title: Assesssing herbal medical practitioners in professional qualifying examination in Ghana, a model.
abstract: About 70% of Ghanaians depend on Alternative health practice for their primary health care needs. Hence, there is the need to streamline and regulate these practices. Graduates from the Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (K.N.U.S.T), Kumasi-Ghana were assessed by the Professional Qualifying Examination Board of the Traditional Medicine Practice Council (TMPC), Ghana, after two years of internship training. A model of assessment took into consideration, the scope of the university training, internship and the primary health care needs of the society.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Scientific Research into Plant Medicine (CSRPM), Mampong-Akuapem, Ghana.
authors.forename: Yaw
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Adusi-Poku
authors.forename: Laud K-N
authors.initials: LK
authors.lastname: Okine
authors.forename: F K
authors.initials: FK
authors.lastname: Hlortsi-Akakpo
authors.forename: Theophilus C
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Fleischer
authors.forename: M L K
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Mensah
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Arhin
authors.forename: George
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Agyemfra
authors.forename: Togbega
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Dabra
authors.forename: E N
authors.initials: EN
authors.lastname: Mensah
mesh_terms: D002568:Certification; D003479:Curriculum; D005869:Ghana; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D029001:Herbal Medicine / Q000193:education* / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency / Q000458:organization & administration*; D016488:Medicine, African Traditional; D011320:Primary Health Care; D011361:Professional Competence