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 Education › Re: UNIBEN STUDENTS ADMISSION THREAD, 2015/2016 by originbm: 9:47am On Sep 10, 2015 |
Fabzgrace:The ingredient is glutamate.It causes optic neuropathy through excitotoxicity of the optic nerve neurons resulting in cellular apoptosis and baring of the lamina cribosa. You study that in opt 526.Neuropathology.A 500 level course. 1 Like |
| Education › Re: UNIBEN STUDENTS ADMISSION THREAD, 2015/2016 by originbm: 9:32am On Sep 10, 2015 |
Ray360:In any healthcare setting an optometrist is also a doctor like a dentist or medical practitioner.70% of private eye clinics in Nigeria are run by optometrists.I HV a friend in the dept in uniben.If u HV ever been to an eye centre then u HV been treated by an OD.Because they are also designated doctors u may not know that the attending doctor is an optometrist.If u HV not gotten to 500 level in optometry dept u can't know what optometry is about. As a matter of fact,in private practice optometry is much more lucrative than dentistry.That's y dentistry only takes 25 aspirants per class,so that the public sector can absorb them. When next you are in Benin city visit a big hospital like Faith medical centre.Go to their eye section,tell them u need to see a doctor.Who u see is an optometrist. I HV seen terrible comments from even purported students of optometry here... The issue of optometry being in life science in uniben is a political issue...someone saying that optometry is not in college of medicine because it is not as specialized as ophthalmology or dentistry is so funny...perhaps if he or she had done community health in 300 level,he or she would have at least had a little insight into the relationship between optometrists,opticians and ophthalmologists. Its best to give infos only within one's intellectual competence. |
| Education › Re: Share Your 2015 JAMB Result Here by originbm: 7:31pm On Mar 21, 2015 |
LEGITLAYO:Tnks .Whenever u need me am here.Whatever u need to ask.tnks bro. |
| Education › Re: Share Your 2015 JAMB Result Here by originbm: 8:55am On Mar 21, 2015 |
LEGITLAYO:yope.u r right.i have a bit of an interest in both fields.tnks for noticing. |
| Education › Re: Share Your 2015 JAMB Result Here by originbm: 11:23pm On Mar 20, 2015 |
brize:Bros u funny ooo.u wan use laugh kill me.no worry sha i go send u ur beer. |
| Education › Re: Share Your 2015 JAMB Result Here by originbm: 2:16pm On Mar 20, 2015 |
PRISTINEMUSCLES:Bros tnks so much for the encouragement.i will read harder. |
| Education › Re: Share Your 2015 JAMB Result Here by originbm: 12:54pm On Mar 20, 2015 |
pls can 286 make law in uniben?pls someone help |
| Education › Re: Share Your 2015 JAMB Result Here by originbm: 12:49pm On Mar 20, 2015 |
brize:Bros thanks very much.Abeg hw jamb take dey mark their exam?i performed below what i expected 1 Like |
| Education › Re: Share Your 2015 JAMB Result Here by originbm: 9:44am On Mar 20, 2015 |
pls help me check this brize:55939751FJ thanks. |
| Career › Re: Human Anatomy Combined With Radiography - Advice On 2nd Degree (medical Field) by originbm: 8:28am On Dec 31, 2014 |
Lagusta:You see that's the problem with Nigeria.How can you give an advice to someone on an issue u are uninformed about with such certainty.An issue that involves the person's life.I would think that as a medical student you would have internalized the practice of researching before counselling.What if the guy forms a far-reaching judgement based on your clearly uninformed and prejudiced input.At least next time when speaking of issues you are not sure of add a caveat that will enable the person know that you are not sure.That's the stuff that maturity is made of. As for my giving you a "concise lecture on what a radiographer does",i think you can google it up. And they are more appropriately called Imaging Scientists. 5 Likes |
| Career › Re: Human Anatomy Combined With Radiography - Advice On 2nd Degree (medical Field) by originbm: 2:16pm On Dec 17, 2014 |
Lagusta:How can someone in the medical field make this kind of egregiously inane comment.Is this the calibre of doctors that our teaching hospitals now produce...i am short of words. 1 Like |
| Romance › Re: Ladies, Would You Date A Guy Who Won't Have Sex Until Marriage? by originbm: 9:19am On Dec 16, 2014 |
But the truth be say there must be a way for person to know what he or she is getting into...wat if the girl has a terrible odour down there,or some strange....abeg me no fit shout...or wat if the guy na closet queen...many factors gat be considered sha.... |
