thelastPope:

I have always come tops in every conference I have attended abroad and I have attended very many. The oyibo guys have never ever dominated me in one. All they know is textbook routines. They are always so specialised, they know little or nothing outside their area of specialization. You cannot compare the average Nigerian doctor that goes through Uniben or UI to their counterparts in any, I repeat, any US university. The Nigerian guys are far more knowledgable, vast and broad. The scope of work they are required to cover is far bigger than that for US doctors.

Shollypopz:
Thank you!! I mean I'm astonished at the way they are comparing Nigerian trained doctors to US trained doctors. It's ridiculous.

Ola one:
This is why American patients fly to Nigeria for treatment.

Most medical machines are invented in Nigeria.

And, Nigeria can be proud of her many medical breakthroughs. Thanks to our highly cerebral doctors like you. I am sure you have patented many life-changing discoveries/inventions.

SMH

solomon111: Why not come home after graduation and have a feel of our medical practice here in Nigeria.
You could try your hands on the induction exams,and see for yourself.
PS:I am assuming you are a medical student abroad.

thelastPope:

I have always come tops in every conference I have attended abroad and I have attended very many. The oyibo guys have never ever dominated me in one. All they know is textbook routines. They are always so specialised, they know little or nothing outside their area of specialization. You cannot compare the average Nigerian doctor that goes through Uniben or UI to their counterparts in any, I repeat, any US university. The Nigerian guys are far more knowledgable, vast and broad. The scope of work they are required to cover is far bigger than that for US doctors.

Shollypopz:
I'm not a medical student. Majored in Comp.Sc/Accounting.

Surrounded by many med students though, Mr. Solomon u really hv no clue about med schoolS in the US and the rigor involved. I mean I hate stating the obvious, what u mentioned earlier is not the norm and I find it pointless going on with this when u really are clueless about a lot.

If it were other fields of study, I could prolly see where u're coming from but Med/Comp.Sc program in the US is a GOD to whatever program we have in Nigeria.
#WORD!

A-town:


This is exactly why you are lacking behind. Book Book Book. You think you are so smart abi? One simple question- What have you done with your "smartness" to help humanity. I do not mean stuff you were taught in school or all the nonsense you "cramed". What have you invented with this supposed knowledge. The oyinbos that you claim are dull keep churning out technological advancements and here you are talking nonsense. There is no pride in repeating what you "cramed" in an exam. The only pride is when you are able to take knowlege you learnt "from the same oyinbo books" and then use it to produce "new, unexplored knowledge". Its like priding yourself that you know mathematics better than oyinbos as if the maths crept into your brain from your mothers womb. How about you use that math to invent a calculator? OOps that has already been done. All you know how to do is read books and poor it out in exams and you call that an achievement. You wasted time going to school. Go and learn a trade.

dBard:

no wonder dey said d average Nigerians I.Q is<60,not surprised wit d nonsense u just wrote. so now theory is inconsequential. is it d machines dat will operate on u or take ur history? I .mh at d whole lot of u**exits thread*

A-town:


If all you could comprehend from the post is that "theory is inconsequential" then you proved my point

omenziate: Nigerians are good, avid learners and persistent no doubt, but Medicine abroad especially US, canada, germany, belgium and d top european countries are not on d same level wit Naija's medicine. Wonder why ur governors have common malaria and dey rush to germany.

omenziate: Watch medical dramas e.g house, grey's anatomy , some are exaggerated medicine no doubt but they give u a hint of wat is obtainable abroad.

speedyboi:
thats not because they have better doctors, its because they have more advanced equipment to treat them. Know the difference!.....and then again, if you travel abroad to get treatment for malaria, you are on a longthing...i even doubt if you will get out alive(talking from experience)

oh my oh my, you know i've always wondered why nigerians always think america is heaven where everything works....lol....now i gerrit, you must have been believing all their movies......see, the movies are far from being realistic, wake up! America is overhyped in everything...that is the plain truth

Siga: ....quick question....if u break ur prick...u go stay naija make dem fix am or na yankee u go go?

speedyboi:
quick project....quickly go through my post again, understand it.....if you are brilliant enough, you should deduce the answer to your question; and you will discover the motive as well sef.

