Master of Medicine In Psychiatry

The purpose of the Postgraduate training programme in Psychiatry is to produce the needed human resource required to provide specialised mental health services to all Ugandans; to provide leadership in the planning, organisation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of mental health services to all communities in Uganda; to provide therapeutic services to persons who suffer from emotional, behavioural, psychological and social disorders; and to conduct research in mental health problems for the purpose of developing appropriate mental health services based on objective evidence.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Goals And Objectives: The goal of postgraduate training in Psychiatry at Makerere University is to produce a competent psychiatrist who will: 

• Provide clinical psychiatric and psychotherapeutic care to those who will present with both common, as well as, the more unfamiliar psychiatric disorders in Uganda.
• Conduct and or supervise research in psychiatry and all mental health problems.
• Assume a leadership role in the field of mental health.
• Build capacity in mental health care.
• Provide consultation services in mental health to other health institutions in the country

Eligibility:A good first degree in medicine or its equivalent and applicants must have completed the two year probation period and must have a good record and working experience preferably from an upcountry hospital.