Central University Institute Bamenda

46 Students Present HND Internship Reports

By Francis Ekongang Nzante

About Forty Six HND students have presented their Internship Reports at the Central University Institute Bamenda CUIB. This took place on Thursday March 31^st at the K-Town Campus of the Institution in Bamenda.  

In the heart of Presentations at CUIB

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According to Mr Wung Nelson, one of the Administrators of the Central University Institute Bamenda also known by the acronym CUIB, Twenty-three of these students came from the Department of Biomedical Sciences. The other Departments shared the students in the following manner: Five students from the Department of Education, three from Accounting, three from Civil Engineering, four from Transport and Logistics, four from Agriculture, two from Marketing and one from Human Resource Management.

Speaking during the session at Campus B of the Central University Institute Bamenda, Mrs Fuoh Fedorah Bi, Head of Department HOD for Management and Human Resource said the students had come to the end of the Academic Year and were well prepared. Each of them she said was presenting their Internship Reports on research carried out for their HND Examinations. This aspect of their End of  Course Examinations she said was very important as it made up for six credits for each of them.

Fuoh Fedorah Bi

Before the presentations, they all went on Internship in organisations and some went to Hospitals depending on their various specialties. The presentation she said was an occasion for them to present what they'd been doing both in theory and practice.  She further said any student without a score for their HND Internship Reports could certainly not validate their HND results.

From the perspective of a teacher, she said the Academic Year had been fraught with challenges considering the fact that they'd had to go through difficulties and dangers to make sure that they finished their programmes. Sometimes teachers were obliged to go to the campus under lockdowns to make sure that they caught up with their schedules. Teachers sometimes found it impossible to go to school and were forced to send lessons to students via Social Media. She explained that under such circumstances follow up was not possible. To solve this problem, many lessons took place online on Social Media groups like WhatsApp which made it possible for interactivity between students and teachers and for follow up to take place.  Regular Timetables she intimated were always different from timetables for online classes which were resorted to when normal classes couldn’t take place. Despite these challenges they sailed through she said adding that HND students at the Central University Institute Bamenda were prepared for their end of course Examinations.

 

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Cameroon Nurses Association

 

Ground Breaking 9^th Scientific Conference Rounds up in Douala!

By Francis Ekongang Nzante

The Cameroon Nurses Association CNA has rounded up a ground breaking 9^th Scientific Conference which took place at the Institute Universite de la Cote IUG Douala from the 25^th to the 26^th of March 2022. This year’s Scientific Conference took place under the theme "Nurses breaking down barriers; leaving no one behind". The two day conference was spiced by an unprecedented multiplicity of activities. That’s why this year’s rendezvous has been described as ground breaking. The activities ranged from an Honourable Presentation from Professor Mary Bi Atanga and a couple of presentations on “Clinical Nursing Practice”, “Administrative Nursing Practice”, and Educational Nursing Practice.” There were also Panel Discussions and Workshops.

Another important ingredient of this year’s Scientific Conference was the issuing of Awards and Recognitions. This saw Professor Atanga Mary  being recognised for her intellectual contributions and Support  to the CNA. Mr Takwe Boniface was also recognised for his impact during this year’s conference. Mr. Fongang Landis was recognised as the Most constructive moderator while the best student Presenter came from AHIBTS Douala. Ideal Nurses Association (INA) had the best stand while the Best Stand Presentation went to MAFLEKUM Higher Institute of Health and Biomedical Sciences Tiko. Meantime the Best Institutional Presentation was done by the University of Bamenda UBa while the best Organisational Presentation was done by the Alpha Global Research Group (AGRG) Douala.

In a keynote address presented by Mr Nkwain Joseph, the National President of CNA, attention was drawn to the fact that the Cameroon Nurses Association gained legal recognition on the 16h of February 2001.  This association was accorded membership into the Commonwealth Nurses Federation in 2001. The National President intimated that the association was created to organize and unite nurses in Cameroon to work in Love and harmony, improve standards of professional practice through continuing education and research and thirdly to assist the Ministry of Public health and the government in developing and implementing National Health Policies.

It was also intended to serve as a forum where nurses and midwives could clarify their roles assertively within the health care team and to empower nurses develop leadership role in health matters.

Since its creation, the CNA has promoted the image of the nurse through assistance of its members to improve their professional and socio-economic status.

The National President also said that the association had succeeded in fostering cooperation between national and international Non-Governmental Organisations especially the Common Wealth Nurses and Midwives Federation and the International Council of Nurses.

An indicator that CNA has grown in leaps and bounds is its membership which has moved from 35 members in 2001 to 3500 in 2022 coupled with the fact that it is spread all over the national territory and abroad.

CNA has as members all grades of nurses ranging from Nursing Assistants who are associate members, State

Diploma Nurses, , HND Nurses, holders of Bachelors in Nursing science, Masters and PhD, who are full members.

Out of the country,members of the association have benefited from conferences organized by the Commonwealth Nurses and Midwives Federation in Abuja, Accra and Kampala.

Three Cameroonians, the President of CNA, President of the Midwives Association, and Prof. Mary Bi Atanga attended the African Health Professions Regional Collaboration for West and Central Africa.

Back home, as far as continuing professional development is concerned, the CNA in collaboration with the Alpha Higher Institute of Health, Douala, has been organising continuos professional development workshops.

After this ground breaking conference in Douala, all roads will be leading to the University of Bamenda UBa where the next CNA Scientific Conference will be taking place.

 

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