Medical Science became part of the University of Ghana educational programmes in 1962 when the first batch of students was admitted to pursue courses for a degree in medicine. In 1974, the UGMS initiated the development of a Dental School. In 1994, the Medical School, in collaboration with the Ministry of Health, brought into being the School of Public Health for graduate courses leading to the award of MPH, MPhil and PhD degrees. The Ministry of Health, in 1998, initiated the establishment of a School of Allied Health Sciences to produce medical and dental technical graduates through the Medical School. Programmes for this School included physiotherapy, medical laboratory science and radiography.

In 1997, the Academic Board of the University endorsed a proposal from the UGMS to bring together the Medical School, Dental School, School of Public Health, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, School of Allied Health Sciences and School of Nursing as a College of Medical Sciences. On December 11, 1999, the University Council gave assent for the establishment of a College but changed the name to name to the College of Health Sciences. Since its inception two new schools have been added to the College, namely, the School of Nursing (established in 1962 as a department in the Faculty of Social Studies) and the School of Pharmacy.

There has been significant progress in advancing Health OER at University of Ghana. The following are some highlights:

1. A policy workshop was held at the institution in February, 2009, co-facilitated by OER Africa and U-M. This was followed up by a content development workshop in the same month.  A key component of this work was that it provided us the opportunity to comment on the new draft Statutes of the University, with a view to trying to embed OER-friendly policies at the institutional level.

2. Pieter Kleymeer and Chris Chapman spent an additional day at UG (Korle-Bu), meeting Mr Aggrey (head of the Computer-Assisted Learning Centre with various ICT responsibilities) and Mr. Sulemani (head of user services at the library). This meeting focused on developing the Korle-Bu College of Health Sciences Library as the centre for future OER development at UG CHS. Mr. Aggrey and Mr. Sulemani have since drafted a proposal on this topic to be submitted to Provost Lawson.

3. Extensive progress has been made in producng OER, largely thanks to collaborative efforts between the College and Cary Engleberg, a Professor from U-M who was on Sabbatical in Ghana. The following projects have already been completed. Click on the icons below to access these resources.

TITLE	FORMAT	CC LICENSE	ATTRIBUTION	NEW/ADAPTED
Caesarean Section	|		University of Ghana	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Episiotomy & Repair	|		University of Ghana	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Sexually-Transmitted Diseases and Pelvic Infections	|		University of Ghana	Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Total Abdominal Hysterectomy			University of Ghana	Obstetrics and Gynaecology