Hey nairalanders, for the sake of privacy, I omitted the writers name

I was reluctant about sharing this post when I saw the my last post on patience but I want o share it because something's are very painful.
So let's do this...
My name is **** ****.The thing is_ there is a good news and a really bad news. The good news is that am done with all my postings after a six year training that lasted eight years in my school; University of Jos. It is supposed to be an accredited faculty and department but we spent eight years to complete all the postings. We had crisis but those in Maiduguri had worse. Oh... I remember, we also had strikes... so many from many angles. Thank God the postings are over.
The really bad news is that our exams has been postponed till further notice because there is an ongoing strike in the hospital. When the news came yesterday night, many of my mates cried. We had hoped that they would consider our plight and conduct the exams in other hospitals but they had made what we termed " the mean choice". Most of us have become apathetic about many things, the zeal that we once had has faded into insignificance. They have lacerated our emotions. Some of us are so confused now. Our rents are expiring, our parents are worried and guess what? No one has come to speak to us. Everybody complains of the falling moral and knowledge standard of doctors but look at the way we are trained; a training that makes us loose our minds. If we become strange kind of doctors, who have lost all empathy and emotions, who will blame us? God help us


It's really pathetic when I think of it, that this is happening at this time. This is the same University that went on a four month strike from last year October.
That's aside from the 4 months strike it went on in 2014 to 2015 because of students protest.
Thats just counting the recent ones oh.
How do you expect the zeal of the students to remain the same.
Presently, the set going to 400 level cannot start clinicals because there is no space in juth, so they have to wait for the final year guys to leave before starting. They've been at home for more than 6 months now.
I wonder when the education sector in Nigeria will improve.
I hope this reaches the right people, and something is done about it.

We are currently experiencing the same situation in OAU, imaging CLI /2010/ still in part five first semeter in 2016, although medical students are still on session but they won't write exam till july.

lalasticlala pls ure needed in this
op I feel ur pain my cousin spent 10yrs in med school instead of 7
this thing is kill the zeal of those student

What's the end line of patience?
more patience.
Bros, chill.
This cup will also pass. It will not swallow you except you become hurried about that Crosstour car.

Chill. Soak it in.
It is called ADVERSARY .
Like all its family members, ADVERSARY and family do not have stamina.
ADVERSARY will rise out soon.
Light one ciggie
Inhale
Exhale
Think of the jumbo now

Uninteresting piece.
Even d graduates are still roaming d streets .

Graduate full ground throway.
So jst chill !
God is in control

shyshally:
Hey nairalanders, for the sake of privacy, I omitted the writers name

I was reluctant about sharing this post when I saw the my last post on patience but I want o share it because something's are very painful.
So let's do this...
My name is **** ****.The thing is_ there is a good news and a really bad news. The good news is that am done with all my postings after a six year training that lasted eight years in my school; University of Jos. It is supposed to be an accredited faculty and department but we spent eight years to complete all the postings. We had crisis but those in Maiduguri had worse. Oh... I remember, we also had strikes... so many from many angles. Thank God the postings are over.
The really bad news is that our exams has been postponed till further notice because there is an ongoing strike in the hospital. When the news came yesterday night, many of my mates cried. We had hoped that they would consider our plight and conduct the exams in other hospitals but they had made what we termed " the mean choice". Most of us have become apathetic about many things, the zeal that we once had has faded into insignificance. They have lacerated our emotions. Some of us are so confused now. Our rents are expiring, our parents are worried and guess what? No one has come to speak to us. Everybody complains of the falling moral and knowledge standard of doctors but look at the way we are trained; a training that makes us loose our minds. If we become strange kind of doctors, who have lost all empathy and emotions, who will blame us? God help us


It's really pathetic when I think of it, that this is happening at this time. This is the same University that went on a four month strike from last year October.
That's aside from the 4 months strike it went on in 2014 to 2015 because of students protest.
Thats just counting the recent ones oh.
How do you expect the zeal of the students to remain the same.
Presently, the set going to 400 level cannot start clinicals because there is no space in juth, so they have to wait for the final year guys to leave before starting. They've been at home for more than 6 months now.
I wonder when the education sector in Nigeria will improve.
I hope this reaches the right people, and something is done about it.