| Education › Re: Uniben Direct Entry 2014/2015 by originbm: 8:25pm On Nov 15, 2014 |
Samlo88:My brother,u doubt when i tell u dat without refraction ophthalmologists wont make half the money they make now? 1.Every body above the age of 45 must wear a prescription lens for at least presbyopia,wen doing near work like reading. 2.Look into a newspaper or magazine and tell me the most popular object aside of clothes....its lenses. 3.Not to talk of myopic,astigmatic,binocular issues.... If not for the presence of quacks in the eye care profession,no specialty would be as lucrative as it is...visit any eye clinic owned by an optometrist or opthalmologist and u would confirm wat i tell you.... 4.Wen u start going for outreach,check out for the section with the longest line,its always the eye section.... like i said ,visit ,ask questions,observe....you will confirm wat i say.... Thank you sir. |
| Education › Re: Uniben Direct Entry 2014/2015 by originbm: 8:08pm On Nov 15, 2014 |
Samlo88:My brother you are very correct.But then whoever pays the piper dictates the tune.The leading members of NOA are private consultants,consulted even by ophthalmologists for complex refraction problems...So they never realized the need for a strong public service policy until recently.As a matter of fact NOA joined JOHESSU for the first time just last 2 weeks.Many of the Bsc optometrists were content to work as appendages for ophthalmologists in Teaching hospitals and so our past continues to haunt us as ophthalmologist refuse to give up any franchise they have been enjoying before.They cant just wake up and give optometrists a chunk of their income because they upgraded their careers.Granted we may be capable,but freedom is never won by reason...freedom comes through struggle....and when it comes to struggle,medical lab scientists are indisputably the giants of the sector.The optometry profession has a lot to learn from them...I respect them immensely for that.... The optometry profession has to work of the flabs on the body of their association which is as a result of indolence and complacency thru feeding from private practice.... What incentive will the body have to push for improved public practice presence when the leaders have private practice and their primary goal is attracting cheap labour?Wont improved welfare for young doctors be at the detriment of their private practices.... Add this to the insecurity of the bsc optometrists who tried to go for the three years upgrade to doctor but failed after repeated attempts...such people will clutch to any straw thrown to them by ophthalmologists,and they dont care,because the first law is survival... I know one that works in nnpc in a state in nigeria who is afraid to let doctors extern there because he is afraid they would replace him with one of them...the ophthalmologist would beg him to get externs for the nnpc clinic but the bsc optometrist employed there would outrightly refuse... So there are many points to the issue....If the bulk of the practitioners in a proffession are private practitioners,and they are the ons who pay the association dues,then the association's policies must be biased in their favour.... But things are changings,younger doctors are coming to the helm of affairs,the need for public practice presence is now being felt keenly... Nigeria has less than 2600 ODs in the countries,so they are not that much...absorption is not the problem...the policy of the NOA is....but i cant say everything here....like i said things are changing ,and its for the better... Thank you sir. 1 Like |
| Education › Re: Uniben Direct Entry 2014/2015 by originbm: 8:08pm On Nov 15, 2014 |
Samlo88:My brother you are very correct.But then whoever pays the piper dictates the tune.The leading members of NOA are private consultants,consulted even by ophthalmologists for complex refraction problems...So they never realized the need for a strong public service policy until recently.As a matter of fact NOA joined JOHESSU for the first time just last 2 weeks.Many of the Bsc optometrists were content to work as appendages for ophthalmologists in Teaching hospitals and so our history continues to hunt us as ophthalmologist refuse to give up any franchise they have been enjoying before.They cant just wake up and give optometrists a chunk of their income because they upgraded their careers.Granted we may be capable,but freedom is never won by reason...freedom comes through struggle....and when it comes to struggle,medical