College of Health Science educates SHS students

Accra, May, 29 GNA- Professor Aaron Lante Lawson, the Provost of the College of Health Science, University of Ghana, on Saturday, said parents should make it a necessity to educate and guide their children on career options.

He said children could be misled into pursuing programmes that would not necessarily help them in future career satisfaction and progression hence the need for parents intervene when it matters most. Prof. Lawson was speaking at an open day organised for some selected Senior High Schools (SHS) in the country on the college's academic programmes and career prospects in Accra.

This was part of the 10th Anniversary celebrations of the College on the theme: "A Decade of Achievement and Future prospects" Participating schools include; Wesley Girls from Cape coast, St. Peters from Nkwatia, Menya Krobo SHS, and TI Ahmadiyya from Gomoa Potsin. Students were taken through admission processes, programmes, course structure and departments of the various schools of the College. Prof. Lawson said there were various options in the health sciences which can be utilized for the benefit of students in building the nation. "Allied health science, Dentition, Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Public health and the Noguchi memorial institute are all options", he added. He said the programme would also enable the students to effectively make the right choices when it comes to their career selections. He explained that in the health science, there was team work, since one disease can be referred to other departments for scrutiny and opinions. Prof. Lawson said in future, the College would admit students to level 100 to pursue pediatric nursing.

He expressed the hope that in the future the college of health science would be able to house all its schools and departments. Schools that constituent the college of health science includes the Medical school, Dental school, School of pharmacy, School of Nursing, School of Allied health science, School of public health and the Noguchi Memorial Institute.

Prof. Lawson urged the students to be serious with their books if only they want to make it to these schools because entry was competitive. Students expressed their gratitude to the college for the insight and hoped that this would inform their decision on career options and choice of programmes.

There was a poster presentation of the various departments and schools on display. 29 May 10