I sincerely understnd how u feel. I pray God intervenes

Hmmmm na waoh, our educational system

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hmmm

Gone are the days when studying medicine was a guarantee to a better future. I don't even want to remember Law..

It is very sad that Nigerian medical school has deteriorated to this level...God help us all.

I thought I was alone in this 'drama'. Ours is increment of quota. Med Sch no be beans ooo

U beta learn handwork,it myt epp....back up,u knw wat I min

God will help you.

This is happening in many institutions not just yours.
The major problem is because the medical calendar is designed in 12 calendar month. A session runs for 12 months. This makes it difficult to adjust the calendar. Unlike other courses where a session is traditionally 8 months,exams inclusive.

So when a strike lasts for say, 2months, the other departments quickly adjust their calendar and fill the gap with the 4 months(which is usually supposed to be for holidays) left. The medical school has no free months to steal from hence moves it to the next year.

Secondly, other departments are usually affected by ASUU related strikes only while medical schools suffer both ASUU related strikes and hospital strikes.

The funniest reason is that other departments would easily skip a scheme or topic or rush lectures and practical activities. That can't be done in medical school. You must learn all you should at the appropriate length of time.

So just chill,you almost there. I passed through that as well. It doesn't stop you from being the good Doctor. It's just for the country we found ourselves.

This is disheartening. I graduated from Unilorin med school and I think that's the only plus they've got... stable calendar. While I'm aware that this problem is generalised for most med school in Nigeria, but I think JUTH is worst hit. The VC/ provost really needs some brain. The calendar in unijos is a crawling one. Pls guys keep sharing on all platform possible till the so called leaders of that institution perceive their irresponsibility!

Op take heart. I got admission to read medicine in UNN in 2002 and graduated in 2009 after intensive mental torture. The torture will continue during ur residency programme. God will see u through.

fernandoc:
Gone are the days when studying medicine was a guarantee to a better future. I don't even want to remember Law..

i concur! engineering too.it waz never a guarantee to a better future but to immediate employment. agric courses shud b considered now

drlaykay:
This is happening in many institutions not just yours.
The major problem is because the medical calendar is designed in 12 calendar month. A session runs for 12 months. This makes it difficult to adjust the calendar. Unlike other courses where a session is traditionally 8 months,exams inclusive.

So when a strike lasts for say, 2months, the other departments quickly adjust their calendar and fill the gap with the 4 months(which is usually supposed to be for holidays) left. The medical school has no free months to steal from hence moves it to the next year.

Secondly, other departments are usually affected by ASUU related strikes only while medical schools suffer both ASUU related strikes and hospital strikes.

The funniest reason is that other departments would easily skip a scheme or topic or rush lectures and practical activities. That can't be done in medical school. You must learn all you should at the appropriate length of time.

So just chill,you almost there. I passed through that as well. It doesn't stop you from being the good Doctor. It's just for the country we found ourselves.

Very true, then after the strikes, they rush you and expect you to learn a topic in 3 or 4 days and prepare enough to write a test on it immediately after.

classical15:
This is disheartening. I graduated from Unilorin med school and I think that's the only plus they've got... stable calendar. While I'm aware that this problem is generalised for most med school in Nigeria, but I think JUTH is worst hit. The VC/ provost really needs some brain. The calendar in unijos is a crawling one. Pls guys keep sharing on all platform possible till the so called leaders of that institution perceive their irresponsibility!

It would go a long way if that happens

Its so disheartening. If you think yours is so bad, try a Private University. They fit even keep you for up to 10years and you won't know whether you are in 300L or 500L. SMH for Nigeria.
In another news, the University of Lagos Is Evicting All Its Students From Its Hostels So We Did This -
https://www.nairaland.com/3074056/university-lagos-evicting-students-came#45116231

op Pele


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I want to be a doctor, I want to be a doctor