lab scientists are indisputably the giants of the sector.The optometry profession has a lot to learn from them...I respect them immensely for that.... The optometry profession has to work of the flabs on the body of their association which is as a result of indolence and complacency thru feeding from private practice.... What incentive will the body have to push for improved public practice presence when the leaders have private practice and their primary goal is attracting cheap labour?Wont improved welfare for young doctors be at the detriment of their private practices.... Add this to the insecurity of the bsc optometrists who tried to go for the three years upgrade to doctor but failed after repeated attempts...such people will clutch to any straw thrown to them by ophthalmologists,and they dont care,because the first law is survival... I know one that works in nnpc in a state in nigeria who is afraid to let doctors extern there because he is afraid they would replace him with one of them...the ophthalmologist would beg him to get externs for the nnpc clinic but the bsc optometrist employed there would outrightly refuse... So there are many points to the issue....If the bulk of the practitioners in a proffession are private practitioners,and they are the ons who pay the association dues,then the association's policies must be biased in their favour.... But things are changings,younger doctors are coming to the helm of affairs,the need for public practice presence is now being felt keenly... Nigeria has less than 2600 ODs in the countries,so they are not that much...absorption is not the problem...the policy of the NOA is....but i cant say everything here....like i said things are changing ,and its for the better... Thank you sir. |
| Education › Re: Uniben Direct Entry 2014/2015 by originbm: 7:21pm On Nov 14, 2014 |
Samlo88:The issue my brother is dat whoever is in control of primary eye care is the first point of entry in the eye care profession.This means that the person is d first person the patient will meet if he or she has eye problems.He now can refer to the appropriate practitioner if the case is beyond his competence.That person is the optometrist.The optometrist should now refer to the opthalmologist if there is surgical care or specialised care,or refer to the general practitioner if a systemic disease is diagnosed.But then if the ophthalmologists confine themselves to surgical care and specialist care they wont make enough money...so they want to be primary care provided instead of the tertiary care providers that they are meant to be.They want to collect money for refraction also.Because the fact is that refraction-based proceedures are the money making machine of eye care. They are asking the public to bypass the optometrist who is an eye doctor and go to a general medical practitioner who knows next to nothing about the eyes.This is because the medical doctor will refer the patients to them since they are in the same association,nma.Since the general practitioner knows next to nothing about eye care practice,they will refer even the most simple proceedures to the ophthalmologist thereby making the ophthalmologist richer.But the optometrist knows knows most of the things an ophthalmologist knows and is in a position to diagnose,treat and refer.And so takes money off the table of the ophthalmologists,so they hate optometrists.Optometrists fight for eye care rights with them.So its not a surprise if she comes on air to say that. During the world sight day,optometrists gave a talk show and told the public that every eye problem should be brought to the optometrist who is the primary eye doctor.The optometrist will now refer if the need be. Which is how it should be....With the exception of the brain,the eye is the most complex organ in the human body and it is not just the anatomy of the eye that makes it so,but the interplay between eye and light energy to bring about vision.That's one of the most complex sciences to learn.And of course the eye is an extension of the brain... So how can a general practitioner who did eye only as a special sense course in their final yr even get to touch a patient with eye problem,not to talk of diagnosing and refering. Any general practitioner doing that should actually be arrested.The early optometrists who did bsc optometry has no right to diagnose,or take clinical decision even after 4 yrs in the course how much less general medical practitioners. The ophthalmologist is asking the public to bypass the optometrist and consult with a quack.Of course any general practitioner dabbling into eye care whether as a front for the ophthalmologists or as a real practitioner is practising quackery,just like an ophthalmologist who wants to perform neurosurgery is a quack.That nma states otherwise is immaterial.....my brother politics will be d doom of healthcare in nigeria... |
