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Pre-internship Nigerian medical graduates lack basic musculoskeletal competency

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Abstract

Purpose

Our aim was to assess the basic musculoskeletal competency of pre-internship graduates from Nigerian medical schools.

Methods

We administered the Freedman and Bernstein basic musculoskeletal competency examination to 113 pre-internship graduates from seven Nigerian medical schools over a three year period from 2008 to 2010 at the University of Uyo Teaching Hospital. Five specialist residents took the examination to test criteria relevance.

Results

All graduates failed this test, obtaining scores ranging from 7% to 67%. The duration of the orthopaedic posting, and observation of operative fracture fixation, were not significant determinants of the score. The two final-year specialist residents each had a marginal pass in the examination.

Conclusion

Basic musculoskeletal competency among pre-internship Nigerian medical-school graduates is inadequate.

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  1. Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Faculty of Clinical Sciences, University of Uyo, Uyo, Akwa-Ibom State, Nigeria

    Timothy Eyo Nottidge, Edwin Maduakonam Dim & Clement Inyang Udoinyang

  2. Faculty of Clinical Sciences, University of Uyo, Uyo, Akwa-Ibom State, Nigeria

    Timothy Eyo Nottidge

  3. Department of Internal Medicine, University of Uyo Teaching Hospital, Uyo, Nigeria

    Udeme Ekrikpo

  4. Department of Surgery, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria

    Adeleke Olusegun Ifesanya

  5. National Orthopaedic Hospital, Enugu, Enugu, Nigeria

    Richard E. Nnabuko

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Nottidge, T.E., Ekrikpo, U., Ifesanya, A.O. et al. Pre-internship Nigerian medical graduates lack basic musculoskeletal competency. International Orthopaedics (SICOT) 36, 853–856 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00264-012-1485-x

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