Op,i understand the plight of the person who wrote ds coz I went thru same with my colleagues in lautech.
At my time in lautech,when moving from 300L to 400L,u get a compulsory holiday of btw 12-18months because there's no space in the teaching hospital to accommodate the new class. At some point, they started having class 400L(A) and 400L(B). Later,dey had to merge 2 classes together,a class that has completed their compulsory 18months holiday and meant to resume to 400L and their juniors that also just concluded their 300L part1 MB exam during the time the former were on compulsory holiday. U can imagine the kind of trauma,hate and depression u can have when u learn that your juniors are gonna be in same class with you not because u failed,but just coz of a system that failed to work.
As if that was not enough,incessant strikes took its toll on us,then the worst that happened was when the school went through the breaking up saga involving the two funding states,osun and oyo which was allegedly fueled by some agents who were interested in heading some posts in the college.
Some days to our final exam,we got the shocker of our lives that they won't release money for our exam due to the ownership crisis,which also at that time the accreditation for the college of Medicine was I think running out of grace period as no one was interested in arranging for re-accreditation.
We went in group to beg the two governors,dey promised and later agreed to allow us take our exams. Then we started reading again,had the exam.
Unfortunately,some of us, like myself, had re-sits in some of the courses,(i had just 1 re-sit in medicine) and was meant to take dem after 3months. That was another battle as the crisis had worsened.
3months became almost 8/9months,and luckily again after much pleading and visiting to both government houses,dey allowed us have our result exams and dat was how some of us escaped again.
In all bro,i and some odas in my set spent close to 10/11 years in med school for a 6yr course. Normally assuming u had no repeats,d least u can spend in lautech for anyone who came in btw when the school started offering medicine and 2000 is 9yrs. But if u now happen to repeat a class once or twice,den u end up spending 10yrs and above.
I had to repeat a class and oda extra years was due to strikes and internal crisis which we didn't cause. So yes,the kind of doctors being trained in Nigerian medical schools are people who are churned out with frustration and made to lose the aim of becoming a medical doctor and interest out frustration.
It's gud you r using the social media tool coz I think it's more efficient these days coz most media houses will get it spread faster via their social media platforms. just keep spreading it this way to all blog owners too and media outfits, hopefully ur cry will get to someone powerful who will be sympathetic to your plight and make some things happen for you and ur class.
God help this country.
God help medical training in Nigeria.
Gudluck

Lushka:
Op take heart. I got admission to read medicine in UNN in 2002 and graduated in 2009 after intensive mental torture. The torture will continue during ur residency programme. God will see u through.

Lol
Imagine,i got admission into medicine year 2000, after predegree in 99 in lautech; u did in 2002 and still graduated before me in 2009!
Lol. Ur own school is fast then compared to what we through in LAUTECH, so no complain much!

Yours is still better bro.
A Yoruba proverb says " If you trek far, you will see a rat with hunch back" .
Ask LAUTECH medical students.
Our 2007 set is just about to finish their final exams next week.
Put a smile on your face, no matter the condition.
No let them give una suicidal thoughts.
Stay hopeful.

sorry..

Adebola02:
We are currently experiencing the same situation in OAU, imaging CLI /2010/ still in part five first semeter in 2016, although medical students are still on session but they won't write exam till july.

0gbeni.. there's no crisis in OAU

drlaykay:
This is happening in many institutions not just yours.
The major problem is because the medical calendar is designed in 12 calendar month. A session runs for 12 months. This makes it difficult to adjust the calendar. Unlike other courses where a session is traditionally 8 months,exams inclusive.

So when a strike lasts for say, 2months, the other departments quickly adjust their calendar and fill the gap with the 4 months(which is usually supposed to be for holidays) left. The medical school has no free months to steal from hence moves it to the next year.

Secondly, other departments are usually affected by ASUU related strikes only while medical schools suffer both ASUU related strikes and hospital strikes.

The funniest reason is that other departments would easily skip a scheme or topic or rush lectures and practical activities. That can't be done in medical school. You must learn all you should at the appropriate length of time.

So just chill,you almost there. I passed through that as well. It doesn't stop you from being the good Doctor. It's just for the country we found ourselves.

Very true.

The problem is simply over admission, your class size should be 25 then you push in 100 and expect a miracle. The space is for 25 ~ 50; Nigeria is a strange place.

Ridiculous....