. The required core courses include internal medicine, general surgery, obstetrics and gynecology, pediatrics, emergency medicine, family and community medicine, psychiatry, and radiology. The medical student has approximately 24 weeks of elective rotations. A service project may also be completed by the medical student to qualify for graduation. The enrollment of the students in the Doctor of Medicine program is worldwide. There are no citizenship requirements, or age limitations. INDEPENDENT STUDY There is NO independent online study course for SLSOM - Ghana. However, there are mandatory study components, online, to supplement onsite instruction for basic and clinical sciences. All medical training is done onsite in Ghana, except for certain 4th year clinical students who have been granted permission to study at accredited and approved teaching hospitals, worldwide. 
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Transfer students SLSOM - Ghana is not accepting applications for admission or transfer of any kind at this time. When SLSOM-Ghana is properly authorized to accept students, all first year applicants will have to pass SLSOM's entrance examination was well as have a bachelors degree. Please click on the link below for information about SLSOM's entrance examination. SLSOM Entrance Examination SLSOM-Ghana will not offer any other graduate degrees at this time. Students interested in graduate studies other than Doctor of Medicine, may inquire at SLSOM-Liberia's website.
P.O. Box M241 Accra, Ghana West Africa 
E-mail: info@stluke.edu Phone (USA): +1-323-319-3950 or +1-323-319-6601 E-fax (USA): +1-323-372-3757 Ghana Phone: +233-21-675638 or +233-21-682439 E-mail: info@stluke.edu E-fax: +1-323-372-3757 Office Hours: 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM GMT SLSOM - GHANA EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES SLSOM has immediate employment opportunities for lecturers in Ghana in gross anatomy, neuroanatomy, microsopic anatomy (histology), developmental anatomy (embryology), nutrition, biostatistics, biochemistry, genetics, behavior science (Intro Psychiatry), pathology (general, systemic, forensic), and integration of medicine. Librarians and administrative staff are also needed. Please click on the link below: Volunteer and Employment Opportunities at St. Luke School of Medicine - Ghana Librarians, Professors and teaching or laboratory candidates, please view some pictures of the SLSOM-Ghana campus. A View of St. Luke School of Medicine - Ghana --> For Volunteer or Employment Opportunities with SLSOM - Ghana, please click on the link below: Volunteer and Employment Opportunities at St. Luke School of Medicine - Ghana |
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