Nigeria: Don't Call Me Chief: The Need to Redefine Respect in Nigeria's Medical Community

opinion

Recently, while surfing Twitter, I saw a tweet about reforms needed within the Nigerian medical community. These included respecting medical interns (house officers), adopting more casual dressing by medical doctors and a call on consultants to stop the abuse of residents, house officers and medical students. The tweet brought back for me painful memories of how junior doctors and medical students are routinely bullied by senior doctors in Nigeria’s medical community.
I could not resist responding to the tweet - I asked junior colleagues to stop calling their seniors, Chief.

Doctorgabby.com‏ @drerhumu 21 Dec 2018

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