This is a piece of exciting news as reported by Leadership newspaper. The newspaper reported the NMA president as saying: "Chairman of Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Kaduna Chapter, Dr Sheyin Madaki, has said that doctors in the contemporary economic hardship needed alternative sources of income. Madaki added that doctors must begin to look at entrepreneurship, mentoring, business and innovative ideas as additional streams to help solve the challenges of their low income" (highlight mine).
This call is relevant for all medical and dental professionals across our nation in the present economic situation but most important to note is his emphasis on "...entrepreneurship, mentoring, business and innovative ideas..." This indeed is a highly welcome suggestion and the need for dental technologists to start looking at how to embrace entrepreneurship, mentoring, business and innovative ideas.
What does this mean to you as a dental technologist? In my opinion, start thinking of teaming, and pooling resources together to establish dental laboratories across Nigeria and show your skills. It also means that the Association of Dental Technologists of Nigeria (ADTN) should create skill centres that will be managed for the benefit of dental technologists around the reachable distance of the skill centre. For purposes of giving credit to skills acquired at the centres, ADTN should synergize with the Dental Technologists Registration Board (DTRBN) for recognition of skills successfully gained at the centres.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
- ADTN should create skills centres to address skill gaps that will help technologists gain confidence in becoming entrepreneurs. These centres shall train technologists on business models most suitable for them.
- Individuals can sell their skills by establishing skills centres and placing advertisements to train colleagues willing to brush up their skills or learn new skills altogether.
- ADTN should establish mentorship programmes (deliverable online and face-to-face).
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