Healthcare Education in Nigeria

Evolutions and Emerging Paradigms
1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-0-367-65035-3
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 270 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 418 g

Reihe: Routledge African Studies

This book provides a comprehensive and authoritative assessment of the training of health professionals in Nigeria, looking back to how health care education has evolved in the country over time, before investigating new and emerging trends.

The book begins with a discussion of the fundamentals of health care education, the art of teaching health care students, and modeling professionalism in health care. The book highlights the work of pioneer Nigerian health care academics, and explores the administration of health care education at departmental level. Finally, it highlights the role of elite Nigerian health care academics in the diaspora, chronicles contemporary challenges in health care education, and makes recommendations for reform.

This book will be of interest to students, scholars, and practitioners working on health care education in Africa.

Zielgruppe

Academic, Postgraduate, Professional, and Undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Balogun, Joseph A.

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete AINS Schmerzmedizin & Schmerztherapie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Historische & Regionale Volkskunde

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. The Fundamentals of Healthcare Education 2. The Art of Teaching in Healthcare Education 3. Teaching and Modeling Professionalism in Health Professions 4. Administration of Healthcare Education Departments 5. The Evolution of Healthcare Education in Nigeria 6. Pioneer Nigerian Healthcare Academicians 7. Emerging Paradigms in Nigeria’s Healthcare Education 8. Contemporary Challenges in Nigeria’s Healthcare Education System 9. Reforming Nigerian’s Healthcare Education System 10. Elite Nigerian Healthcare Academics in Diaspora

Über Autor(innen)

Joseph A. Balogun is a Distinguished University Professor at the College of Health Sciences, Chicago State University, USA, and Emeritus Professor of Physiotherapy and Associate Director of Research Development and Innovation at the University of Medical Sciences, Ondo City, Ondo State, Nigeria.