Academic ranks held and subjects taught

2020 to date: 2020:  Senior Lecturer (Department of Surgery, School of Medicine and Dentistry, KNUST)

Subjects Taught

     General Surgery

• Lecture, teaching of clinical skills, tutorials, teaching of basic surgical skills and instruments to fourth- and sixth-year medical student
• Lecture, teaching of clinical skills, tutorials to MPhil Clinical Nursing students
• Examine students in surgery theory and clinical practice.

2008 to 2020:  Lecturer (Department of Surgery, School of Medicine and Dentistry, KNUST)

Subjects Taught

     General Surgery

• Lecture, teaching of clinical skills, tutorials, teaching of basic surgical skills and instruments to fourth- and sixth-year medical student
• Lecture, teaching of clinical skills, tutorials to MPhil Clinical Nursing students
• Lecture, to Emergency Nursing students
• Examine students in surgery theory and clinical practice.

2006-2017: Part-Time Lecturer (Anatomy Department, School of Medicine and Dentistry, KNUST)

Subjects Taught

Human Anatomy

• Lecture, dissect and conduct practical demonstration on Gross Anatomy to first and second year medical and dental students.
• Lecture, applied anatomy to Allied Health students.
• Lecture, applied anatomy to MPhil Anatomy students
• Examine students in Anatomy theory and practical

2003 – 2004: Clinical Demonstrator (Department of Surgery, School of Medicine and Dentistry, KNUST)

Duties

• To help to enhance the clinical teaching of General Surgery
• To provide clinical supervision of fourth- and sixth- year medical students learning clinical skill techniques on patients on the wards and at the outpatient clinics
• To promote high professional standards medical students within the clinics

Supervision of Student Project work

Co-supervised the Following Fellowship Candidates Projects

1. Dr Nuhu Hamidu Naabo (2019).

Supervision award of FWACA on The Place of Early Removal of Nasogastric Tube Following Small Bowel Surgery in Adults at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana. 2019

2. Dr Edward Boateng (2020: ongoing):

A randomized controlled trial comparing the quality of life after nylon darn repair of inguinal hernia to polypropylene mesh repair at St. Luke hospital, Kasei–Ghana

3. Dr Anita Esinam Abgeko (2021: ongoing):A comparative study of renal function versus serum lipid levels as a proxy to assess the presence and severity of peripheral arterial disease among persons with diabetic foot ulcer n Komfo Anokye Reaching Hospital, Ghana ((Thesis for the West African College of Surgeons).
4. Dr Anita Esinam Abgeko (2021: ongoing):Assessing the effectiveness of chemotherapy in improving the quality of life of metastatic breast cancer patients in Komfo Anokye Taching Hospital (Thesis for the Ghana College of Surgeons).

Other Professionally Related Experience

• 2014 to date: Coordinator, Postgraduate Training, Department of Surgery, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH)
• 2015 to date: Head, General Surgery Unit, KATH
• 2006 to date: General Surgeon, KATH
• April 2001 – April 2006: Senior Medical Officer / Resident in Surgery, KATH
• January 2000 – April 2001: Medical Officer, KATH
• January 1999 – December 1999: House Officer, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital