Medical Lecturers Get Commendation

BY Reliable Click, 23 JUNE 2014

Best graduating doctor in pharmacology from the University of Uyo, Dr Idongesit Eseneyen, has given kudos to Nigerian medical lecturers for their efforts to impart knowledge to students despite deficiency in technology in the country.

Recounting her experience and the challenges of medical school, Eseneyen, who is also the youngest graduating medical doctor in her batch at 21, ascribed her success to God and the very practical assistance and encouragement from lecturers of the Department of Medical Sciences, University of Uyo.

"I would say that the Nigerian medical schools are doing their best, considering their limited resources and technologies. Lecturers in the medical schools have this feelings to impact to the best of their abilities; they have the zeal for teaching, they give their all, even though the facilities may not be hi-tech, but the lecturers make sure that they impact all they can".

Eseneyen who recalled that she was admitted with over 70 others, regretted to relate that only 22 made it to the final year, with just 12 graduating on the first batch. She therefore advised youngsters contemplating medicine as a profession to calculate the cost in terms of time, stress and attention and be prepared to cope before taking up the course to avoid any frustrating withdrawal.

"Through these years, a lot has happened, the class gets transformed or remodeled, because many students repeated classes and many students dropped. For instance, in our year one, we were over 70 admitted then out of that about 22 made it into the final year and just 12 graduated.

"Those contemplating studying medicine should ensure they can handle stress because personally I used to under-estimate the kind of stress I was going to face when I got into the school. You must be ready to make a lot of sacrifices to be successful, be ready to face failures because failure is almost inevitable in medical school", she advised.