By Sade Adewale, Ondo
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A renowned medical doctor and the current Secretary-General of the Pan African Writers Association (PAWA), Dr Wale Okediran has been appointed as an Adjunct Lecturer at the Institute of Health Humanities, University of Medical Sciences (UNIMED) Ondo.
The Vice-Chancellor of UNIMED, Prof. Adesegun Fatusi, said, the University is very excited to have Okediran join its staff.
He is expected to use his wealth of experience as a medical practitioner, an award-winning author, newspaper columnist, biographer, film producer and literary administrator to teach medical students as well as students of other health professions and health science fields, the art of Creative Writing.
Fatusi said UNIMED, which was established in December 2014, is Nigeria’s first specialised university of health and medical sciences and has the largest collection of health professional courses in the Nigerian university system.
According to him, UNIMED recently established the Institute of Health Humanities for strengthening arts and humanities education in the health profession curricula.
This integration of humanities and health profession training, which has been in practice in many Western medical schools has been demonstrated to contribute significantly to the production of well-rounded and highly empathetic health personnel.
Okediran is also a former Member of the Nigerian House of Representatives from 2003 to 2007 contributing to advocacy, regional dialogue and policy development, leading to improvements in health across Africa.
He has rendered consultation services for several international and local development agencies Dr Okediran is offering his services to UNIMED on a pro-bono basis. He is expected to resume duty on July 1, 2023 and work largely virtually.