ChiemezieMadu

 

Personal views on society, culture, politics, policy, church, religion and people

Is plenty ever enough?

I read a story recently on popular Nigerian music producer, Don Jazzy gifting his friend a wrist watch worth almost a hundred million Naira ($60,000) and it made me reminisce on the Don Jazzy-D'Banj story; two promising young men with identical origins but diverging...

Knowledge: to know or to know how to know?

One of the most dreaded forms of examination in medical school was viva (short for viva voce which means oral interviews). Here, in a face-to-face interview with your examiners you are asked questions from within (and even outside) the curriculum and are expected to...

A brief perspective on Caroline Elton’s book: Also human – the inner lives of doctors

I first met Caroline Elton at a medical conference late last year. Her biography as she was introduced as the next speaker was resounding; an occupational and counselling psychologist specializing in career counselling, with decades of experience behind her. No sooner...
Is plenty ever enough?

Is plenty ever enough?

I read a story recently on popular Nigerian music producer, Don Jazzy gifting his friend a wrist watch worth almost a hundred million Naira ($60,000) and it made me reminisce on the Don Jazzy-D'Banj story; two promising young men with identical origins but diverging...

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Knowledge: to know or to know how to know?

Knowledge: to know or to know how to know?

One of the most dreaded forms of examination in medical school was viva (short for viva voce which means oral interviews). Here, in a face-to-face interview with your examiners you are asked questions from within (and even outside) the curriculum and are expected to...

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The books I read in 2023

The books I read in 2023

2023 was my fourth consecutive year of 'aiming' to read one book each month. I started in March 2020; so far so good. I wrote a similar article last year summarizing the books I read the previous year (The books I read in 2022). Here's a summary of the books I read in...

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The last time I cried…

The last time I cried…

I vividly recall the last time I cried like it happened only yesterday. It all started on a casual morning in mid-2015 when I was working as a medical officer in a private hospital in Auchi, Edo state, just having completed my National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) year....

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