Accredited internship centre shall at all time ensure that, it has conducive working and learning environment to enable an intern to acquire the requisite knowledge and practical skills.
Without prejudice to sub-regulation (1), a Medical officer In charge of the training centre shall ensure that the centre:-
- Has all required resources and equipment as approved by the Council
- Makes arrangements for suitable accommodation for interns, including the setting up of call rooms within or outside the hospital
- Report back to the Council at the end of training, an intern who encountered difficulties that requires special action including repetitions of some rotations
- Submit general assessment report of all interns posted in to the facility
- Has necessary occupational and work place safety including vaccinations and post exposure management
- Has guidance and counselling systems for those with special social and economic challenges
Each Internship training centre shall appoint a senior medical, dental or allied health professional to co-ordinate internship training.
The internship training centre shall have powers to take disciplinary measures against an intern who violates the internal administrative rules and internship guidelines
Where the internship training centre has taken any disciplinary measure against an intern it shall, within seven days from the date of its decision, notify the Council in writing
Where an intern has committed a professional misconduct by doing a procedure independently which ordinarily would have required prior authorization or supervision of a supervisor, the Medical officer in charge of the facility shall immediately report such misconduct to the Council in writing
The following acts shall constitute Professional and General misconduct which may lead to disciplinary action:-
- Inappropriate relationship with patients
- Abuse of patient confidentiality and trust
- Lack of a sense of responsibility
- Lack of respect for patients, public or colleagues
- Indiscipline such as absence from duty without good cause and lateness to work
- Substance abuse
- Indecent behaviour
