Museveni Orders Correction of Medical Internship Policy

KAMPALA — President Yoweri Museveni has directed that a policy requiring medical students to complete internship before graduating be corrected, saying academic graduation and supervised professional practice should be treated separately.The directive followed a meeting with medical interns and Uganda Medical Association (UMA) leaders, led by their president, Dr Frank Asiimwe, at State House Entebbe on Friday, October 9.