When I was in pharmacy school in UNN I thought the only obstacle to my soaring high in life was graduating but little did I knw that graduation is a stepping stone to untold unavoidable hardship in medical profession. People in other field of study envy us because we do go for internship or house job before NYSC. I have come to realize that it is a big waste of time because:
1) you will have to know someone that would influence the hospital or industry or agency that your seeking placement. My friend who is a medical doctor graduated since 2014 and he is still seeking placement for his housemanship just because he doesn't know any top official.
2) You cannot practice until you have completed your compulsary 1 yr internship or housemanship program irrespective of how long it takes you.
3) The change administration of PMB has bestowed the renumeration of interns on the hospital and agency where the person is serving. This has forced them to cut down the pay to far much below what was initially paid by government. E.g. NAFDAC used to pay 140k to pharmacists but today they pay 116k.
4) Those that finally maneuver their way into a hospital are faced with a tougher problem of non payment. My serving friend told me that he has served for 7 months and can only brag of 2 months salary. WHY?
5) Some with connections and long legs do go back for a second missionary journey and occupy the space meant for fresh graduates that are yet to get a placement.
6) Those that have gotten placement say they learn on their own as no preceptor has your time whatsoever. They are meant to teach us in the course of the 1 year but most don't even ask of their assignee.
Those in school should better brace up for the huge challenges ahead of them before they can be fully licensed to practice. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE FAST....
Left to me I would say this be scraped off as it adds no value to our practice.