434 medical students graduate from college’s four Schools
Atotal of 434 students graduated from Fiji National University’s (FNU) College of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences (CMNHS) graduation ceremony held at FMF Gymnasium in Suva yesterday.
The graduates were from CMNHS’s School of Medical Sciences, School of Health Sciences, School of Public Health and Primary Care and School of Dentistry and Oral Health.
Counsellor for Regional Development Co-operation, Australian High Commission, Gordon Burns, congratulated the graduates and was delighted to be part of their achievement.
“Australia is proud to continue their long-term partnership with the oldest and most significant medical institution in the region, the FNU’s CMNHS, originally established in 1885,” Mr Burns said. “From facilitating the engagement of long and short-term Australian academics and specialists, to introducing, strengthening and supporting the various programs, to providing scholarships to name a few, Australia has seen our role as vital to the progress and achievement of the health workforce in the Pacific,” he said.
He reminded them to welcome their patient’s participation in decisions about their care and to devote their professional energies not only to their patients’ needs but also to the health needs of all the people of the Pacific.
FNU Acting Vice Chancellor, Professor James Pounder said students returning to the university to further their studies reaffirmed the college’s vision to be the leading health workforce academic education and research institution in the Pacific region.
“With continuous qualification upgrade and upskilling, compassionate and competent health professionals will be equipped with necessary skills to improve the health of people in the Pacific Region,” Professor Pounder said.