Working and Teaching in Northern Nigeria

Abstract

Work in Nigeria covered a wider range of activities during two years than would be expected during a similar period in the UK. It was a challenging experience as well as being hugely educational. In many ways it is much harder to return to the UK when one's perspective on life and work has been altered as a result of this experience. Work in Nigeria covered a wider range of activities during two years than would be expected during a similar period in the UK. It was a challenging experience as well as being hugely educational. In many ways it is much harder to return to the UK when one's perspective on life and work has been altered as a result of this experience. Biography: Miss Determeyer trained at Queen Margaret College, Edinburgh (1980–83), worked as a physiotherapist at Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, and went to Nigeria with VSO from 1985–87. She returned to take up a post as senior physiotherapist at the Wolfson Medical Rehabilitation Centre while studying primary health care education at the Institute of Education, London. Miss Determeyer returned to Nigeria in January 1989 to carry out a feasibility study on primary health care for VSO.