Nigerian Air Force Holds Orientation Training For Recently Graduated Medical Tradesmen On Basic Military Training Course

Nigerian Air Force Holds Orientation Training For Recently Graduated Medical Tradesmen On Basic Military Training Course

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Medical Services Branch has held an orientation course for new Medical tradesmen and women of the Basic Military Training Course (BMTC) 40/2019 who were enlisted into the Service on 15 February 2020 after completing 6 months of intensive basic military training. The one-day orientation training, which took place today, 17 February 2020, at the Nigerian Air Force School of Medical Sciences and Aviation Medicine (NAFSMSAM) Kaduna, was aimed at apprising the new airmen and airwomen of their roles and responsibilities as NAF Medical personnel.

The 64 new medical personnel were taken through a series of lectures, interspersed with engaging interactive sessions, covering subjects such as “The History of the NAF Medical Services”; “Role of the NAF Medical Services in Support of NAF Operations” as well as “Professional and Work Ethics of the NAF Medical Services Branch”. Others are “NAF Core Values”; “Aviation Medicine Services in the NAF and NAF Medical Standards”; “Career Progression” as well as “Attitude and Behaviour of Healthcare Workers to Patients”. The programme, which had its resource persons drawn from NAFSMSAM, also had the NAF Chief of Medical Services, Air Commodore Gideon Bako, in attendance.