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The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) has directed all Medical Doctors, Dentists, and Dental Surgeons practising in Ghana to effect changes in their name tags. <\/p>\n
In addition, all medical professionals are to ensure academic titles are prefixed on their name tags.<\/p>\n
In a statement, GMA explained the directive which took effect from January 1 is to improve patients\u2019 rights and patient safety in its quest to deliver quality healthcare following its 65th Annual General Meeting held in Takoradi in November 2023.<\/p>\n
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\u201cMedical Doctors and Dentists with additional academic titles will prefix these titles with their academic titles as appropriate. For example, Medical Doctors or Dentists with a professorial rank appointment and\/or a PhD qualification may be designated Prof. Dr. (Med), Prof. Dr. Dr. (Med), Dr. Dr. (Med), Prof. Dr. (Dent), Prof. Dr. Dr. (Dent) or Dr. Dr. (Dent) as may apply. <\/p>\n
\u201cAll Medical Doctors and Dentists\/Dental Surgeons practicing in Ghana are therefore to take note and change their name tags, practitioner stamps and other relevant materials to reflect the change,\u201d parts of GMA\u2019s statement noted.<\/p>\n
Health professional have been advised to wear their name tags at all times at work to ensure clear and easy identification in the interest of patient and public safety.\u201d<\/p>\n
Furthermore, the media have also been asked to take note of the new designations and refer to the doctors appropriately.<\/p>\n
Below is the full statement:<\/strong><\/p>\n