Back To Nigeria After Medical School?

Personally, I am in undergraduate in America and I plan to go to Medical School and go to Nigeria.  I know some of you will be shouting, but I am not going to pack up my things after residency and just go, I am going to have a plan.  The way to fix the healthcare system in Nigeria is money, education, and love for your fellow Nigerian.  Having BETTER FACILITIES is numero uno, not just better buildings but better equipment.  I have packaged medical supplies in America, some of which go to Nigeria, so I understand that there is lacking of medical equipment.  I am not sure, but I seriously don't think there is a lack of training in medicine for Nigeria, so if we have the medical equipment, we can gradually start to change.

People also must be educated about their health, because my auntie just died in Nigeria, God rest her soul, from something that was too preventable and because she was not taking medicines how she should.  Knowledge is the key to success and after helping people to understand better about their health, there needs to be more action on the side of the government, yes, I know it will be difficult, but trust me, anything is possible with God.  There have been blackouts in American hospitals as well, TRUST me on that one, but every hospital should have a generator in case of emergency; Nigeria should invest in this as SOON as possible if it has not happened already.  There are many of us in  America who want to go back, yes, the pay is less, but if we band together to improve the system, change can be made, which is greater reward.  We can open practice/clinics to help our people because at the end of the day, God does not weigh your gold, He looks at your heart.
I commend the first poster for wanting to do that, but be very wise about what you do, and do not be discouraged.

In short, change can happen and it will.

I am a Nigerian and trained in France. As I have a double Nigerian-French citizenship, i was offered an Fi position in the Uk, which I would be starting in August. But my first choice would be to come back to Nigeria to do my internship. It is not the issue of money that is important to me, but a principle. How can this useless oyinbos be brain-draining the African man to develop their NHS. I have contacted the Medical and dental council of Nigeria, and they are exempting me from any exam, because my school is listed on those accepted for provisional registration. So I understand this man. This is a matter of principle, and not money. The Oyinbo man is a cheat, always on the trying to take advantage on the black man.

@ poster
I tried it my brother. I tried it approximately 14 years ago, after having just graduate from a Medical school in the heartland of an Eastern European country, full of hope and zeal to contribute my own quota to the development of our fatherland.

My friends said i was plane crazy! They preferred to bid their time until they could sort out the right visas to emigrate to the US or the UK rather than return to a Nigeria that was still in the mid 90's. I called them sellouts! unpatriotic people who one day would hang their heads in shame. You know, the usual 'patriotric' rhetoric that litter most of the posts on Nairaland.

Fast forward to the future.
All my friends who emigrated to the UK and US are now Consultants or Attendents who are better appreciated by the country that they once disowned and who now have the resources to be able to better the lives of people in Nigeria.

And me?
Well my brother, my people have a saying that 'when a person wakes up is that persons morning'-i woke up 6 years ago and then defected to the West where i am now happily practicing and leading a 'normal' and much more fulfilling life.

I defected after 8 years of frustration in Naija-8 years of a gradual deskilling into quackery in which no matter how much i tried, i could not translate my good intentions and patriotism into something tangible for the ever so impoversihed patients that streamed into the general hospitals where i worked in from East to North to West.  8 years in which i almost lost my sanity-and my humanity.

I regret having returned to Naija immediately after i graduated. But that is my experience. I know one or two people who are happy that they did-but they are in the minority. And even they envy the progress i've made since i left them to practice 'patriotically'.

As someone else has already posted the procedure is simple-get on the plane, register to sit for the exam for overseas doctors, pass and then start your housemanship. After a year or two you get your your full registration and that's it really!

guy hold ur peace!or rather try diagnosin n treatin diabetes wit out a reliable lab report showin u d blod glucose level.if u can,then come take my place.       P.s.hope una dey fit chop wher u dey?because d only thin a niger doc is sure of is d fact that he won"t starve!

@KONGI (or anyone else with relevant info)
Hi,
Please I'D like to ask, as regards locum jobs in the UK, is it possible to find one immediately post-plab2 , without doing the foundation years.
Thanks.
Olumide

Yes Olumide,
It is possible but not exactly wise. You probably need to do an attachment of some sort to get you acquainted with the way things work in the NHS.
I personally would advice doing at least a month's clinical attachment. You should apply for the attachment when you pass PLAB1 so you can plan properly
Locums are still very much available but as you know, luck does play it's part.
If you can do attachments before PLAB 2, you stand a much better chance.
All the best whatever path you choose to follow

I m planning on going to Australia afta my housejob and I intend writing the AMC exams very soon.
please is there any one here in the house who knows about the Australian terrain?
I would be very grateful 2 have comments.
Cheers.