#following#

LuckyG1:
i have written JAMB for dis good years....and MBBS seems somehow....I biliv i will still study MEDICINE....but.....i am really puffed up with it.....I av come to understand even in my prayerlessness...dat God is the greatest........

Welldone o

Dunsin89:
. Yes you are Right my brother. Now that the number of graduate doctors are gradually increasing with little available places to do their residency/housemanship not to talk of getting work. I think in my own best Opinion (no offense meant), the following points (though not in any preferencial order) can increase a Doctor's chance of getting work in time.
1. University: this matters a lot. You know
good Nigerian Universities with a Solidly
earned accredication from time immemorial
from NUC, MDCN, NMA etc (no need to
give examples 'cos my own type of Doctor
can't
fight.)
2. Personality: Good Mental/Emotional/
behavioural
development coupled with good sense of
humour, good doctor-patient interaction.
3. Age: Graduate Doctors between the ages of
25-30 are taken in preference to those who
finish above 30.
4. Location: If you are a Doctor and you finish
from
O.A.U in Ile-ife, Osun state and you go
to places like Kebbi, Jigawa, Kano, Zamfara
etc your chances of getting a job will be
large.
5. ICT skills: Being able to perform some simple
simple computer tasks and skilled at
using modern medical electronic gadgets/
equipments is very vital too.
6. Language: Some Doctors can speak at least 3
out of the major Nigerian languages in
addition to the English they are trained with
so location may not hamper their prospect
of getting and securing work.
7. Sex: Most Female Doctors that specialise in
Obsterics and Gynaecology, Peadriatrics are
mostly employed in Hospitals esp in the
Northern areas for some ethnic/religious
reasons.
8. Politics: A medical doctor who is into student
Politics while in school either at class,
department, faculty, or Students' union level
will have little or no problems as some
connections would have been in place.
9. Travels: Some Nigerian doctors travel out of
Nigeria either to US, UK, India, Cuba etc for
some additional medical education such
ones will be treated like a diamond in the
labour market.
10.GOD: "With God all things are Possible." I
Hope I don't need to say much on this.
So, if a Doctor can have at least (in my
own opinion) 6 out of the above mentioned
criteria, then he or she can be rest assured
of being gainfully employed no matter how
worse the employment situation of thing
may be in Nigeria then.
Pls feel free to make your meaningful
comments and enlightments.
#Repping Obafemi Awolowo University,
Ile-ife. Osun state. Medicine and Surgery.

Wow! dats a nice write up bro...But ar u currently at Ife?

The practice of Medicine & dentistry in Nigeria is regulated by mdcn which has the final authority and say on anything that has to do with residency, horsemanship, even undergraduate admission into mbbs and bds.
Every medical schools in Nigeria have the same curriculum, no of academic weeks, same textbooks same method of setting exam.
It must adhere to these rules or it faces it's accreditation been invalidated.
It has been said generally that medicine at undergraduate level is "a Jack of all trade and master of none" hence the need for residency and specialization.
At your undergraduate level u are expected to have a basic understanding of the different fields that constitute the practice of Medicine.
Fields like obstetrics, gynecology, surgery, pediatrics, and lot of others.
Even it is said that fresh graduate of mbbs are still not reckon with when it come to medical practices until they undergo residency and fellowship.
So Concerning the issue of age, chances of employment, the school one finished from and the rest, medicine is a course where by age is not a limiting factor, it is in medical school that u find men old enough to be one's father still at the same level with you.
It is even noted now that in the United States a large no of medical schools likes to admit more of older students than the younger ones.
A research was carried out and it was found out that older students tends to be more focus, they exhibit a level of maturity and consistency.
They have more experience and tends to more friendly when it comes to patient care.
UI at one time was planning to introduce medicine as a direct entry course until it was discontinued
The school one finished from does not matter provided it is listed in mdcn accredited schools and in the WHO LIST OF UNIVERSITIES WITH MEDICAL SCHOOLS.
Lastly concerning the issue of graduates working in the north.
Despite the enormous population In the north there are lesser no of accredited medical schools hence shortage of medical personnel.
They have to make up for these deficit by employing graduates from Southern Universities.
People from Northern are mostly mostly Muslim and I think in Islamic practice male doctors are unlikely to treat female patients especially in the field of gynecology and obstetrics.
The field of mbbs has no age limit and the school u graduated from is not a limiting factor. I have seen a lot medical graduates from state Universities and northern universities working as a consultant and residents in federal Universities in South west Nigeria.
It is your primaries exam, Part1 exam , part 2 exam and residency program that will be used to judge you.
It is just similar to ICAN which does not care whether u finished from any University provided u are a chartered accountant.
#i rep ui mbbs#

