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The particular value of patient care experience in public health Taking breaks in your career and learning to avoid burnout-Take care of you! Working at the frontlines of COVID in Singapore in 2020 What she studied for her undergraduate and her many interests and work experiences as a public health swiss army knife! The decision to pursue medicine and what she enjoys about being at the frontlines of patient care Her experience taking care of family during the peak of the AIDS pandemic in Zimbabwe and similarities of the HIV pandemic with COVID for health care workers Her 16 year career in public health medicine starting from her background and what motivated her to want to work in public health Nikki Kay a specialist Public Health physician currently based at the Duke-NUS Medical School Centre of Regulatory Excellence (CoRE) and SingHealth Duke-NUS Global Health Institute (SDGHI) in Singapore.
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Skills and training that she has found valuable in her current work form Pharmacy school and beyond Importance of mentors and aligning with mentors that focus on what you are interested in The power of trying out different things in your career and being open to different experiences Research and ability to generate evidence that makes an impact in What more looks like for Temitope in public health How her many internship experiences influenced and motivated her to want “more” The different types of pharmacy practice and the different levels
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Overview of Pharmacy training Nigeria and the national requirements for licensing Her motivations to explore regulatory work and work at a macro levelĭetails of different internship and placement experiences, what she enjoyed and what she learnt there Her pharmacy background and how she ended up studying pharmacy In this episode we chat with Temitope Ben-Ajepe, a pharmacist and public health consultant from Nigeria.