| Education › Re: Uniben Direct Entry 2014/2015 by originbm: 7:21pm On Nov 14, 2014 |
Samlo88:The issue my brother is dat whoever is in control of primary eye care is the first point of entry in the eye care profession.This means that the person is d first person the patient will meet if he or she has eye problems.He now can refer to the appropriate practitioner if the case is beyond his competence.That person is the optometrist.The optometrist should now refer to the opthalmologist if there is surgical care or specialised care,or refer to the general practitioner if a systemic disease is diagnosed.But then if the ophthalmologists confine themselves to surgical care and specialist care they wont make enough money...so they want to be primary care provider instead of the tertiary care providers that they are meant to be.They want to collect money for refraction also.Because the fact is that refraction-based proceedures are the money making machine of eye care. They are asking the public to bypass the optometrist who is an eye doctor and go to a general medical practitioner who knows next to nothing about the eyes.This is because the medical doctor will refer the patients to them since they are in the same association,nma.Since the general practitioner knows next to nothing about eye care practice,they will refer even the most simple proceedures to the ophthalmologist thereby making the ophthalmologist richer.But the optometrist knows knows most of the things an ophthalmologist knows and is in a position to diagnose,treat and refer.And so takes money off the table of the ophthalmologists,so they hate optometrists.Optometrists fight for eye care rights with them.So its not a surprise if she comes on air to say that. During the world sight day,optometrists gave a talk show and told the public that every eye problem should be brought to the optometrist who is the primary eye doctor.The optometrist will now refer if the need be. Which is how it should be....With the exception of the brain,the eye is the most complex organ in the human body and it is not just the anatomy of the eye that makes it so,but the interplay between eye and light energy to bring about vision.That's one of the most complex sciences to learn.And of course the eye is an extension of the brain... So how can a general practitioner who did eye only as a special sense course in their final yr even get to touch a patient with eye problem,not to talk of diagnosing and refering. Any general practitioner doing that should actually be arrested.The early optometrists who did bsc optometry has no right to diagnose,or take clinical decision even after 4 yrs in the course how much less general medical practitioners. The ophthalmologist is asking the public to bypass the optometrist and consult with a quack.Of course any general practitioner dabbling into eye care whether as a front for the ophthalmologists or as a real practitioner is practising quackery,just like an ophthalmologist who wants to perform neurosurgery is a quack.That nma states otherwise is immaterial.....my brother politics will be d doom of healthcare in nigeria... thank you sir 1 Like |
| Education › Re: Uniben Direct Entry 2014/2015 by originbm: 8:38pm On Nov 13, 2014 |
chidarlus:Haha,my bro,this is just fun and informative...there is no rancour,believe me i actually admire u...maybe one day we'll really meet... 1.2 of the links i gave u are for 2014,including the one for edo state. 2.If u r on conhess 9,then u have been promoted,mls dont start on conhess 9.give me a link that has ever advertised mls on conhess 9. 3.U said optometrists dont consult in private cinics....hahaha....i will advice u to at least read up b4 u write...Optometrists are the only health care professionals(aside of medical doctors and dentists) dat are LEGALLY permitted to diagnose,integrate clinically,prescribe both topical and systemic drugs whether therapeutically or diagnostically,prescribe aids and lenses,and prove the full spectrum of clinical care...do u need a link to optometrist enablement act? 4.Refracting in itself is a specialty.Its one of richest proceedure in eye care....ophthalmologists make the bulk of their cash from refraction....how many ocular surgeries do u think is performed by the average ophthalmologist in a yr? 5.The only proceedure that an optometrist is not permitted to perform in nigeria is surgery.That is the precint of the ophthalmologist just like refaction is the precint of the optometrist. 