SIWES REPORT HELD AT ALEX EKWUEME FEDERAL UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL

CHAPTER ONE

1.1 ABOUT SIWES

The Student Industrial Work Experience Scheme (SIWES) is a skill training Program approved by the Federal Government and National Universities Commission (NUC) for an improved minimum of Academic Standards in various Degree Programs in all Nigeria Universities.

SIWES is an opportunity which bridges the gap existing between theories and practice in different fields, including engineering and technology, science, medicine, etc.

The Student Industrial Work Experience Scheme (SIWES) aims to expose higher institution students to industrial skills and practical experiences in their approved course of study, preparing them for the industrial work environment post-graduation.

It offers students the opportunity to gain experience in handling equipment and machinery not typically available in their institutions.

1.2 HISTORY OF SIWES

SIWES was established by the Industrial Training Fund (ITF) in the year 1973 as a program designed to impart the undergraduates of the Nation’s tertiary institutions studying various professional courses with the practical method of performing professional functions to real-life situations on-site in the office or even the factory and how they apply themselves mentally, intellectually, and physically in relations to what they have been taught in the classroom theoretically.

The ITF solely funded the scheme during its formative years but withdrew from the program due to financial constraints in 1978. So in 1979 some bodies took over the management of the program.

They are the Nigeria University Commission (NUC), National board for technical education (NBTE) and the National Commission for College of Education (NCCE).

In November 1984, from the federal government, the management and implementation of SIWES were handed back to ITF. In July 1985, the ITF officially took charge of the scheme while the federal government took care of the funds.

1.3 SCOPE OF SIWES

The scheme was conducted by the Industrial Training Fund (ITF) through their representative liaison units and offices situated within the various institutions and in major cities or towns in Nigeria with the necessary industrial rudiments needed to help students actualize their required technical knowledge.

The industrial training experience not only puts them in real-life situations but also exposes their practical knowledge of the course of study, consequently perfecting this knowledge by producing very competent and versatile professionals.

SIWES aims to bridge the gap between the level of knowledge acquired in tertiary institutions and the practical application of such knowledge in the field of work. The objectives are:

It acts as a medium for job opportunities for students
It provides students with experience outside their program in school
It grants students the opportunity to apply the theoretical aspect of their course in school
Expose students to the kind of work experience they will encounter when they graduate
Expose students to know the operation and function of the instruments involved in the course of study.

1.4 HISTORY AND BACKGROUND OF ALEX EKWUEME FEDERAL UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL

ALEX EKWUEME FEDERAL UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL is a teaching hospital which is located at 3 Fide Mbam Street, Quarry Rd, adjacent to Ae-Fetha 2 fence, old, Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, Nigeria.

It was established in the l930s under the British colonial administration, its name has changed from Casualty Control Centre to Abakaliki General Hospital and then to Federal Medical Centre.

By 1973, the hospital had the full complement of consultant staff and was approved for training of House Officers. It later went into limbo. Facilities deteriorated and consultant staff fell short as the East Central State was split into many states. It almost became moribund.

The hospital became a Federal Medical Centre in March 1991 following the agreement between the Federal Government and Enugu State Government.

With the takeover, the Hospital made modest progress. Things continued to look up from 2007 when Associate Prof. Paul Olisaemeka Ezeonuz, then Head of Clinical Services in the Medical Centre, became Chief Medical Director. Since then, there has been remarkable growth in virtually every department of the hospital.

Accreditation for training of House officers was restored. During his election campaign tour to Ebonyi State in 2011, President Goodluck Jonathan promised to upgrade the Federal Medical Centre to a Teaching Hospital. On December 7 of that year, the President fulfilled his election promise by proclaiming the Centre a Federal Teaching Hospital. He further directed that Ebonyi State University Teaching Hospital be absorbed into the new mega Teaching Hospital comprising FETHA I (former FMC) and FETHA II (former EBSUTH).

The handover process was completed the same month including the absorption of the staff of the defunct State University Teaching Hospital. The new Federal Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki FETHA, under Prof. Ezeonu has indeed become mega and world class with a retinue of over 4,000 staff comprising over 200 Consultants in various specialties, 602 beds ward complex distributed in various departments, 500 doctors undergoing residency training and a capacity for training of over 250 House Officers every year

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