About IHS&T

Prior to July, 2023 the Schools in UBTH were uniquely existing to perform specific training of students to meet the needs of healthcare demand in UBTH and beyond.

The individual schools that were established at different times by the previous Management particularly Prof. E.E. Okpere, Late Prof M.O. Ibadin, and Prof. Darlington E. Obaseki (Current Chief Medial Director, UBTH) are as follows:

• School of Health Information Management (SHIM), 2004
• Institute of Health Technology (IHT), 2009 (8 programs)
• Center for Training Community Officers (CTCHO)

The above schools were spelt out and integrated into a formidable Institute known as The Institute of Sciences and Technology UBTH.

Below are the Departments in the current Institute of Health Sciences and Technology:

1. Health Information Management (HIM): ND and HND Programs
2. Biomedical Engineering Technology (BME): ND and HND Programs

• Environmental Health Technology (EHT): ND and HND Programs

1. Paramedics Technology (PMT): ND and HND Programs
2. Center for Training Community Health Officers (CTCHO): Officers Training Program
3. Dental Surgery Technician (DST): 3 years Technician Programme

• Occupational Therapy (OT): 3 years Technician Programme
• Anesthetics Technician (ANT): 3 years Technician Programme

1. Orthopedic cast Technician (OCT): ND and HND Programs
2. Dispensing Optics (DDO): ND and HND Programs
3. Geriatric Social Care (GSC): 1 year Diploma Certificate Programme

• Mortuary Science, Management and Funeral Service Training Programme (MSMF): 1 year Diploma Certificate Programme

It is important to note that some of the above department has gained recognition from the National Board of Technical Education (NBTE), Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) and the National Youth Service Corp (NYSC)

RATIONALE FOR ESTABLISHING IHS&T

The management of UBTH deemed it fit to standardize all training schools mentioned above in our hospital following the standard norms already established by various profession bodies and other regulatory bodies such as the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE), JAMB and the board for National Youth Service Corp (NYSC).

The essence for the integration of the various schools by UBTH management was to:

1. Give room for standardization
2. Reduced the cost of running the individual schools or programs

• For more national and global recognition of our products or graduates

1. More skillful development of training schools
2. Generations of more funds/ revenue to management and government
3. The various schools are now known and address as departments

• The integrations of the schools gave room to a new birth of a good college known as Institute of Health Sciences and Technology in July, 2023.

KEY OFFICERS IN IHS&T

• Rector                         Lucky Agbonzikilo
• Deputy Rector (Admin) Osagie Stella
• Deputy Rector (Academics)             Akhimien Marrtha
• Registrar             Osakede Philip
• Bursar Okafor Nnamdi
• Librarian             Omoghiboria Mary

MOTTO: EDUCATION FOR QUALITY HEALTHCARE

GOALS OF THE INSTITUTE

• The programs are designed to produce competent health professionals capable of planning and implementing health care services for individuals, families and communities in their places of work, industries, schools and homes.
• To provide the health professionals with the knowledge and skills to assisting planning, coating, organizing disseminating, monitoring and managing vital information’s required at the local states and national level in order to ensure effective and comprehensive national healthcare delivery.

OBJECTIVES OF THE INSTITUTE

More specifically, our objectives in are:-

1. To train Health Care professionals for service to humanity without prejudice to gender, religion, tribe, nationality but with due regards to the quality of character of the trainees
2. To produce Health care team that would satisfy internationally recognizable standards and who will be able to further their training towards specialization

• To produce Health professionals with sufficient management abilities and skills

1. To impart the necessary skill and technical knowledge o students to enable them make significant contribution to decision making at both micro and macro levels of Health Care.
2. To develop the students to the fullest for his/her benefits and the community to which he/she belongs
3. To train students who can apply scientific knowledge to the improvement of environmental problems for the convenience of man.

• To train and impart the necessary skills leading to the production of technicians and skilled personnel for the improvement of Health Care (public and private.
• To provide trained manpower in information technology at sub- professional grades

1. To train reputable youths for the understanding of the world
2. To enable our young men and women to have an intelligent understanding of the increase complexity of technology.
3. Giving Services to people in their natural environments of home, Schools and work place in order to provide promotive, preventive, curative and rehabilitative health care services.

NOTABLE ACHIEVEMENTS RECORDED BY THE INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY, UBTH.

1. Six (Health Information Management, Biomedical Engineering Technology, Environmental Health Technology, Dispensing Optics, Orthopaedic Cast Technology, and Paramedic Technology) of the departments admission processes is now done through the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board.
2. The graduates of four departments (Health Information Management, Biomedical Engineering Technology, and Environmental Health Technology) have been recognized and enlisted for NYSC mobilization.
3. Our Products from all departments are gaining worldwide recognition in countries such as United Kingdom, United States of America, and Canada etc.
4. Our products have helped to strengthen the Healthcare system of UBTH and other notable Hospitals worldwide.
5. The statistics of yearly enrollment has tremendously increased which shows the value of the Institute.
6. Another milestone of the Institute is the addition of two new departments namely Geriatric Social Care and Mortuary Science, Management, and Funeral Service Program.
7. The Institute has been able to train and identify young talented athletes in various sports.

TOTAL NUMBER OF GRADUANTS

The total number of 1750 students are graduating from the Institute of Health Sciences and Technology from 2019 – 2024 are graduating on this great convocation ceremony taking place this day.

GRADUATES STATUS

ND graduates in IHST proceeds for one year compulsory Industrial Training (IT) while HND graduates now proceeds to National Youth Service Corp (NYSC).

I wish to use this medium to congratulate all our graduating students from all over Nigeria and Overseas, for creating time to grace this memorable and remarkable occasion of the UBTH convocation ceremony.

We came, we saw and we conquered!