Lagusta:
HI.

I am a final year med student of UNILORIN. I opened this thread cos I noticed there isn't any that is specially for medical students, and I believe this is an opportunity for all docs in the making to meet, chat, share experiences, ask questions, and even make new friends!

Jambitos who wish to study medicine are also welcome...


So, let the clerking and presentation begin!!!!

I am also by Gods grace a 100l student of medicine in uniliorin and would like to ask you a few que sir

guys,what about UNN?Is it war when one is wanting to gain admission to study medicine?

pmat:
Hi my fellow medics...Pls is there any one of u with multiple scholarship from oil companies such as agip, nnpc, chevron, etc..If yes, pls how did u do it? Which company(ies) can give u a scholarship while u're a beneficiary of another scholarship? Pls reply ASAP..Thanks.

Actually, I won't advice you to apply for another while you're still enjoying one. There are many less-priviledged out there that would benefit from the second one. It's like limiting their chances. Thank God for one and pray He blesses it for you. God bless you.

This is nice, very nice I must confess.
.
Meanwhile, please and please can you list atleast 5 Unis you know from the East and South that are solidly accredited by those bodies you earlier mentioned, abeg, just mention.
.
Thanks.

Dunsin89:
. Yes you are Right my brother. Now that the number of graduate doctors are gradually increasing with little available places to do their residency/housemanship not to talk of getting work. I think in my own best Opinion (no offense meant), the following points (though not in any preferencial order) can increase a Doctor's chance of getting work in time.
1. University: this matters a lot. You know
good Nigerian Universities with a Solidly
earned accredication from time immemorial
from NUC, MDCN, NMA etc (no need to
give examples 'cos my own type of Doctor
can't
fight.)
2. Personality: Good Mental/Emotional/
behavioural
development coupled with good sense of
humour, good doctor-patient interaction.
3. Age: Graduate Doctors between the ages of
25-30 are taken in preference to those who
finish above 30.
4. Location: If you are a Doctor and you finish
from
O.A.U in Ile-ife, Osun state and you go
to places like Kebbi, Jigawa, Kano, Zamfara
etc your chances of getting a job will be
large.
5. ICT skills: Being able to perform some simple
simple computer tasks and skilled at
using modern medical electronic gadgets/
equipments is very vital too.
6. Language: Some Doctors can speak at least 3
out of the major Nigerian languages in
addition to the English they are trained with
so location may not hamper their prospect
of getting and securing work.
7. Sex: Most Female Doctors that specialise in
Obsterics and Gynaecology, Peadriatrics are
mostly employed in Hospitals esp in the
Northern areas for some ethnic/religious
reasons.
8. Politics: A medical doctor who is into student
Politics while in school either at class,
department, faculty, or Students' union level
will have little or no problems as some
connections would have been in place.
9. Travels: Some Nigerian doctors travel out of
Nigeria either to US, UK, India, Cuba etc for
some additional medical education such
ones will be treated like a diamond in the
labour market.
10.GOD: "With God all things are Possible." I
Hope I don't need to say much on this.
So, if a Doctor can have at least (in my
own opinion) 6 out of the above mentioned
criteria, then he or she can be rest assured
of being gainfully employed no matter how
worse the employment situation of thing
may be in Nigeria then.
Pls feel free to make your meaningful
comments and enlightments.
#Repping Obafemi Awolowo University,
Ile-ife. Osun state. Medicine and Surgery.

simba1:
This is nice, very nice I must confess.
.
Meanwhile, please and please can you list atleast 5 Unis you know from the East and South that are solidly accredited by those bodies you earlier mentioned, abeg, just mention.
.
Thanks.

. 1. University of Nigeria, Nsukka
2. University of Port-harcourt, Choba
3. University of calabar, Calabar
4. Delta state university, Abraka

Not up to 5

Dunsin89:
. 1. University of Nigeria, Nsukka
2. University of Port-harcourt, Choba
3. University of calabar, Calabar
4. Delta state university, Abraka

what about NAU?

simba1:
Not up to 5what about NAU?

go to Google and search for MDCN accredited institutions in nigeria. There many. We have ebsu, esut, nauth, imsu and many others

meracool:
https://www.nairaland.com/2693202/agbami-2015-scholarship

Thanks 4 dis.

He said solidly, probably he meant world recognition. So I want to hear from him as he enlisted only few.

Bush2013:
go to Google and search for MDCN accredited institutions in nigeria. There many. We have ebsu, esut, nauth, imsu and many others

simba1:
He said solidly, probably he meant world recognition. So I want to hear from him as he enlisted only few.

OK,

simba1:
He said solidly, probably he meant world recognition. So I want to hear from him as he enlisted only few.

. Thanks for your understanding Simba1. It's only 4 that I can vouched for, others in the East and South have partial accreditation and those with stable accreditation apart from the 4 listed above do have their accreditation taken away for just a short period of time while they swiftly make necessary adjustment as applicable and they will be given back. And within that short period of while their accreditation is void, the media may not make it public. Those Universities include NAU, EBSU, ANSU, IMSU, ESUST, UNIUYO etc

pls can I cross 4rm B.sc chemistry to medicine and surgery or oda course in 200L in unilorin.because dey jux offer me admission t study b.sc chemistry.

Adebisi756:
pls can I cross 4rm B.sc chemistry to medicine and surgery or oda course in 200L in unilorin.because dey jux offer me admission t study b.sc chemistry.

. NO, because chemistry is a Physical science course. Courses allowing for crossing (after a candidate have tip the high CGPA target) into Medicine and surgery are mainly from the Basic Medical sciences courses (ie Human anatomy, Physiology, Medical biochemistry, Radiology etc) and Biological sciences (ie Microbiology, Zoology, Genetic and cell biology etc). If you are hell bent on study Medicine, try take this next JAMB-UTME.
Hope this piece of advice helps. Congratulations on your admission bros. Wish you the best in Life.

Adebisi756:
pls can I cross 4rm B.sc chemistry to medicine and surgery or oda course in 200L in unilorin.because dey jux offer me admission t study b.sc chemistry.

. NO, because chemistry is a Physical science course. Courses with which you can be allowed to cross (after a candidate have tip the high CGPA target) into Medicine and surgery are mainly from the Basic Medical sciences courses (ie Human anatomy, Physiology, Medical biochemistry, Radiology etc) and Biological sciences (ie Microbiology, Zoology, Genetic and cell biology etc). If you are hell bent on study Medicine, try take this next JAMB-UTME.
Hope this piece of advice helps. Congratulations on your admission bros. Wish you the best in Life.

Tnks 4 d advice, bt wic important course can I cross to in 200L

Chemistry is an "Important" course if you let it be.

Adebisi756:
Tnks 4 d advice, bt wic important course can I cross to in 200L

Like seriously Unical in NAU out?
.
.
So what about Uniben?

