Dr. Kwabena Dankwa
Dr. Kwabena Dankwa is the Head of the Department of Microbiology & Immunology and a Senior Lecturer at the School of Medical Sciences, University of Cape Coast (UCCSMS). He also served as the Coordinator for Problem-Based Learning (PBL) at the School. Dr. Dankwa holds a BSc in Zoology and Botany from the University of Cape Coast, and an MSc and PhD in Clinical Microbiology from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST). He received training in PBL at the Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University, Netherlands.
Dr. Dankwa has expertise in teaching Bacteriology and Parasitology, utilising traditional and problem-based learning methods to improve students' understanding of infectious diseases. As a researcher, he specialises in parasitology and infectious diseases, concentrating on the epidemiology of intestinal parasites such as Cryptosporidium, Giardia, and other intestinal helminths.
Under his leadership at the PBL Unit as a coordinator, he organised numerous faculty development workshops and student training programs for the University of Cape Coast School of Medical Sciences, University of Ghana Medical School and the College of Health Sciences of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, aimed at ensuring the effective integration of PBL methodologies into medical education.
