Doctor who graduated from medical school, are required to undergo a two year housemanship program.

Doctors doing their housemanship are called house officers.

Housemanship is very important aspect of medical and dental training, a period during which the trainer acquires the most basic, but crucial, clinical skills to lay the foundation on which to build his/her professional medical/dental career.

Duties of a house officer include all professional duties assigned to him or her by the consultant/specialist or the Resident/medical officer of the team.

They perform basic clinical roles such as prescribing medications, giving medical advice to patients, assisting surgical operations and other related service.

A house officer earns an average gross salary of GHS 6,547.27

Deductions

1. Social security contribution employee = GHS 140.03

2. Ghana Medical Association Fund Deduction = GHS 200.00

3. Income Tax = GHS 1007.25

4. Ghana Medical Association dues = GHS 60.00