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  • Ibadan Medical Specialists Group, United Kingdom
    2019

    The Ibadan Medical Specialists Group was founded in 1994 by a small group of graduates of the College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, who were then living and working in the United Kingdom.

    The Group’s initial impetus was a desire to put something back into the medical school where we had all received a first-class grounding in the art and science of medicine, to support, inspire and encourage succeeding generations of medical students, and to help to restore the College’s international reputation for excellence in the clinical and academic aspects of medicine. From a small group of friends who were all in medical school at the same time, it has become a UK-registered charity with members whose graduation dates span 20 years, its own website (IMSG-UK), and a formal written Constitution. 

    As the IMSG Constitution makes clear, the aims and objectives of the IMSG are to advance education by providing time, expertise, funds, and equipment to support the College of Medicine, University of Ibadan. To this end, the IMSG has, over the years, been involved in several projects to assist the College.

    The IMSG was registered in 2001 as a UK Charity by the Charities Commission in (UK Charities Commission Reg No 1090030), and, in line with this, is regulated by the Rules of the Charities Commission, which include an annual audit of its accounts.

    The IMSG holds an annual symposium in Ibadan that features speakers from Ibadan and abroad and addresses a subject of interest from a multidisciplinary perspective. Perhaps the most notable IMSG achievement to date is the construction and commissioning of a Preclinical Library building between 2013 and 2014. At the time of commissioning, this project had cost close to £100,000, raised from UK and Nigerian donors. In addition, the group has published edited books annually until 2021, when it transitioned to the founding of the Journal of Global Medicine, which it funds in full.

    In celebration of its 25th anniversary, a booklet, "Ibadan Medical Specialist Group at 25" (ISBN 978-1-9162725-0-7) of its history and achievements was published, and the full booklet is available below.

    Cite individual chapters as;

    Osaghie S. West African College of Surgeons, UK. International Outreach: Achievements. In: Adedeji O (Ed), Ibadan Medical Specialist Group at 25,  United Kingdom, IMSG, 2019, pp32-34. ISBN 978-1-9162725-0-7. Available at, https://globalmedicine.co.uk/index.php/jogm/issue/view/31