Mentorship and Leadership Training Workshop

This workshop ended in November 2020.

African Centre of Excellence in Population Health & Policy Conference Room
Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano, Nigeria
November 9 – 12, 2020

Mentorship and Leadership in Health

Workshop Objectives

To provide participants with an understanding of the purpose and value of mentorship.
To enable participants gain knowledge on becoming strong mentors.
To aid participants to develop effective and successful mentoring relationships.
To facilitate the ability of participants to employ networking opportunities to build successful research careers.
To learn from real-life leadership experiences of Nigerian public health leaders.

The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) will award 10 CME points to all attendees who complete this course.

Agenda

Topics/Lectures (all times Nigeria)

Time	Topic	Instructor
Day 1
9:00am - 9:30am	Welcome Address	Sheshe (AKTH CMD)
9:30 am – 10:00 am	Introductions	Sani/Aliyu/Wester
9:30 am – 10:30 am	Brief Introduction to the Workshop Format and Agenda/ Faculty/ Participants/ Why you?	Sani
10:30 am -11:00 am	Participant perspectives: Framing the needs (pre-workshop survey)	M. Aliyu
11:00 am – 11:30 am	Break
11:30 am -12:30 pm	Definitions of Mentoring and the Mentoring Team	Wester
12:30 pm -1:30 pm	Goals and Expectations of the Mentoring Relationship	Musa
1:30 pm -2:30 pm	Lunch Break
2:30 pm -3:30 pm	Introduction to Resources and Tools of Mentoring	Sani
3:30 pm -4:30 pm	Leadership in Action/Case Studies in Leadership: Lessons from The National COVID-19 Response	Sani Aliyu
4:30 pm	Adjourn
Day 2
9:00 am - 9:30 am	ReCap of Day 1	Participant
9:30 am - 10:30 am	Time Management	M. Aliyu
10:30 am - 11:30 am	Achieving Work-Life Balance	Wester
11:30 am – 12:30 pm	Lunch Break
12:30 pm – 1:30 pm	How to Give and Receive Feedback	Sani
1:30 pm – 2:00 pm	Break
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm	Self-awareness and Leadership Styles in the Mentoring Relationship	Iliyasu
3:00 pm – 4:00 pm	Mentoring to Support Scientific Writing for Early Career Investigators	M. Aliyu
4:00 pm – 5:00 pm	Lessons…: Nigeria Health Insurance	Prof. Nasir Sambo
5:00 pm	Adjourn
Day 3
9:00 am - 9:30 am	ReCap of Day 2	Participant
9:30 am - 10:30 am	Conflict Resolution: Tips and Techniques	Abubakar
10:30 am - 11:30 am	Transitioning the Mentoring Relationship	Wester
11:30 am – 12:30 pm	Lunch Break
12:30 pm – 1:30 pm	Opportunities & Challenges in Mentoring Health Researchers in the Nigerian Setting	Habib
1:30 pm – 2:00 pm	Break
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm	The V-BRCH Mentor-Mentee program	M. Aliyu
3:00 pm – 4:00 pm	Leadership in Action/Case Studies in Leadership: The National Primary Health Care Development Agency	Shuaib
Day 4
9:00 am - 9:30 am	ReCap of Day 3	Participant
9:30 am - 10:30 am	Introduction to Leadership in Health	Galadanci
10:30 am - 11:30 am	Small Group discussion: which leaders inspire me	Tsiga-Ahmed
11:30 am - 12:30 am	Lunch Break
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm	Leaders: Born or Developed?	Galadanci
1:30 pm – 2:00 pm	Break
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm	Adaptability and Leadership - Pace Color Palette Exercise	Sani
3:00 pm – 4:00 pm	Emotional Intelligence and Team Building	Musa
4:00 pm – 5:00 pm	Leadership in Action/Case Studies in Leadership: The National Agency for Control of AIDS (NACA)	G. Aliyu
5:00 pm – 5:30 pm	Group Pictures, Certificates & Adjourn

Speakers

Faculty

	Muktar Aliyu, MBBS, DrPH, Professor of Health Policy & Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, USA. V-BRCH Multiple Principal Investigator

