INDUSTRAL ATTACHMENT AT THE
TECHIMAN HOLY FAMILY HOSPITAL (RECORDS OFFICE)
SUBMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF APPLIED STATISTICS
DATE: JUNE/AUGUST 2010
CHAPTER 1:
1.0 INTRODUCTION
The industrial attachment training is an essential component of the curriculum of theUniversity for Development Studies (UDS), Faculty of computational and developmental mathematics (FCDM) Navrongo campus. The Third Trimester Field Practical Programme (TTFPP) will not be completed without the industrial attachment.
The attachment period is usually a maximum of eight weeks, during which the students are expected to acquire additional practical experience to supplement, their course of study in the university. They are also exposed to the real world of work and its challenges which will prepare them towards their future careers.
This report is the outcome of the eight weeks practical training I had at Techiman Holy Family Hospital in the Brong Ahafo Region.
It is said to be a supervised programme since lecturers from the faculty visit the students during this period and at the end of the programme to ascertain the success of the programme and the amount of seriousness students attached to it.
1.1OBJECTIVES OF THE CSIA
Some of the important objectives of the industrial attachment are as follows
Ø To assess the interest of the student in the occupation he/she plans to undertake.
Ø To expose the students to work methods not taught in the University and to provide access to products equipment not normally available in the environment of the University.
Ø To provide the students with an opportunity to apply knowledge in real work situation thereby closing the gap between University work and the actual practice.
Ø To make the transition from school to the world of work smoothly and to enhance student contacts for job placement.
Ø To enlist and