Scaling Up Numbers and Competency of Graduating Medical and Dental Students in Nigeria: Need to Improve Medical Trainers’ Competency in Teaching

Author:

Yarhere IE1,Ogundipe O2,Williams A3,Farouk AG4,Raji Y5,Makanjuola V6,Adeboye MAN7

Affiliation:

1. Department of Paediatrics, University of Port Harcourt, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria

2. Department of oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria

3. Department of Anaesthesia, Federal Medical Centre, Lokoja, Kogi, Nigeria

4. Department of Paediatrics, University of Maiduguri, Maiduguri, Borno, Nigeria

5. Departments of Internal Medicine, University of Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria

6. Department of Paediatrics, University of Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria

7. Psychiatry, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Oyo, Nigeria

Abstract

ABSTRACT Background: With the increasing medical brain drain in Nigeria, there is a need to train and graduate more doctors to fill in the gaps created to mitigate the effects. To meet this goal, the trainers need to evolve and have the competency to deliver quality training for many more enrollees in medical schools. Aim: This study aimed to gather information about the perception of medical teachers’ need to obtain certification in medical education and what this will achieve in scaling up the competency and number of graduating medical doctors. Subjects and Methods: Medical teachers in Nigeria participated in this mixed (quantitative and qualitative) study. Four hundred medical consultants and teachers were randomly selected and sent a semi-structured pre-validated questionnaire; also, a panel discussion was conducted with six medical teachers with other special assignments in universities and postgraduate colleges. Quantitative data were analyzed using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) 24, differences in proportions were calculated using the Chi-square test, and P values <0.05 were considered significant. Results: Two hundred and thirty-eight (59.5%) participants completed the form, 63 (26.5%) had practiced for <5 years, and 114 (47.9%) had >10 years of practice experience. A majority of 168 (70.6%) were physician lecturers in federal or state universities, and 15.5% had obtained certifications of any kind in medical education. Over 80% perceived that medical education training should not be a prerequisite to teach, but a similar percentage believed that faculty medical education training can help scale up the training competency and the number of graduating medical doctors. Conclusion: To scale up the number and competency of graduating medical doctors, medical teachers need to acquire core teaching competency. The respondents and discussants believe that when these core teaching competencies have been fully developed, it will be easier to increase the number of medical students’ enrollees, teach them their curriculum through innovations, and graduate them with improved competencies.

Publisher

Medknow

Subject

General Medicine

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