The Vice-Chancellor, Prof. D. D. Kuupole has noted that understanding the health needs of rural communities form an integral part of the training of medical students at the University of Cape Coast School of Medical Sciences (UCCSMS).
Prof. Kuupole explained that UCCSMS through the Community Based Experience Service Programme (COBES) enjoins the medical students to experience rural life and also assess the factors that affect the health of the people in order to find solutions to them.