Karleb:


You obviously haven't been to a research lab. I have been to one, albeit small and I can tell you that as a biochemist, you have the right to conduct a biochemical test.

My knowledge of biochemistry is a bit rusty, but biochemical tests I can remember include:

Blood sugar level.
Pregnancy test. This basically detect the presence of Hcg hormone.
DNA tests.
HIV Test. This is just antigen, antibody interaction.

In fact, most of the test being conducted in hospitals are biochemical tests.

Many of my friends who did their SIWES in private hospitals actually learnt these and before they rounded up their programs, they were conducting it for patients and doing well.

These tests are not rocket science and it's what we've been taught in school.

Students/Corps members are in your hospital for knowledge. There is nothing wrong with showing them the processes, it doesn't contravene the law anywhere.

If you are mentioning Biochemistry and quackery in thesame statement, it means you don't know much about biochemistry.

2scorehigh:
In your own opinion, what is the worst university course for someone to study?

Worst in the sense that you will not advise anyone to go for the course.

Worst in the sense that even if you are paid so well to do the course, you will gladly refuse/reject the offer.

Worst in the sense that if you have the power to delete the course from school curriculum forever, you won’t waste any time in doing so...

If you ask me, I'd say it's Microbiology.

I have absolutely no interest at all in the course. In fact, everything about Microbiology gives me the heebie-jeebies!

I asked a friend, and she said it's Music for her.

What about you?

What is/are your reasons for saying so?

Let's hear from you...

BinamRex:


Studying computer science in Nigeria is a waste of time. When I went for NYSC, I went to enroll for a computer programming course and a computer graduate came to enrol too. I was like : "Dude, if you don't know computer programming after spending 4 solid years in school, what did you learn"? He told me he knew a little bit of the theoretical aspect.

MrThisandthat:
Don't know about the worst... But the most useless is Estate Management!

SunShowAfrica:
Have you head about B.A Christian Studies??

If you have no intentions of becoming a pastor, avoid the course

MrThisandthat:
Don't know about the worst... But the most useless is Estate Management!

MrThisandthat:
Don't know about the worst... But the most useless is Estate Management!

mattb1:


Your correct ooo, everyone in Nigeria is a valuer and worst of it you will never be trained on how to carry out valuation

MALIGNANTGuest:

May be miserable in Nigeria where Everyone na Oga. But in d diaspora, u can feed fat on such.
People get paid hugely for just giving professional advice on marital, economic, business issues.

For me I think the most irrelevant Locally & internationally is POLITICAL SCIENCE.
Any human can be a Politician.
In fact, we have Politicians without WAEC.

igbarasdynasty:


You are miserable to say such. That's the most Valuable profession Cashing out Big time in the Real World.
I'm an Architect though.

Nosa111:
Once people start telling you with the course you can work anywhere even at the hospital, companies, banks, police station or even be a politician just know that that course is USELESS

igbarasdynasty:


You are miserable to say such. That's the most Valuable profession Cashing out Big time in the Real World.
I'm an Architect though.

OriakuAmara:
I remember when I got admission back then to read Nursing, there is this girl in the class, very brainy like me*winks*
In 200level, she applied for change of department from nursing to biochemistry, according to her, Biochemistry will push her above nurses in the medical field,
Lalalalala
5yrs after graduation,she started regretting the decision after failing to secure a job while we were changing jobs like tissue.
She later went to a school of nursing and rejoined us in the profession .

Medical laboratory scientist are the only recognized people to handle hospital lab , they don't give breathing space to all these Microbiology, Biochemistry people.
Another No-No courses for me are Human Anatomy and Human physiology 4yrs program
They should be scrapped out.

A relative of mine want to read Agricultural Economics and he needs my advice
Anyone knows anything about the course?

elbarond:
Criminology
It's useless here in Nigeria.

Babafash:
please stop saying some courses are not good to study or that they should be scrapped. I studied human anatomy and am working in one of the federal Medical centre in the country. I earn the same amount as bsc nurses with the Same allowances and benefits. We were both given conhess 7 step 2 as fresh employees. So stop sounding as if nurses as upper hand than anatomist or physiologist

Babafash:
please stop saying some courses are not good to study or that they should be scrapped. I studied human anatomy and am working in one of the federal Medical centre in the country. I earn the same amount as bsc nurses with the Same allowances and benefits. We were both given conhess 7 step 2 as fresh employees. So stop sounding as if nurses as upper hand than anatomist or physiologist

Jman06:
The problem in Nigeria is that the course is already saturated with too many graduates having a B.Sc in Biochemistry. Almost every university in Nigeria offers biochemistry and year in year out they keep churning out graduates of biochemistry. Besides, they are not even properly trained in terms of practical exposures.

By the way, the purpose of BSc biochemistry is not for you to work in medical laboratory. It is a research-based discipline aimed primarily at producing researchers in the field! But here in Nigeria, the purpose has been lost and that is why graduates of biochemistry now see medical lab scientists as enemies and rivals. Meanwhile, medical laboratory scientists are the ones that have the requisite training to man clinical labs. Check your curriculum and compare it with that of medical laboratory science, you'll discover (if you're honest enough) that there's a whole lot of difference.

I think the way forward is for the NSBMB and other stake holders to go back to the drawing board, rediscover the purpose of the course and focus on it, whilst cutting down on the number of intakes into the program and equipping training labs so as to impart the right practical exposures to the students.

This is coming from a biochemistry graduate(2-1) who is now a pharmacist.

Hanibbal:
There is no worst university course. Every course is geared towards knowledge acquisition. Just go to school and get that knowledge. White man does not think this way.

OriakuAmara:

It's a big lie
You read human anatomy and working in FMC as what exactly?
Enlighten us

Airwavez:

In Absu...
Its History and international relations...
The no dey even build faculty block for dem..

Everyday dem dey fight other department for hall

yunqdady:

Cos u have connections, how many physiologists do u have in any hospital. Let's be real. U got lucky or got connected, it's not the norm

2scorehigh:
In your own opinion, what is the worst university course for someone to study?

Worst in the sense that you will not advise anyone to go for the course.

Worst in the sense that even if you are paid so well to do the course, you will gladly refuse/reject the offer. Have you heard of POLITICAL SCIENCE?

Worst in the sense that if you have the power to delete the course from school curriculum forever, you won’t waste any time in doing so...

If you ask me, I'd say it's Microbiology.

I have absolutely no interest at all in the course. In fact, everything about Microbiology gives me the heebie-jeebies!

I asked a friend, and she said it's Music for her.

What about you?

What is/are your reasons for saying so?

Let's hear from you...