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Residency at UBTH
UBTH trains specialists across medicine, surgery, laboratory medicine, imaging and dentistry. Residents work towards fellowship of the National Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria or the West African Colleges of Physicians and Surgeons.
Training disciplines
The 26 disciplines named in UBTH’s most recent published residency advert (June 2022).
Medicine and allied
- Internal Medicine (all specialties)
- Child Health (Paediatrics)
- Family Medicine
- Mental Health (Psychiatry)
- Community Health
- Emergency Medicine
- Radiation and Clinical Oncology
Surgery and allied
- Surgery
- Obstetrics and Gynaecology
- Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Burns and Plastic Surgery
- Ear, Nose and Throat
- Ophthalmology
- Anaesthesiology
Laboratory medicine and imaging
- Chemical Pathology
- Haematology
- Medical Microbiology
- Morbid Anatomy (Histopathology)
- Radiology
Dentistry
- Restorative Dentistry
- Periodontics
- Oral Diagnosis and Radiology
- Oral Pathology and Oral Medicine
- Community Dentistry
- Paediatric Dentistry
- Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
- Orthodontics
A 2024 study counted 371 resident doctors across 25 clinical departments at UBTH (BMC Medical Education).
Getting in
Recruitment into residency is advertised by UBTH. In its most recent published advert (June 2022), applicants for Registrar posts needed:
- MBBS or BDS from a university recognised by the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria
- A primary fellowship certificate in the intended specialty
- A completed NYSC certificate or exemption letter
Requirements can change between adverts. Always check the current advert on ubth.org before applying.
The postgraduate colleges
Residents train towards fellowship examinations set by these colleges, which also accredit training programmes.
How the ARD supports your training
A voice on training
The Academic Secretary liaises with the hospital’s Postgraduate Coordinator on residency training issues, and the President represents residents on the Medical Advisory Committee.
Every department represented
The Education Committee has one member from each department with resident doctors and organises the association’s educational and academic activities.
A scientific session every AGM
Each December’s Annual General Meeting includes a scientific session alongside its opening and business sessions. See events
Somewhere to publish
The association’s own peer-reviewed journal, the Benin Journal of Postgraduate Medicine, welcomes original research, reviews and case reports. For authors
House officers
The ARD’s House Officers Monitoring Committee, with a member from each department house officers rotate through, follows interns through their year. At the end of it the association awards three annual prizes.
- Best House Officer in General Medicine
- Best House Officer in Dental Surgery
- Most Active House Officer in ARD Affairs