Dunsin89:
. Thanks for your understanding Simba1. It's only 4 that I can vouched for, others in the East and South have partial accreditation and those with stable accreditation apart from the 4 listed above do have their accreditation taken away for just a short period of time while they swiftly make necessary adjustment as applicable and they will be given back. And within that short period of while their accreditation is void, the media may not make it public. Those Universities include NAU, EBSU, ANSU, IMSU, ESUST, UNIUYO etc

simba1:
Like seriously Unical in NAU out?
.
.
So what about Uniben?

guy make your choice and stop bothering people. All nigeria medical school is competitive

Bush2013:
guy make your choice and stop bothering people. All nigeria medical school is competitive

help me tell am o......good morning bosses

Hello docs. Who knows where I can buy medical texts in Lagos?

Hasawa:
Any Pharmacy student or Pharmacist in the building?
Here is a question for y'all:
What comes to your mind when
Trichomes is mentioned during Pharmacognosy lecture?
What comes to your mind when Hervasian canal, Voksman
canal and canaliculli are mentioned during Anatomy lecture?
What comes to mind when two spinal reflex is mentioned in
Physiology class?

Ahaha..Trichomes burst my brain.I remember when a girl saw hairs on a tuber of Yam, she said are these not Trichomes ?

Good day bosses! Pls i wish to know the differences between 'Doctor Of Medicine' (some foreign schools issue it) and MBBS cos i learnt that the former is issued after 4 years of study while the latter is issued after 6 years of study.

2015 Ranking: Top 10 Medical Universities In
Africa March 7, 2015 10:23 am ·Views: 816 1. MAKERERE UNIVERSITY – KAMPALA, UGANDA Founded in 1922, and later becoming an
independent national university in 1970, Makerere
University is Uganda’s largest and oldest public
university. The university developed a focused
research agenda in line with the national
government’s policy objectives, and seeks to support those programs with a multidisciplinary
approach ranging from natural sciences to
economics and education. Spread across three
campuses, Makerere University has a population of
over 40,000, with more than five percent of the
student body made up of international students. Makerere offers 145 undergraduate programs,
over 140 Postgraduate programs, and 135 Masters
Degree programs. Home to a top medical school,
the University of Makerere also partners with the
Northwestern University Feinberg School of
Medicine to host a medical exchange program in which students complete rotations in the fields of
cardiology, family planning, pediatrics, infectious
disease, and trauma (emergency medicine), among
many others. 2. UNIVERSITY OF GHANA AT LEGON – ACCRA, GHANA With a student population of around 30,000
(including over 1,000 international students), the
University of Ghana is the oldest and largest public
university in the country. Originally founded as an
affiliate college of the University of London, the
University of Ghana became an independent institution in 1961. Academic programming is
spread over nine colleges issuing an array of
academic degrees. A hub of research, the university
has institutes focusing on seismology, population
studies, migration studies, and ecology. The
university boasts partnerships with the Norwegian Universities’ Committee for Development Research
and Education, and the Commonwealth Universities
Student Exchange Consortium. Balm Library, the
university’s main library, has a collection of over
300,000 volumes. 3. UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI – NAIROBI, KENYA Tracing its roots back to 1956 as a technical
college, the University of Nairobi (UoN) became an
independent university in 1970. Today, the
university is spread across seven campuses and is
home to over 1,600 academic staff members who
oversee more than 70,000 students (at least 90 are PhD students), through over 600 of its university
programmes. UoN hosts an average of 120 foreign
students each year, and has close ties with the
international community, with official bilateral
collaborations with at least 20 global universities
and organizations in joint research and publications. The research intensive university has
over 1,000 research projects currently being
undertaken by staff and students, and boasts a
range of research facilities, including the expansive
Science and Technology Park which also houses
the small-scale digital fabrication workshop that serves as a rapid prototyping centre, the “FabLab.”
Its also a space where students can incubate and
develop business ideas, with entrepreneurship
strongly encouraged and supported throughout
the university, like at the School of Computing’s
Startup Incubation Program. 4. UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN – IBADAN, NIGERIA The oldest university in the continents’ most
populous country, the University of Ibadan (UI) has
a population of over 35,000 students, including
13,000 undergraduates, 7,000 postgraduates, and
14,000 distance learning students. With a total of
13 faculties – including Agriculture and Forestry, Veterinary Medicine and Technology – and 300
professors, UI produces an average of 3,000
postgraduate and PhD students every year. UI has
close ties with international institutions, including
the Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of
Medicine in the United States that sends its medical students to UI’s teaching hospital.

5. UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA – GABORONE,
BOTSWANA Established in the early 1980s as the country’s first
institution of higher education, the University of
Botswana is now home to nearly 19,000 students.
Females make up more than 55 percent, with an
undergraduate population of over 15,000, and
more than to 3,000 postgraduate students, all taught by a total of 890 academic staff members.
The university has a total of 9 research facilities,
including the Okavango Research Institute that is
focused on the study and conservation of the
Okavango Delta along with other southern African
wetlands, and the Centre for Study of HIV & AIDS that takes an interdisciplinary approach to
understand and address the impact of the virus.
The University’s main library, one of the largest on
the continent, is five stories high, has roughly
460,000 books, 123,000 full text journals, and 187
internet-dedicated workstations. 6. UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS – LAGOS, NIGERIA Established in 1962 with a total of 72 students and
only three faculties, the University of Lagos (Unilag)
sought to train professionals for the newly
independent Nigeria. UNILAG has over 40,000
undergraduate students, 12,000 postgraduates,
and 100 PhD candidates, all taught by over 1,000 academic staff members. With an emphasis on
research, the University’s faculty has published over
1,700 papers, with the most publications coming
out of the medical, science, and engineering
faculties. The university was recently one of seven
institutions to receive a share of a $1.2 million research grant awarded by the Lagos State
government.

7. UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM – DAR ES SALAAM, TANZANIA Following the dissolution of the University of East
Africa (which also included Makerere University
College in Uganda, Nairobi University College in
Kenya), the University of Dar es Salaam was
established as an independent university in 1970,
making it the oldest – and largest – university in Tanzania. The University has five campuses and 10
faculties, including faculties in mechanical and
chemical engineering and aquatic science and
technology, and offers bachelors, masters, and
doctoral degrees, along with certification programs.
Its expansive library maintains a collection of around 600,000 volumes and 2,800 periodical
titles, of which more than 140 are current printed
journals. 8. ASHESI UNIVERSITY COLLEGE – BEREKUSO,
GHANA Established in 2002 with just 27 students, Ashesi
University (AU) has grown to a population of over
600 registered students. Close to half are females,
with foreign students making up 16 percent of the
total population. Describing itself as a
“coeducational institution,” its stated mission is to “educate a new generation of ethical,
entrepreneurial leaders in Africa; to cultivate within
our students the critical thinking skills, the concern
for others and the courage it will take to transform
a continent.” With an academic program designed
in partnership with over 20 international professors, AU offers majors in business, computer
science, and management information systems. Its
curriculum combines a liberal arts core, with a 4-
year focus on leadership, innovation and
community service. Ashesi is to launch an
engineering degree program in 2015, with hopes to fill 50 percent of the slots with female students in
a bid to address gender inequality in that sector.
The university has 17 full time faculty members, 9. ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY – ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA Established as the University College of Addis
Ababa more than six decades ago, the Addis
Ababa University (AAU), is the oldest educational
institution in Ethiopia. AAU has gone from just over
30 students in 1950, to close to 50,000 today
(including over 34,000 undergraduates, 13,000 graduates, and over 1,700 PhD students). The
university has grown to have a staff contingent of
more than 6,000, including over 2,4000 academics
that are spread across its 14 campuses. These
campus are made up of nearly a dozen colleges,
and 8 research institutes, including the Aklilu Lemma Institute of Pathobiology that focuses on
conducting biomedical research. 10. CHEIKH ANTA DIOP UNIVERSITY (UNIVERSITY
OF DAKAR) – DAKAR, SENEGAL Named after the Senegalese historian and
anthropologist, Cheikh Anta Diop, it’s the only
francophone university on our list, with all courses
being taught in French. Originally established as a
medica

