BRIEF HISTORY OF CLINICAL SERVICES AND TRAINING

The Clinical Services and Training Division, which is also referred to as the Directorate of Clinical Services and Training was created at the inception of LUTH in 1962.

The Clinical Services and Training Division has always been headed by an Assistant Director of Administration who reports directly to the Chairman Medical Advisory Committee on Clinically related matters and to the Director of Administration, on Administrative duties of the division.

In the forty-four (44) years of its existence, the division has had many
notable heads such as Mr. B. O. Nelson, Mr. O. A. O. Onabowale and
presently I Mrs. A. F. Akinwande, a Deputy Secretary.

The division has over the years been blessed with men and women of high repute, tireless and hardworking members of staff who carry out their duties in an atmosphere that is conducive.

The Directorate of Clinical Services and Training handle clinically related matters in the Hospital and Services some Board Committees, clinically related Committees as well as Adhoc Committees.
 
Details of duties/services rendered bv the Directorate are as follows:

1. Residency Training Programme
(a) Appointment/Employment
(b) Confirmation of Eligibility for upgrading, Sponsorships for Post graduate Examinations, Year Abroad. e.t.c.
(c) Doctors' claims: Revision course, Research Methodology, update courses and Dissertation.
(d) Completion/Withdrawal from Residency Training Programme

2. Processes for selection of New Residents
3. Matters with old residents Doctors due to leave/monitoring.
4. Monitoring and overseeing the compendium of Resident Doctors.
5. Matters relating to Basic and Post Basic Training Schools.
6. Consultant Appointments/Normative Ceilings
7. Clinical Attachments Programmes
8. Matters relating to the following Basic and Post Basic Training schools (Like admissions, Lecture fees e. t. c.

               (i) School of Nursing and Midwifery
               (ii) School of Health Information Technology
               (iii) School of Medical Laboratory Sciences
               (iv) Post Basic Nursing Programmes
               (v) Community Health Officers Course .
         
9. Updating of Honorary Consultants list.
10. Confirmation of eligibility for appointments and sponsorships
11, Processes for appointment of Honorary CQnsultants to the hospital.
12. Research Proposals by Doctors and students

 
MEETINGS Serviced bv the Unit include:  

1. Residency Training Programme .
2. Medical Advisory Committee
3. Joint Services Management Committee
4. Hospital Management with Medical and Dental Consultants Meetings
5. Board of Diagnostic Centre
6. Accreditation Meetings with Management
7. Theatre Users Committee
8. Adhoc Committees of the Board
     (a) Revision of Normative Ceiling/Appointment of Consultants
     (b) Reaccreditation of Surgery Department
     (c) Staff Medical Services Committee e.t.c.

9. Drug Tenders Committee
10. Pharmacy Technical Committee
11. Vamed project Implementation Sub-Committees.
12. Laboratory Services Committees
13. LUTH HIV/AIDS Monitoring Committee
14. Infections Disease Committee
15. Medical Audit and Disciplinary Committee
16. Remedial Course for Foreign Trained Doctors
17. Pepfar Operational Committee (Indigent Committee)
18. Materials for use in FMC Ebute Metta (Adhoc)
19. Library Committee
20. Research and Ethics Committee
21. Committee to look into letter of complaint by Mr. Henry Nwamba (Adhoc)
22. A L range Limited (Adhoc)
23. Medical Journals and Publication
24. Committee to look into issues on Accreditation of School of Nursing and Midwifery.
25. Implementation Committee for health Management Training Programme in LUTH.
26. Implementation Committee for Henry sho and Company Health management Software solution (Adhoc).
27. LUTH VAMED Project implementation
28. School of Nursing Presidential Visit implementation Committee.
29. Committee to investigate allegation of High -Level Professional Negligence and Misconduct of Doctors at the Labour Ward/Theatre by Chief Fabian Onwughalu (Adhoc).
30. LUTH Vamed Project Implementation Sub-Committee (Medical)
31. LUTH Vamed Project Implementation: Laboratory Sub-Committee
32. Basic and Post Basic Schools Committee
33. Schools Graduation Committee e. t. c.

STAFFING
1. Deputy Secretary
2. Senior Assistant Secretary
3. Assistant Secretary I
4. Assistant Secretary II
5. Principal Executive Officer II
6. Senior Executive Officer I
7. Senior Executive Officer II
8. Higher Executive Officer -on study leave
9. Executive Officer
10. Senior Clerical Officer
11. Clerical Officer
12. Chief Typist
13. Senior Typist Grade I 
14. Typist Grade I

ACHIEVEMENT:
Despite the shortage of necessary tools, equipments and manpower for
excellent performance of duties, the division ensured that all its functions are carried out without fear or favour.

STRENGTHS AND OPPORTUNITIES
The strengths and opportunities of the Directorate is the fact that the Division is able to render service"s to Consultants, Resident Doctors, students of Basic and Post Basic Training Schools. e. t. c. within the rules and regulations set up by the hospital. The Directorate also generate and make recommendations and forward committee decisions to the Management on how to move the hospital forward while operating within the guiding principles of the various training programmes. However, such services are sometimes impeded by lack of necessary
equipment and Manpower. The Division is in dire need of one more
computer and a photocopy machine.