Health Records Officers’ Board Completes Accreditation Exercise At OSCO-HEALTH, Ilesa for ND/HND Programmes in Health Information Management
…as accreditation for Dispensing Opticianry and Medical Store Administration holds next week…
By Kingsley Omoyeni,
In an effort to continue to improve standards and ensure that students get the best training, Osun State College of Health Technology, Ilesa has continued to invite regulatory bodies of various courses in the College for accreditation and re-acreditation.
Members of the Health Records Officers’ Registration Board of Nigeria were in the College for a 3-day re-accreditation and accreditation exercise in the department of Health Information Management.
They were in the institution for the purpose of re-accrediting the National Diploma, N.D programme for Health Information Management, while an initial accreditation exercise was done for the Higher National Diploma HND programme of the same course.
Presenting his report to the Provost and other management staff of the institution, the team lead of the Health Records Officers’ Registration Board of Nigeria, Mr Soliu Rabiu expressed delight at the facilities they met on ground.
He said the College is indeed ready to continue to improve on giving the best training to students who apply to study Health Information Management at the College, stressing that the College has done well.
While commending the Provost of the College for his commitment to improving the health technology training institution, Mr Rabiu however urged the College not to relent as there are still some areas for improvement in a bid to continue to train the best hands in Health Information Management.
In his response, the Provost of the College, Dr Lateef Olarewaju Raheem expressed gratitude to the accreditation team for taking their time to embark on the accreditation visit to the College.
He expressed appreciation to the team for pointing out the areas where improvement needs to be made, stressing that the College will never jeopardise the quality training of students over anything.
Present at the briefing were: the Deputy Provost Academics, Dr Rasheed Kolawole, the Deputy Provost Administration, Mrs Moradeke Asiyanbola, the Registrar, Mr Moshood Afolabi, the Bursar, Mr Yinka Olaleye, the Director Works, Engr. Imran Olalekan, Director, School of Environmental Studies, Mr Sunday Adebayo, Heads of Departments among others.