6.Optometrist refer not only to ophthalmologists when necessary,but to neurologist or pcp... 7.Opticians are better called dispensing optics professionals.They dispense prescriptions written by the optometrist or ophthalmologist.And they are trained to interprete prescriptions and dispense the prescriptions just like a pharmacist dispenses drugs.They dont refract.Only optometrists and ophthalmologists refract,even though ophthalmologists are not very good in it. 8.Have u ever been to an eye clinic?u think in a private eye clinic u can differentiate between the optometrist and ophthalmologist? 9.Ophthalmologist only come in when some serious situations that may require general anaesthesia presents.In many optometry clinics,opthalmologists are only called when surgical services are needed...look up optometric eye clinics...u should. 10.Optometrists are primary eye care practitioners.Find out what it means. 11.Am sorry,wat do u mean by medical lab consulting?do u carry out diagnosis and institute treatment?dont make me laugh....medical rehabilitation comes b4 mls...sorry,but thats the truth.... 12.I have told u the reason for the apparent disinterest of optometry in public service..its wat it is... 13.The apparent trouble u guys have is dat u have not seen mega eye clinics...get to abuja,port or Lagos... 14.How can a medical lab scientist consult when he is not legally permitted to open a clinic?do u now consult in a lab?This is wonderful...Optometrists own eye clinics,a medical lab scientist cannot own a clinic,and a lab is not meant for consultation,or do u buy cards for lab test now? 15.Optometry ,has always been an independent profession...they hv not shown any willingness to enter into public service,but things are starting to change now...as some are now interested in public service...they hv achieved more than any other health care professions in areas in which they are genuinely interested... 17.It seems like u didnt understand noa's comment....Optometrists are not begging to be primary eye care professionals.They are already primary eye care practitioners legally.They are complaining that the rivalry btw them and ophthalmologist is preventing them from playing their roles in TEACHING HOSPITALS.In other settings they perform their functions of primary eye care practitioner,both in private and state hospitals...Ophthalmologists dont want to start sharing consulting powers with them in the teaching hospitals. 18.Even our student doctors go on outreach in their 500 level to communities where they treat ocular disorders of both refractive and pathological origin... so.... 19.My brother we r just gisting...we are all in the same game...but sha check out facts and no dey make me repeat points i hv already made... we aint fighting,we just gisting...in fact take one bottle of star,i go pay..... 1 Like |
| Education › Re: Uniben Direct Entry 2014/2015 by originbm: 8:25pm On Nov 13, 2014 |
chidarlus:Haha,my bro,this is just fun and informative...there is no rancour,believe me i actually admire u...maybe one day we'll really meet... 1.2 of the links i gave u are for 2014,including the one for edo state. 2.If u r on conhess 9,then u have been promoted,mls dont start on conhess 9.give me a link that has ever advertised mls on conhess 9. 3.U said optometrists dont consult in private cinics....hahaha....i will advice u to at least read up b4 u write...Optometrists are the only health care professionals(aside of medical doctors and dentists) dat are LEGALLY permitted to diagnose,integrate clinically,prescribe both topical and systemic drugs whether therapeutically or diagnostically,prescribe aids and lenses,and prove the full spectrum of clinical care...do u need a link to optometrist enablement act? 4.Refracting in itself is a specialty.Its one of richest proceedure in eye care....ophthalmologists make the bulk of their cash from refraction....how many ocular surgeries do u think is performed by the average ophthalmologist in a yr? 5.The only proceedure that an optometrist is not permitted to perform in nigeria is surgery.That is the precint of the ophthalmologist just like refaction is the precint of the optometrist. 