Vcojuro:
2015 Ranking: Top 10 Medical Universities In
Africa March 7, 2015 10:23 am ·Views: 816 1. MAKERERE UNIVERSITY – KAMPALA, UGANDA Founded in 1922, and later becoming an
independent national university in 1970, Makerere
University is Uganda’s largest and oldest public
university. The university developed a focused
research agenda in line with the national
government’s policy objectives, and seeks to support those programs with a multidisciplinary
approach ranging from natural sciences to
economics and education. Spread across three
campuses, Makerere University has a population of
over 40,000, with more than five percent of the
student body made up of international students. Makerere offers 145 undergraduate programs,
over 140 Postgraduate programs, and 135 Masters
Degree programs. Home to a top medical school,
the University of Makerere also partners with the
Northwestern University Feinberg School of
Medicine to host a medical exchange program in which students complete rotations in the fields of
cardiology, family planning, pediatrics, infectious
disease, and trauma (emergency medicine), among
many others. 2. UNIVERSITY OF GHANA AT LEGON – ACCRA, GHANA With a student population of around 30,000
(including over 1,000 international students), the
University of Ghana is the oldest and largest public
university in the country. Originally founded as an
affiliate college of the University of London, the
University of Ghana became an independent institution in 1961. Academic programming is
spread over nine colleges issuing an array of
academic degrees. A hub of research, the university
has institutes focusing on seismology, population
studies, migration studies, and ecology. The
university boasts partnerships with the Norwegian Universities’ Committee for Development Research
and Education, and the Commonwealth Universities
Student Exchange Consortium. Balm Library, the
university’s main library, has a collection of over
300,000 volumes. 3. UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI – NAIROBI, KENYA Tracing its roots back to 1956 as a technical
college, the University of Nairobi (UoN) became an
independent university in 1970. Today, the
university is spread across seven campuses and is
home to over 1,600 academic staff members who
oversee more than 70,000 students (at least 90 are PhD students), through over 600 of its university
programmes. UoN hosts an average of 120 foreign
students each year, and has close ties with the
international community, with official bilateral
collaborations with at least 20 global universities
and organizations in joint research and publications. The research intensive university has
over 1,000 research projects currently being
undertaken by staff and students, and boasts a
range of research facilities, including the expansive
Science and Technology Park which also houses
the small-scale digital fabrication workshop that serves as a rapid prototyping centre, the “FabLab.”
Its also a space where students can incubate and
develop business ideas, with entrepreneurship
strongly encouraged and supported throughout
the university, like at the School of Computing’s
Startup Incubation Program. 4. UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN – IBADAN, NIGERIA The oldest university in the continents’ most
populous country, the University of Ibadan (UI) has
a population of over 35,000 students, including
13,000 undergraduates, 7,000 postgraduates, and
14,000 distance learning students. With a total of
13 faculties – including Agriculture and Forestry, Veterinary Medicine and Technology – and 300
professors, UI produces an average of 3,000
postgraduate and PhD students every year. UI has
close ties with international institutions, including
the Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of
Medicine in the United States that sends its medical students to UI’s teaching hospital.

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smartdave1:
Good day bosses! Pls i wish to know the differences between 'Doctor Of Medicine' (some foreign schools issue it) and MBBS cos i learnt that the former is issued after 4 years of study while the latter is issued after 6 years of study.

Other than what you stated, the MD issued is a postgraduate degree for allopathic practice of medicine as you get in for the program after undergraduate school ie first degree. While the MBBS is an degree issued after the undergraduate study of medicine to the best of my knowledge