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TONYE001: Good one OP.

I just had my B. Sc in Human Physiology and I made a Second Class Upper.

I understand that getting a job as an Anatomist or Physiologist is difficult but there are still possibilities.

One may decide to further and specialize in any of the branches (eg, in Physiology: Blood and Body Fluid Physiology, Cardiovascular Physiology, Neuro Physiology, etc.). There are also vacancies to work in some health NGOs (eg, the various HIV/AIDS NGOs). They pay well.

You can also deviate a little into Laboratory Sciences, Radiography (Anatomists), Electrophysiology (EEG, EOG, ECG etc).

For those that wanted Medicine, simply seek means of going back to the medical school.

Thank you.

TONYE001: Good one OP.

I just had my B. Sc in Human Physiology and I made a Second Class Upper.

I understand that getting a job as an Anatomist or Physiologist is difficult but there are still possibilities.

One may decide to further and specialize in any of the branches (eg, in Physiology: Blood and Body Fluid Physiology, Cardiovascular Physiology, Neuro Physiology, etc.). There are also vacancies to work in some health NGOs (eg, the various HIV/AIDS NGOs). They pay well.

You can also deviate a little into Laboratory Sciences, Radiography (Anatomists), Electrophysiology (EEG, EOG, ECG etc).

For those that wanted Medicine, simply seek means of going back to the medical school.

Thank you.

TONYE001: Good one OP.

I just had my B. Sc in Human Physiology and I made a Second Class Upper.

I understand that getting a job as an Anatomist or Physiologist is difficult but there are still possibilities.

One may decide to further and specialize in any of the branches (eg, in Physiology: Blood and Body Fluid Physiology, Cardiovascular Physiology, Neuro Physiology, etc.). There are also vacancies to work in some health NGOs (eg, the various HIV/AIDS NGOs). They pay well.

You can also deviate a little into Laboratory Sciences, Radiography (Anatomists), Electrophysiology (EEG, EOG, ECG etc).

For those that wanted Medicine, simply seek means of going back to the medical school.

Thank you.

Yeas,i am a 300L undergrad of physiology&i dnt plan returnin 4 med.i stil bliv dia are ways 2 make it in dz course. can i get 2 knw u? #iamdeclan23@gmail.com# 7A13C12D

mindthing: I have a B.sc in Human Physiology from one of the federal universities in this country, and i can say outright that there is little professional niche for the basic medical sciences in Nigeria. I have personally never looked at my discipline as a meal ticket in itself, because right from when i was in school (i graduated in 2004), even doctors (MBBS holders) had started having their own challenges. I often looked at the kind of cars they drove and how they dressed and simply knew i wanted far more than that. So i started writing my IT certifications from 300L. Now i am almost 10 years in my field of IT, an esoteric field at that because it wasn't vastly popular at the time, and i see my colleagues who are now doctors now not even anywhere close to me in terms of earnings and standing... in actual fact, lots of them have gone either into research (overseas), into business or into administrative medicine because of the allure of the lucre... practice simply cuts it no more (ditto the strikes and protests etc in the health sector these days).

So what is my point?

1. Realize that little niche exists for para-medicine in this country

2. Go overseas if you can, para-meds have better working hours and really good pay there, especially in the US, UK and Asia

3. Get your Physiology/Anatomy certificate, and get an education with it, not just literacy. You will find that a little dexterity when applying the kind of mind that got you your degree in the first place to other disciplines will yield amazing results; and

4. Quit whining and start figuring out which of 2 & 3 you wanna do. Better to start late than never.



Good hunting.

i lyk ya post bro,is dia anyway i can contact u?? plz lemme knw. am 300L undergraduate of physiology at unilorin

phineas: The problem with undergraduates in Nigeria is simple,you have no carrear mentors.

Who builds a house without first counting the cost? Most expect to graduate and a job fall in their laps by chance,connections or luck.truth is what you need is adequate planning and using your spare undergrad time to align with opportunities and free courses that abound some on the internet this will give you a competitive edge in the area u want to work in and you start from that 100l not after NYSC.

BMS physiology,microbiology and biochem are in high demand in many org,and there is no week you don't see adverts from such org for vacancies.from quality assurance in med,to biomedics,to data management,to disease surveillance,trainings,etc also the fed govt ,state govt,NPHDA, amongst others and there are some that pay better than clinical consultants of 20yrs will ever hope to earn in Nig.....there ur degree isn't discriminated so long as you have basic medical knowledge and exp neccesarry for the job.

My point is rather than been pesimistic from the onset,the way forward is to meet snr ones that have grad and been working for yrs they'll tell you what they have learnt about the industry,the opportunities that are available and what they would require so u start planning towards it.another way is to check the papers not for a job but for the requirements for those posts that BMS can apply for,meet up with pple from those org ask questions,start planning.

Avoid neg pple and those striving for roles not suited to them,find succesfull pple in your field that earn well and ask them the way,Network like mad starting now is the key,those relationships will come in usefull sometime in future,cos a lot of openings never get advertized but spread by word of mouth in the same setting and you only tell those you know.

if you want to travel,the time to start planning is also 100l.

My 2 piece.

9ice 1,are u a graduate in any BMS course,am a 300L physiology student,Unilorin. kindly connect me wit graduates from my field. u can get me at Iamdeclan23@gmail.com

originbm: anybody who has been offered admission to any science course like pharmacy,optometry,dentistry,physiology,nursing,bch.mcb,etc,but does not know what to expect from the course in terms of credit loads,departmental marking schemes,academic rigours,employment opportunities,job prestige etc. can pm me for clarification.

Bro,i'm a 300L student of physiology at unilorin,wil nid enightment 4rm u concernin d job opportunities.. email me at "iamdeclan23@gmail.com"