Medicine. Technology. Art.

  I always tell my lover I love the video of the song “1 milli” by Davido. And I use every opportunity I get to see the video to tell my muse the reason while grinning from ear to ear, now you get to read it. That video, like most videos that features a lot of people, typical people not vixens, gives me unfound happiness. You see, it’s about the quality of life, portrayed or otherwise, of those women and men on the screen. You watch the “1 milli” video or “Buga” and some other videos that older adults feature and you must notice that they are jumping with glee, full and natural laughter. At that point in time, music is merging with humanity, nature and health. No thoughts about hypertension, diabetes mellitus or osteoarthritis. The new guy, “Official Starter”, who dances with middle-aged and elderly market women confirms this narrative further. Look at her favourite grandma dancing and trying to perform a choreography and you will notice you are less concerned about the perfection ...

Like most things in Nigeria, medical education is plagued by a lot of factors that affect its excellence. A lot of mitigating circumstances affect this very important subset of the entire Nigeria educational structure which by extension affects the future of healthcare delivery in the nation. Issues ranging from laboratory engagements to research expertise are grossly neglected during the "6+x" years most medical students spend acquiring a medical degree. To highlight a few: Structure of medical exams, Topic presentations, External postings, COBES(Community-based education and service) Didactic lectures, Laboratory skills, Final year projects, And many more. For specificity, this writ will focus on the underperformance and underutilisation of final-year research work in the medical community. In most universities, final-year medical students are expected to produce research work which is almost always in the public health course. I had an amazing experience during my final ye...