pls what is the difference between a specialist physician, a general practitioner and a family physician as seen in the Canadian skilled occupation list?

Thanks a lot Beneli.I am very sure that would help a lot.You are right in saying that we doctors dont know how to prepare for interviews or write a proper cv,its not really our fault you know, we are not really in the coporate environment and especially in nigeria, we are not invited for any interviews as most jobs are based on who one knows as opposed to who is the best.this includes residency placements.its sad to find out that those of us with primaries were not taken after the upth interviews and some people without primaries were given placements.can you beat that?
Thats naija for you.
Pls could you give me an idea of how the health insurance thing works in the civilised societies?also cld it work properly here? the NHIS is a total disaster.from what i know at the hospital i work for,they are given the cheapest drugs,you can imagine they are still given CQ at this day and age.Artesunate is completely out of the question for them,meanwhile thats the who recommended drug.

I have decided to try to get a better job,and save up some money for my mph, whilst i continue to apply for visa lottery to be able to get genuine papers to live and work in the us.
meanwhile ive applied to a school in grenada looking for recently graduated medical doctors from all over the world to lecture kind of like to give tutorials to their medical students whilst preparing for usmle at 4000 us dollars a month.i pray im called for that.
here in nigeria though,i applied for a job at a hmo and attended an interview on monday where the job description was spelt out to me. apparently i am supposed to work on operations of the hmo in the state ie i wld be in charge of some states and endeavour that the hmo functions optimally ie the health care providers and the clients are happy.secondly and more importantly i wld get more clients to get health insurance coverage to the tune of 400million in one year.however i do it they dont care.oops that was scary.
My renumeration for one year wld be 5million with a car and driver.very tempting but where wld i get 400mil naira from?
i need this job to be able to save up for my masters but if i dont deliver esp on the second duty,i wld be kicked out in 6months.
what do i do really?

i cant think of coming to the uk because ive heard so many scary things of getting there and being stuck,moreover i have friends that have been there for years now and have passed all their exams and yet cant get a placement for their residency.so theyve been doing locum jobs which they say pays ok.however i still feel its better than nigeria where one neither sees the money nor the job satisfaction.
how does the HSMP thing work?what are the schorlarship opportunities in the uk?i dont mind doing an mph and then going further to a masters whilst working in an ngo.
someone else asked me to try australia,says his friend went there and is doing so well.apparently all one needs to do is to pass their liscensing exam ie the part one and you wld be given a job immediately with working visa as they are in dire need of doctors. i dont know how true that is and from what ben said,its possible the job opportunities are locum and not training positions.
apparently my best bet is the us and the carribeans.i learnt the us is getting tough,how easy is it to get a visa and working visa at that to these places?what wld one do for survival whilst one is looking for a job?

@mikkyfara, pls dont be confrontational. ben is only trying to state the obvious.
you actually sound like a scammer or else why wldnt you just make your information open.why wld you want to have private information with anyone.
also as you can see,ben is our moderator and has been very helpful to us.pls dont ever insult him again.we are very protective of our own.
you can take your tricks elsewhere ok?

@ben,thanks a lot for what you are doing in this thread. youve really been an inspiration.
also,i just completed my nysc,i am currently working in a private hospital and earning peanuts.i really want to get out of this country but i dont even know where to start from.
a friend of mine suggested i should go into cochrane reviews and i wld benefit tremendously,he got involved 3yrs ago ,this year he got a scholarship to do his mph in southafrica.he has been sponsored to different countries for workshops and seminars.however, i dont even know how to get involved as i require some basic training.
sincerely i wldnt want to do my residency in naigeria as i think its a waste of my time unless its in public health.but why do a full residency in public health when i can do a masters?

what do we think about a career in the hmos[health maintenance organisations?]ie the health insurance industries?most times units in Nigeria are headed by Medical doctors.lots of travelling though.but is there really a future here?at the end of the day wld one regret not opting to go for residency?
it seems to be the in thing and ultimate.

@ ben,
Thanks a lot for reviving this thread.i actually look forward to reading from you everyday as opposed to the previous times i go to bankers forum or shell new generation forum becos of the palpable boredom in our forum.
I think a major problem we have is that of finances and then we cld consider the very tight schedule doctors have to go through to make ends meet here in naija.
Its not easy at all.however information cld help though.
thanks again Ben.lol.

pls be more specific about the positions,qualifications and job description.thank you.

thanks a lot for the post. very kind of you.
I dont know much about the NGO but i know most NGOs
are good places to work in terms of renumeration and job
fulfilment.if one qualifies for the position its good to apply.though the
application form is difficult to download.
thanks again

people help me see what is happening to we doctors.its so bad that we cant even get access to the internet.
how many teaching hospitals have internet access? look at the bankers forum ,shell new generation forum,all
filled to the brim and bubbling. whats happening to Doctors?or are we too busy to have an active forum or just
very boring people?Someone pls talk to me.

pls who knows how to apply for hmo jobs especially zenith ,oceanic and uba.