₦airaland Forum

Fyi0:
1. I'll give an example with the university of Port Harcourt medical and pharmacy schools. Over here, 200 level pharmacy students offer 13 courses in the first semester and 13 courses in the second semester. Medical students offer 5 courses in their first semester and 5 courses (anatomy, physiology, medical Biochemistry, one other course and COMMUNITY SERVICE).
This should give you an insight of the work hours inputted. The pass mark for more than half of pharmacy courses is 60%. Where else would you get that?

2. Have you tried studying pharmacognosy? Having to memorize the pathways and synthesis of various organised and unorganized vegetable drugs? The biosynthesis of natural products? Perhaps you should be told about the much dreaded pharmaceutical and medicinal chemistry courses. Or about the dispensing practical courses where a single mistake can get you out of the faculty.
I need not tell you about pharmaceutical technology or the dreaded pharmaceutical biotechnology practicals. The intensive pharmaceutics practicals?

Which other course do students do IT only on Fridays and Saturdays while at the same juggling it with 14 courses? I need not even talk about the clinical pharmacy courses and rotations.

2. Spare me that please. A very recent study by Havard University placed engineering as the most difficult course. In the list philosophy was the seventh most difficult course. What do you make of that?

3. Doctors are rewarded more than pharmacists in the hospital. The doctor is rightfully at the helm of affairs in running a hospital. Most pharmacists make multiples of what the doctor makes in their pharmacies. Pharmacists working in the industries, especially pharmaceutical industries get paid more handsomely than a doctor earns in the hospital.

4. Last academic session, the university of Port Harcourt admitted 70 students into pharmacy while 120 candidates where admitted to study medicine.
Pray tell me, which one is more competitive?

Cheers.

I remember when i was in part one, a faculty of science student was trying to tell me that they offer more courses and hence their lectures are tougher, simply because they offer 12 courses in first semester and 11 courses in second semester, while we offered only 4 courses for the whole session....
I had to make him understand that even the maths we do in my class ain't mates with all the math courses they offer in part one (our lecturer drills us as if we are in Mathematics department Lol) ....

Fyi0:
What difference does it make? In pre- pharmacy school which is 100 level, if you fail a single course you repeat. Throughout the course of your pharmacy school you are not allowed to repeat twice.

The fact is Pharmacy school is far more tough than medical school.

Getting withdrawn after repeating twice doesn't make a course tough..... The bulky nature and how brain tasking a course is, makes it tough.....
Now quote me let's talk about the bulkiness of both courses (med and pharm)

Longluk:
E wo oooo....which medical school ooooo. Egbami! Once u failed once here , u are repeating. And once u repeat 2 times in class,
u will be shown the way to ur house.

This OP study dentistry not MBBS. He is just misinforming the public.

It's not the matter of dentistry or MBBS...

In Preclinicals, u would get withdrawn when u repeat twice.... But in clinicals, like someone above me rightly mentioned, u are allowed to repeat five times (at least, that's how it's done in my school)....

Ksudr:
Hahahaha. I can relate to this.. Welcome to College guys.

Hhhhhh...... Dr. Boniface, sure you would.... Lol

bigpicture001:
Still highly irrelevant bro..dentistry

U think they spend a rigorous 6 to 7 yrs with sleepless nights, jst to study an "irrelevant" course right?? Keep deceiving ur self....I am a type of person that believes that there is always a reason for everything....
And i always say this "do ur research"

DemgadTinko:
Please you guys should stop attacking the OP , We all know that all courses are relevant. Hence ,that's why the course was created in the first place. However, he is talking about how easy it is for a graduate of such courses to get jobs in this present Nigeria . Are they high in demand for their Expertise?

What is the need of studying Biochemistry and search for Job in that particular field for 7 years? ( unless you want to do Bank marketing: this is no longer in that field ) instead of studying courses like journalism & Mass communication , Accounting ,Medicine and surgery ,Education,Law ,Architecture, Civil engineering , ICT(Web design and security i.e computer science and engineering |)that are in so much in demand in Nigeria at this moment?

His point is that why should a young vibrant fellow go into an area /field in which his/her chances of being utilized or getting employment is very limited especially in Nigeria instead of going into a field where your services are mostly needed and in great demand?

in a clinic , how many Dentist do you see they employed ? as well as how many people in Nigeria even visit their dental clinic/dentist regularly?

even as a biochemist , whether in an hospital or food industry how many did you see they employ there ? compare to people graduating in those courses across Nigeria . ? Your guess is as good as mine. its obvious Supply is way bigger than the Demand


So,as it is now in Nigeria,We had better go learn vocational skills than studying some courses . Vocations such as Fashion designing ,Cake baking, Hair styling & barbing amongst several others are high in demand than some of this courses that are relevant but low in demand.


by the way im a Biochemist by training but no longer in the field (doing something else now ) . and i wouldn't want to say i regretted studying it . However , i wished i studied other in-demand courses .

You speak of number of dentist /dental surgeons employed in a hospital.... Have u ever sit back and ask ur self how many students gain admission to study BDS in a year? Have u ever asked ur self how many BDS Students end up graduating from school every year across the country??....

Have u ever asked ur self why you would never see an unemployed dentist/dental surgeon??
It’s simple Economics bro, "the lower the supply, the higher the demand"
Let's be informed....

bigpicture001:
Its funny how u ended up making sure u insult me..even when I raised the white flag....i can b very very abusive..nd for that have been barred more than 15x...

Now, the diffrence between me and you is that am a realist while u are a theorist...if u must know from reality, med. and surg. Has started to experience difficulty In having gainful employment..it starts to manifest even from days of housemanship...ask graduate doctors..nd here for urself...

Private attachment for practice abound..but most represent underemployment...most graduate docs..are not enterprenuer driven. They cant create jobs..they only want to b employs...so yes..i will say that unemployment is also seeing increase in the med. and surg profession

We know about the underemployment in the medical profession bro (which is because of how messed up the system is) .... But that doesn't make it irrelevant....
Just drop this argument pls....
That was how u were saying dentistry is irrelevant, but i'm sure by now, u would have known better..... Peace out!!!

Evangkatsoulis:
Mechanical engineering can never be irrelevant mr man.

The same way Dentistry and Economics can never be irrelevant....
I'm jst dancing to the OP's tune here, ok? .....

He tried to single out some courses, when we all know that it's a general phenomenon in this country....
Some of the courses he mentioned above are even more marketable than the course he is studying (home and abroad). Do u knw how many mechanical eng. Graduates are still unemployed today in this country??.....
Pls, let's be informed before we open a thread like this.

You guys should stop wasting your time trying to enlighten the OP...
I gave up on him the moment i saw dentistry and Economics... He is unredeemable....
Especially when i saw "dentistry" , i was shocked.... It's obvious he didn't do his home work well....

The funny thing is that the OP is studying MECHANICAL ENGINEERING in NIGERIA, now tell me about irrelevance.....

OP, i suggest you do your research before bringing up things like this...

Congratulations to all the MBBS/BDS Students that were just admitted into Unimaid...... I wish u all the very best, but hey, the journey has only just began....

Just Watch out for "Malama" in your 100L and you would be fine....