6.Optometrist refer not only to ophthalmologists when necessary,but to neurologist or pcp... 7.Opticians are better called dispensing optics professionals.They dispense prescriptions written by the optometrist or ophthalmologist.And they are trained to interprete prescriptions and dispense the prescriptions just like a pharmacist dispenses drugs.They dont refract.Only optometrists and ophthalmologists refract,even though ophthalmologists are not very good in it. 8.Have u ever been to an eye clinic?u think in a private eye clinic u can differentiate between the optometrist and ophthalmologist? 9.Ophthalmologist only come in when some serious situations that may require general anaesthesia presents.In many optometry clinics,opthalmologists are only called when surgical services are needed...look up optometric eye clinics...u should. 10.Optometrists are primary eye care practitioners.Find out what it means. 11.Am sorry,wat do u mean by medical lab consulting?do u carry out diagnosis and institute treatment?dont make me laugh....medical rehabilitation comes b4 mls...sorry,but thats the truth.... 12.I have told u the reason for the apparent disinterest of optometry in public service..its wat it is... 13.The apparent trouble u guys have is dat u have not seen mega eye clinics...get to abuja,port or Lagos... 14.How can a medical lab scientist consult when he is not legally permitted to open a clinic?do u now consult in a lab?This is wonderful...Optometrists own eye clinics,a medical lab scientist cannot own a clinic,and a lab is not meant for consultation,or do u buy cards for lab test now? 15.Optometry ,has always been an independent profession...they hv not shown any willingness to enter into public service,but things are starting to change now...as some are now interested in public service...they hv achieved more than any other health care professions in areas in which they are genuinely interested... 16.My brother we r just gisting...we are all in the same game...but sha check out facts and no dey make me repeat points i hv already made... we aint fighting,we just gisting...in fact take one bottle of star,i go pay..... |
| Education › Re: Uniben Direct Entry 2014/2015 by originbm: 12:42am On Nov 11, 2014 |
chidarlus:Bro this is a simple issue,just type this on google"Optometry vs pharmacy vs mls salary scale on conhess"Just type it. 1.One thing is that southern CMDs have this resentment for optometrists which make them not take them for internship.thats just professional rivalry. 2.I think their governing body dont care because the situation gives them cheap source of labour. 3.But make no mistake about it,optometry internship,and pharmacy internship are the only ones fully recognised in nigeria among health care professionals excluding medicine and dentistry. 4.If u doubt me ,dial up the requirements for nysc service on the net and u would see that only four profession's internship schemes are made prerequisite for youth service and those are:medicine,dentistry,optometry and pharmacy.U can check it out. 5.That CMDs dont absorb them is because of spite.And it is illegal.Hospitals in the north and middlebelt do,probably because eye diseases are more endemic there. 6.Military establishments do and pay them exactly like medical doctors and more than pharmacists. 7.There is no situation in which a pharmacist can be paid more than an optometrist in hospitals...and in eye hospitals and military hospitals ODs are paid more. 8.The internet is there,check these things out...Check out the issues that led to the creation of conmess/conhess scheme.Check out optometry grade in 2008.it was exactly same as dat of medical doctors.In nma's 14 point secular,the fact that optometry was recieving exacly same salary as themselves was one of thier grouse...check these facts out... |
| Education › Re: Uniben Direct Entry 2014/2015 by originbm: 12:22am On Nov 11, 2014 |
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| Education › Re: Uniben Direct Entry 2014/2015 by originbm: 12:21am On Nov 11, 2014 |
