streamsofjoy:


Me I no know o, I just dey talk ni o, na as God go take distinguish me for my own field I dey pray.

tensazangetsu20:

Law is the worst in Nigeria. I rather my son goes to school and does Russian languages than study law. Law is a very useless profession. No female from my family will marry a lawyer cursed profession.

Originalsly:
Hmmm...is it worth the attention? If you become a doctor today.... where would you be working?...how much would be your salary?...is it worth the time and money spent to get to this point?... and finally...is there a bright road ahead?
Not saying being a doctor is not important...but this is the 21st century... in the information age... doctors are no longer all knowing..... their diagnosis and prescriptions can easily be challenged by clients...thanks to Google. Wayyy more people self diagnose..... and find treatments on their own.
The ever increasing number of new drugs and ones becoming obsolete make it necessary for a doctor to never stop studying nor updating his knowledge. Not only drugs. ..but also equipment and medical procedures. What a doctor learns in his first two years...by the time he becomes a full doctor.... all that is obsolete. ..and we wonder why sooo many of our doctors and surgeons are passed over for any serious condition....lack of up to date info...lack of proper equipment..lack of efficient support staff. If it's the person's life long passion......then doctor is worth it.
Should someone today ask me what field to get into...auto mechanics.....lots of new cars ..outdated mechanics. Elevator repairs...refrigeration. ..these are skills that are in great demand...and the demand will be growing.
U see ur comments above portrays a bit of hate,aggression and dislike to medicine and surgery entirely.

Originalsly:
Hmmm...is it worth the attention? If you become a doctor today.... where would you be working?...how much would be your salary?...is it worth the time and money spent to get to this point?... and finally...is there a bright road ahead?
Not saying being a doctor is not important...but this is the 21st century... in the information age... doctors are no longer all knowing..... their diagnosis and prescriptions can easily be challenged by clients...thanks to Google. Wayyy more people self diagnose..... and find treatments on their own.
The ever increasing number of new drugs and ones becoming obsolete make it necessary for a doctor to never stop studying nor updating his knowledge. Not only drugs. ..but also equipment and medical procedures. What a doctor learns in his first two years...by the time he becomes a full doctor.... all that is obsolete. ..and we wonder why sooo many of our doctors and surgeons are passed over for any serious condition....lack of up to date info...lack of proper equipment..lack of efficient support staff. If it's the person's life long passion......then doctor is worth it.
Should someone today ask me what field to get into...auto mechanics.....lots of new cars ..outdated mechanics. Elevator repairs...refrigeration. ..these are skills that are in great demand...and the demand will be growing.

CandidNotes:
Those who can, do. Those who can't, criticize.

yeyerolling:
but when they go to uk or canada they can make over 150k usd. abegi its worth it

Adejoncy01:
And Other Courses Pay Far More Than That! Chem.Eng. Is An Example.

CandidNotes:
Those who can, do. Those who can't, criticize.

streamsofjoy:


I put it to u that law is not worst

cassidy1996:
medicine and surgery na hot cake for Niger, just tell any girl that you're a doctor, she go smile....

and once a girl is dating a medical doctor

next..... she will alert her family, friends and social media.... medical doctor on the way, make una clear road... levels don change

streamsofjoy:
Just finding reasons to comment. Well, my take is this, the idea of studying medicine is misconstrued. A medical doctor is well respected not Becos of the money he has but Becos he is like God- has the ability to make u "whole " if u are sick, and this is why they are well respected. But the Nigerian greed mentality has reduced the profession to a money making Avenue and that is why every Nigerian parent wants to train a doctor by all means.
If u're looking for money please go into business dnt study medicine, and at this juncture, I dare to say that a lawyer (SAN) who has reached the peak of his career is richer than a doctor of same standing.

eleojo23:


How many of them will get to work in Canada or UK?

Let's be realistic...

Those countries are not very easy to enter like you portray it.

pxjosh:
Study Pharmacy and live like a king!

organism3:

are u practising chem.eng abroad that u know how much they pay. medical haters

greenprince:


Thank you, help me tell them. Your degree from UNN or Unilag matters less here. Even a medical degree from the WHO accredited med school my university runs doesn't guarantee millions in your almighty Canada. You'll still sit for exams that are so expensive to even register for.

Seriously, I feel for my friends studying medical courses in Nigeria. If the fuel is truly not from within, the fire may go out too soon. It's frustrating and annoying. Someone with a jamb score 70 points lower than mine got admitted to study med in a fed uni in Nigeria and I wasn't even offered horticulture.

greenprince:


Be careful!

What's for a pharmacist in Nigeria?

MissRaine69:
Not everyone who studies medicine makes an excellent doctor. Many view medicine only from the academic perspective. Some manage on completion to leave Nigeria and come here and this is when they realise there is more to medicine than being an academic . I have seen many struggle with the concept of bedside manners. You are not an island you work as a team abroad no one cares which tribe you come from and team work is alien to some. Some end up being struck off for very basic things. I saw a post about career guidance counselling in schools and that is an excellent idea. We all can’t be engineers and doctors and most don’t last in that career.

Dnevasaynevaguy:

I also studied M&S.
Worked a couple of years ,took a break,
Delved into business as an experiment.Doing way much better than consultants in the hospital.
I can afford summer holidays with the family and what have you.
But it is important to state that what helps me most in business is my approach to problems like i was still in the hospital.
I always have a mamagement plan whenever i face crisis in business.
Medical thinking made me who i am now.

organism3:
so is because u were not offered admission that u r now feeling for medical students now

yeyerolling:
but when they go to uk or canada they can make over 150k usd. abegi its worth it

Stallion93:
Toh! Medicine and Law dan cast, well what should we expect in A Shithole country? I guess the way out now is to acquire some Computer(Hardware or software) skill and leave this country

zagorakis:
Me am just tired of school, need to graduate anyhow
Words of a failure.. Change ur mindset.

organism3:
so what will u pple say about VETERINARY MEDICINE in Nigeria then?

pxjosh:
Study Pharmacy and live like a king!

Tochyodiks:
mind you these countries see our certificates as useless, you have to start college all over again to become a doctor or anything else over there, not to talk of cost of going to medical school there na die be that

Tochyodiks:
mind you these countries see our certificates as useless, you have to start college all over again to become a doctor or anything else over there, not to talk of cost of going to medical school there na die be that