Shollypopz:
hhmm, I'm very calm. I don't think my post showed any form of agitation.

That aside, when u make comparison next time, make sure u do it on an average sense/scale.
U can't take the achievement of one student(an abnormally) and say because he did this, then bla bla..........

I'm very patriotic to my country Nigeria but comparing med schools in Nigeria to those in the US is quite alarming. Shows u have no clue what u're talking about. I don't mean to exaggerate the importance of ranking but when we as a country are that down on the list then there has to be some truth to it.

I mean we are not among top 3000, 3000!! 3000 my brother!! 3000!!

And of course, I'm not basing all my claims solely on ranking but when we look at the products and what US trained doctors can do practically, we don't even come close. The facilities available, the genuine critical reasoning, abstract and real life instances based exam questions?

As a Nigerian, I'm sure u don't want me to over flog the issue that we're all theory and no practical.

homeboy232: nigerian is a vacuum, all dis bad belle who dnt have the oportunity to study and live in advance countries wil always have the time to talk trash on nairaland....success start in advance countries, most successful people in nigeria start their career in advance countries, u have to involve in sinful act if u want to be successful building ur career in nigeria....miliions of graduate coming out from nigeria uni, just because some few are selected, foolish people wil start talking trash..we cannot even produce common pencil, all we do is to make noise on nairaland wit all dis animals who lobby for job in naija.....if ur brain is cool and u are desperate to learn, u wil surely excel in life...u dont have to lobby for job, if u av the oportunity to study in advance countries, just do that and ignore comments from jealous goats who do not have the oportunity to study in advance countries..dnt mind them, when police form is out, u wil see all those uniben, unlag graduate filling nigeria police form online....better stop nonsense.

Tobbie9: Having read through all the comments I must say nigerians will always remain the problem of nigeria. I only have one question if nigerian drs are so badly trained, why are there so many of them working in the US or as the U. S run out of locally trained doctors? and for the human saying med/comp sci program in the U. S is the most strenous, you obviously know nothing

dBard:

am sorry but I ve t disagree,tho wit a lil bias . ve come across both d u.k Drs n dse from oda developed countries n frankly dey aren't all that. imagine how long it takes t make a diagnosis there compared t here n also d quality of thier training. Yes, in terms of tech advancement n facilities dey beta but let me summarise by saying wat we do,we do dem far better..Truth

ogahope:
It seems u're crazy about des foreign varsities. If dey are d best, why are Nigerian's trained doctors employed in places lk US, UK etc witout any report of gross inefficiencies?. hw can a 3rd class degree holder in Nig. Go abroad to bang ist class upper? What dos dis connot? Nig varsities xcludin d privat owned ar force to reckon wt.

_babyshaQ:

Do what better? Oh please. I doubt you live in Nigeria. The avoidable deaths in Nigeria is really alarming. There's a reason rich nigerians go abroad for treatment. Just go to a general teaching hospital & see firsthand how the lives of poor patients are made to seem worthless. Never heard of striking doctors, but we all know how Nigeria models for adidas 'Impossible is Nothing' in Nigeria.

dBard:

Had t reply dis. 1)The avoidable deaths u talked of in most cases r Not d fault of d health professionals. Patients here go to d hospital only as a last resort, after doing d self medication-chemist - nurse- church rounds. up to 75% of women still go t maternity homes t deliver only presenting wen problems arise.Not saying all drs r excellent but, lets b fair. 2) the human body is d primary tool of all Drs. the ability t understand d workings will t a large extent det ur effectiveness in diagnosis n treatment. technology here is actually not that much of an advantage. Understand that. running abroad t treat wat is not common dre makes no sense. they do it t justify wat dey steal