chidarlus:My brother ,one problem i hv with people is that they wont like to verify issues even when every available info is at their disposal... 1.An holder of OD does not need a masters degree to lecture...In d department of optometry there is nothing like graduate assistant or assistant lecturer. 2.An OD together with 2 fellowships is enough to make u a senior lecturer and even professor...a fellowship(e.g FAAO,FNCO etc)is bigger than a phd . 3.In uniben ,only four depts have this modus operandi and they are medicine and surgery,dentistry,pharm d,and optometry.And for these four depts,the pass mark for any of thier courses is 50%. 4.The implication is that an OD,MBBS,BDS or PHARMD(at least until it was suspended) is bigger than any masters degree from all other depts... 5.And of course u know that OD is unclassified...they dont offer first class,second class etc like other depts.An OD is an OD.Just like mbbs and bds. 6.Check around,mls and optometry cant earn the same thing...i never said radiologists,i said radiographers...radiologists are medical doctors specializing in radiological treatment proceedures...radiographers are imaging scientists that take radiographic images and other systematics like ultrasound,ct etc. 7.See,my bro,i can tell u d truth since u r now studying medicine,MLS is d least paid in health professions...they start at conhess 7.Optometrists just stopped earning exactly same amount as medical doctors with the introduction of conmes,conhess system around 2009 or 2010. 9.The call duty was suspended in delta state after tussle with nma.Then optometrists were the only health care professionalscaside of medicine and dentistry being paid call duty. 10.I dont know how the situation over there is now,but on no occassion has mls recievedcsame amount as optometrists...the only guys that come close are pharmacists.....But the problem with pharmacists is that the hospitals started employing pharmacy technicians instead of pharmacists,which lead psn to scrap pharmacy technician course in ubth. |
| Education › Re: Uniben Direct Entry 2014/2015 by originbm: 12:21am On Nov 11, 2014 |
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| Education › Re: Uniben Direct Entry 2014/2015 by originbm: 12:19am On Nov 11, 2014 |
chidarlus:My brother ,one problem i hv with people is that they wont like to verify issues even when every available info is at their disposal... 1.An holder of OD does not need a masters degree to lecture...In d department of optometry there is nothing like graduate assistant or assistant lecturer. 2.An OD together with 2 fellowships is enough to make u a senior lecturer and even professor...a fellowship(e.g FAAO,FNCO etc)is bigger than a phd . 3.In uniben ,only four depts have this modus operandi and they are medicine and surgery,dentistry,pharm d,and optometry.And for these four depts,the pass mark for any of thier courses is 50%. 4.The implication is that an OD,MBBS,BDS or PHARMD(at least until it was suspended) is bigger than any masters degree from all other depts... 5.And of course u know that OD is unclassified...they dont offer first class,second class etc like other depts.An OD is an OD.Just like mbbs and bds. 6.Check around,mls and optometry cant earn the same thing...i never said radiologists,i said radiographers...radiologists are medical doctors specializing in radiological treatment proceedures...radiographers are imaging scientists that take radiographic images and other systematics like ultrasound,ct etc. 7.See,my bro,i can tell u d truth since u r now studying medicine,MLS is d least paid in health professions...they start at conhess 7.Optometrists just stopped earning exactly same amount as medical doctors with the introduction of conmes,conhess system around 2009 or 2010. 9.The call duty was suspended in delta state after tussle with nma.Then optometrists were the only health care professionalscaside of medicine and dentistry being paid call duty. 10.I dont know how the situation over there is now,but on no occassion has mls recievedcsame amount as optometrists...the only guys that come close are pharmacists.....But the problem with pharmacists is that the hospitals started employing pharmacy technicians instead of pharmacists,which lead psn to scrap pharmacy technician course in ubth. |
| Health › Re: The Facts About JOHESU And Doctors Strike by originbm: 12:31am On Nov 10, 2014 |
armadeo:U tell me not to quote u again,sorry i had to quote u...U r wrong on both counts...I know exactly wat ur ophthalmology residency training entails.Believe me...They are our people so we know...But I will be very glad if u will tell me wat ''internship in my faculty" entails....tnks. |
| Health › Re: The Facts About JOHESU And Doctors Strike by originbm: 12:30am On Nov 10, 2014 |
armadeo:U tell me not to quote u again...U r wrong on both counts...I know exactly wat ur ophthalmology residency training entails.Believe me...They are our people so we know...But I will be very glad if u will tell me wat ''internship in my faculty" entails....tnks. |
