Health Professions in Nigeria: An Interdisciplinary Analysis

✍ Scribed by Joseph Abiodun Balogun

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Year: 2021
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 198
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book provides a unique assessment of the Nigerian healthcare system's different professions. It begins by examining the fundamentals of health professions to contextualize the issues explored in the book in more detail. It goes on to present the hierarchy of occupations, professionalization, and the evolutionary path and socialization milestones that occupations attempting to attain true professions' status and power transcend. It also analyses the differences between professional autonomy, direct access, and independent practice. The latter parts identify Nigeria's primary healthcare professions and vocational careers and discuss their central roles, each discipline's specialty; including the biography of 35 notable pioneer Nigerian healthcare professionals during the 19th and early 20th centuries. The book concludes by analyzing the causes and adverse impacts of interprofessional conflict and industrial action within the Nigerian healthcare system and proposes the interdisciplinary team concept as a panacea for both conundrums.

✦ Table of Contents

Foreword
Preface
Below Are a Few Comments from the Reviewers of This Book
Acknowledgments
Contents
About the Author
List of Figures
List of Tables
1: The Fundamentals of Health Professions
Introduction
Professional Hierarchy
What Is Professionalization?
Autonomy and Independent Practice
Regulatory Boards/Councils
Professional Association/Society
Conclusion
References
2: The Healthcare Professionals in Nigeria
Introduction
The Healthcare Professions in Nigeria
Physician
Dentist
Physiotherapist
Occupational Therapist
Pharmacist
Optometrist and Dispensing Optician
Medical Laboratory Scientist
Radiographer
Nutritionist
Dietitian
Prosthetist and Orthotist
Biomedical Engineer/Technologist
Public Analyst
Audiologist
Speech Therapist (Speech-Language Pathologist)
Veterinarian
Clinical Psychologist
Social Worker
The Professionalization Milestones of Major Health Disciplines
Capacity of the Healthcare Professionals Workforce
Distribution of the Healthcare Professions’ Workforce
Gender Inequity Among Healthcare Professionals
Conclusion
References
3: Health Occupations (Vocational Careers) in Nigeria
Introduction
Nurses
Midwives
Pharmacy Technicians
Physiotherapy Aides/Technicians
Medical Laboratory Technicians/Assistants
Occupational Therapist Assistants
Medical Record Officers
Community Health Workers
Dental Therapists
Dental Technologists/Therapists
Environmental and Public Health Workers
Complementary and Alternative Medical (CAM) Practitioners
Training of the Health Occupation (Vocational Career) Workforce
Training of Occupational Therapist Assistants, Medical Laboratory Technicians/Assistants, Dental Technologists/Technicians, Complementary and Alternative Medicine Practitioners
Training of Nurses and Midwives
Training of Pharmacy Technicians
Training of Medical/Health Records Personnel
Training of Community Healthcare Practitioners
Training of Dental Technologists and Therapists
Training of Environmental Health Officers
Training of Complementary and Alternative Medical Practitioners
Distribution of Health Occupation Workers
Conclusion
Appendices
Appendix 1
Nursing
Appendix 2
Pharmacy Technician
Appendix 3
Medical/Health Records
Appendix 4
Community Health Practitioners
Appendix 5
Dental Technologists and Dental Therapists
Appendix 6
Environmental Health and Community Health Officers
References
4: Notable Pioneer Nigerian Health Care Professionals
Introduction
Methodology
Results
Physicians
Dentists
Pharmacists
Physiotherapists
Nurses
Discussion
Conclusion
References
5: Interdisciplinary Healthcare Team: A Panacea to Curtail Interprofessional Conflict and Industrial Action in Nigeria
Introduction
Operational Definitions
Causes and Adverse Impacts of the Industrial Action Crises
Conflicts Among Healthcare Professionals
Causes and Dimensions of the Crisis
Management of Interprofessional Conflict
Types of Healthcare Teams
Benefits of the Interdisciplinary Team Approach in the Delivery of Healthcare
Characteristics of a Successful Interdisciplinary Health Team
Leadership Controversy
Current State of Interdisciplinary Collaboration Within the Nigerian Healthcare System
Recommendations on Fostering Interdisciplinary Collaboration
Adoption of the Interdisciplinary Teaching Method in Healthcare Education Programs
Training of Healthcare Leaders Who Will Manage the Health System
Primary Healthcare and African Traditional Medicine Curricula Reform
Teaching and Modeling of Professionalism and Ethics
Engage Health Professional Students in Community Service-Learning
Improvement of Work Condition
Conclusion
References
Index