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Essential information about housemanship in Nigeria
NO. Induction is mandatory before you can start housemanship.
NO. Your provisional license must be approved before you can create an account on the portal.
This occurs every 2 months.
NO. Start in the morning, say 9am, except otherwise stated.
NO, not possible. However, you can resign from one center and start afresh in another center.
NO. You can only be assigned to one center at a time.
Yes you can.
It takes about 2 months for portal centers.
Send a mail to MDCN at houseofficersfinance@mdcn.gov.ng
Send a mail to MDCN at housemanship@mdcn.gov.ng
YES. You must refund MDCN the salaries received before you can get another portal center.
HSC Lagos pays ₦374,000 monthly.
No, you can't. House job is mandatory for full registration.
11 months is the fastest duration possible.
Through the portal and housemanship networking.
NHA, FMC Jabi, UATH, HSC Lagos, LASUTH, FMC Ebute Metta, FMC Asaba, and HMB Abuja.