| Education › Re: Uniben Direct Entry 2014/2015 by originbm: 12:06am On Nov 10, 2014*. Modified: 12:21am On Nov 10, 2014 |
Nigeria is actually a very good place to practice optometry....if u doubt me check out good eye clinics around you...the money is unbelievable....thats why optometrists dont care much about hospital politics...not even dentistry can compare with optometry in private practice...ask around. I once visited a hospital in benin city,Faith hospital to be exact.I went around the whole sections.I went to their dental session no one was there.I went to their outpatient section,just a handfull of geriatric patients.Then i went to their eye section...i couldnt believe the queue i saw there... Visit eye clinics and judge for yourself...infact optometry is one of the few health care professions in which u can becone a millionaire within a short time of establishing a GOOD practice...It may take funds to open a good one,but ur return is more than guaranteed,unlike a medical lab. And have this at the back of your mind,u dont need a medical doctor to tell u to visit an optometrist...like the mls,or to interprete a diagnostic report...the optometrist does everything from beginning to end,from diagnosis to clinical integration,to assessment,to plan, without any input from any other person,and only refers when referral is needed...so i think u should start seeing the great difference btw an OD and a medical lab scientist.... |
| Education › Re: Uniben Direct Entry 2014/2015 by originbm: 12:01am On Nov 10, 2014 |
chidarlus:Hahahah....u say dat the starting salary for a medical lab scientist is wat?Medical lab scientists are the least paid in nigerian health profession.they start from conhess 7.Are u really working at all?Perhaps u dont know that it was only recently dat they stopped paying optometrists call duty?Just type up conhess salaries....Optometry is the highest paid health profession aside of medicine.Only pharmacy compares with them....They pay radiographers much more than mls not to talk of optometry..... Optometry body is tepid because most practitioners make money from independent practice....In independent practice can u compare mls with optometry?Mls no join at all...even physiotherapy is better than them.... Eye hospitals and military establishments pay optometry interns exactly wat they pay medical doctors...its just that majority of the hospitals are in the north and middle belt...Many ODs are in private practice,and they make hell..,even more than the average regular hospitals...mls is not in the equation at all....dats y they are carrying johesu on their head,because if federal govt no pay them,no level for them... And to tell u ,guys that interned in national eye hospital last year were paid 171k per month.So u know say no be beans.... Do u know dat most ophthalmologists are in independent practice?Only few work in govt hospitals?And i tell u dat the highest paid health workers mibus medical doctor are optometrists.go check it up. Not only that ,when mls graduate want to lecture they start from graduate assistant,when optometrists wants to lecture he starts from lecturer 2 just like medical doctors...i.e he jumps graduate assistant,assistant lecturer and goes straight to lecturer 2....get ur facts right. |
| Health › Re: The Facts About JOHESU And Doctors Strike by originbm: 1:06pm On Nov 09, 2014 |
And after the ophthalmologists have done their maximum damage thru surgery they start knocking down the door of optometrists referring for low vision services...Do u know wat it takes to make one low vision assessment and treatment?You think ocular diagnosis is the same with making diagnosis in gynaecology...If an optometrist is not a doctor,then a resident medical practitioner is also not a doctor....Or perhaps u dont know the amount of patients OD refer to opthalmologist for surgical proceedure after full diagnosis?Not to talk of thevfact that an optometrist is trained to fully treat some systemic conditions like diabetes,but simply refer them to pcp to avoid looking greedy... Just know this,invasive proceedures which is the bone of ophthalmology account for only a few percentage of ophthalmic proceedures...And in america optometrists perform surgery...we will soon follow suit here,perhaps then,medicine can really cry... |
| Education › Re: UNIBEN 2014/2015 Admission Guide Thread by originbm: 12:46pm On Nov 09, 2014 |
efedua:Yeah,you are be probably right. |
| Education › Re: UNIBEN 2014/2015 Admission Guide Thread by originbm: 12:45pm On Nov 09, 2014 |
efedua:Yeah,you may be right. |
