MEDICAL EDUCATION IN NIGERIA
Like most things in Nigeria, medical education is plagued by a lot of factors that affect its excellence. A lot of mitigating circumstances affect this very important subset of the entire Nigeria educational structure which by extension affects the future of healthcare delivery in the nation. Issues ranging from laboratory engagements to research expertise are grossly neglected during the "6+x" years most medical students spend acquiring a medical degree. To highlight a few: Structure of medical exams, Topic presentations, External postings, COBES(Community-based education and service) Didactic lectures, Laboratory skills, Final year projects, And many more. For specificity, this writ will focus on the underperformance and underutilisation of final-year research work in the medical community. In most universities, final-year medical students are expected to produce research work which is almost always in the public health course. I had an amazing experience during my final ye...