Thursday, 28 September 2023

11:00 | Opening Remarks by Chair
            Dr Tade Adeyemo Oladipupo, Medical Director, Ade-Tade Hospital, Akure, Ondo State, Nigeria

            • Welcome address and workshop objectives
            • Introduction of workshop facilitators and speakers

Session 1

11:30 | Panel Session: Exploring the potentials of group practice in Nigeria

            Panelists:
            • Dr Adedoyin Dosunmu-Ogunbi, Medical Director, Duchess International Hospital, Nigeria
            • Dr Akin Sodipo, CEO, Comfort medical Centre, Ibadan, Nigeria
            • Dr Austin Aregbeye Okogun, CEO, Health Physician, Lilly Group of Hospitals in Warri and Benin, Nigeria
            • Dr Blessing Chukwukelu, Chief Consultant Family Physician and Director of Training, R Jolad Multispecialist Hospital, Nigeria
            • Dr Michael Azubike Ileka, Chairman, FIT Healthcare Limited, Enugu, Nigeria

12:00 | Group Practice and health insurance as synergistic tools for a quicker attainment of Universal Health Coverage (UHC)
            Dr Tarry Asoka, Consultant in Health and Development, Independent Consultant, Port Harcourt, Nigeria

12:30 | Group Practice: A Veritable Tool for tackling Brain Drain
             Dr Ebun Bamgboye, Consultant physician and Nephrologist, President, Saint Nicholas Hospital, Nigerian Association of Nephrology, Nigeria

13:00 | Group Practice: A panacea for quality health care delivery
             Dr Segun Ebitanmi, Chief Operating Officer, Outreach Hospitals, Nigeria

13:30 | Lunch break | Exhibition visit

Session 2

14:30 | Models and Workable Legal Frameworks of Group Practice            
             Dr Enejo Abdu, Deputy Registrar, Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN)

15:00 | Group Practice as a Recipe for Good Succession Plan           
             Dr Efunbo Dosekun, Founder, Outreach Group of Hospitals, Nigeria

16:30 | Closing Remarks and Next Steps
            • Summary of key learnings from the workshop
            • Closing address Chair    

17:00 | End of conference