From comprehensive health service provision to publisher of scholarly journal: The journey of St. Paul’s Hospital Millennium Medical College towards center of excellence. Solomon Ali
This year, St. Paul’s Hospital Millennium Medical College (SPHMMC) celebrates its anniversary. It was established by Emperor Haile Selassie as a public hospital in 1968 (1). Over the years, St. Paul’s Hospital went through different reforms and expansions that helped the hospital to be branded by the public for its compassionate health care service in the country. St. Paul’s Hospital is currently one of the few tertiary referral hospitals and the only renal transplant center in Ethiopia (1).
In 2008, St. Paul’s Hospital has opened medical school and enrolled the first batch of students. Three years later, St. Paul’s Hospital Millennium Medical College was approved through a decree of the Council of Ministers Proclamation No. 691/2010 and Article 5(1) of the Higher Education Proclamation No.650/2009 of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia under regulation number of 200/2011(2). The Medical College has implemented the first integrated modular and hybrid problem-based curriculum for undergraduate medical students in Ethiopia. In the past decade, the college has expanded its capacity to provide different trainings, mainly clinical specialty and subspecialty as well as Masters and Doctoral level educations.
