About the Department
The Department of Anaesthesiology is a fully accredited, autonomous clinical department within the Faculty of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Nnewi Campus. It has been in active operation since 2002 and received formal NUC accreditation in October 2008.
In addition to delivering undergraduate lecture programmes leading to the MBBS degree, the Department provides vital clinical anaesthetic services and participates in the teaching of postgraduate resident doctors at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital (NAUTH), Nnewi. It functions as a member of the combined Board of Surgery, with undergraduate lectures delivered to 500-level medical students.
Academic and Clinical Activities
The Department conducts departmental and individual research and maintains a fully furnished secretariat with its own operational budget. It operates a discrete undergraduate lecture schedule and manages its own staff appraisal and performance management processes in addition to the University-wide appraisal management process. Students rotate through the Department of Anaesthesiology at the 600 level of the MBBS programme, gaining practical and theoretical exposure to perioperative medicine, pain management, critical care and resuscitation.