	Mahmoud Sani MBBS, PhD, Professor of Medicine & Consultant Cardiologist, Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Nigeria. V-BRCH Multiple Principal Investigator

	C. William Wester, MD, MPH, Professor of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, USA. V-BRCH Multiple Principal Investigator

	Baba Musa, MBBS, MPH, Associate Professor of Medicine & Consultant Physician, Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Nigeria. V-BRCH Investigator

	Fatimah Tsiga-Ahmed, MBBS, MSc, Assistant Professor of Community Medicine & Director, MS Public Health Program, Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Nigeria. V-BRCH Investigator

	Isa Abubakar, MBBS, PhD, Professor of Community Medicine & Director, Centre for Infectious Diseases Research, Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Nigeria

	Hadiza Galadanci, MBBS, MS, Professor of Obstetrics & Gynaecology & Director, ACEPHAP, Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Nigeria

	Abdulrazak Habib, MBBS, MS, Professor of Medicine & Consultant Physician, Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Nigeria

	Zubairu Iliyasu, MBBS, PhD, Professor of Community Medicine, Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Nigeria

	Aminu Zakari Mohammed, MBBS, MWACP, FMCPath, Professor of Pathology and Former Chief Medical Director (CMD) of AKTH. As the CMD of AKTH from 2011 to 2019, he fostered rapid growth of sponsored research in the institution

Participants

	Kabiru Abdulsalam MBBS Kabiru Abdulsalam is a trained laboratory physician with expertise in chemical pathology, immunology, metabolic medicine, and molecular diagnostics. He is a faculty in Clinical Sciences at Bayero University, Kano. He completed both undergraduate and postgraduate training in chemical pathology and has been involved in a several research projects at a postgraduate level. His areas of special interest are thyroid diseases, diabetes, HIV/AIDS, and chronic kidney disease. Based on several experiences garnered in the past, he is aware of the importance of regular meetings to ensure adequate communication between members of the project team and has mentored several students and colleagues.
	Halima Adamu,J5 MBBS, FMCPaed Halima Adamu is a female indigen of Kano state who completed her academic training in Kano from primary school through tertiary education and obtained a MBBS in 2006 from BUK. She completed postgraduate training at AKTH and became a fellow with NPMCN in Paediatrics (FMCPaed) in 2018, with special interest in paediatric neurology. She is currently developing her career in this field under the mentorship of certified neurologists. Her training has exposed her to many courses in leadership and management, research, training, and capacity building, in addition to clinical expertise. She participates in multiple research studies with both local and international collaborators and has published and presented in conferences and has held positions in medical and non-medical associations.
	Yewande Adeyemo BDS, FWACS (Paediatric Dentistry) Yewande Adeyemo is a Lecturer and Sub-Dean (Academics) and Consultant Paediatric Dentist, Faculty of Dentistry at Bayero University, Kano and Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano State. She is contributing her quota, step by step, to improving oral health-related quality of life in the paediatric age group one smile at a time, which she feels is a strongly motivating factor.
	Jameel Ismail Ahmad MBBS, MBA Jameel Ismail Ahmad is a resilient Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgeon who is keen on making sure interventional cardiovascular services are available locally. Being an Assistant Professor in Surgery has given him the opportunity to teach and mentor undergraduate and postgraduate students and trainees. He believes in using technology and media to attain universal health coverage. He currently chairs a group that has developed and is soon to implement a digital health solution and is working with artists to produce a movie series on heart diseases. He believes in teamwork and altruism to achieve favorable healthcare indices in developing countries.
	Abdullahi Ahmad MBBS, FMCPath/FWACP (Lab Med) Abdullahi Ahmad is a junior faculty member at Bayero University and an Honorary Consultant Pathologist with Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital. He completed his medical degree at University of Maiduguri, and thereafter proceeded to do a residency in Anatomic Pathology. His research interests are in the field of cancer epidemiology.
	Mustapha Ahmed Yusuf MBBS, MSc, PhD Mustapha Ahmed Yusuf is a lecturer with the Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology. He is a young researcher with a medical background (MBBS, MSc, PhD) and has experience in the academics, laboratory, and biotherapy. He has taught students at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels and worked at the antiretroviral centre at AKTH for three years and completed his MSc thesis there. Currently, his research interest is in the area of biotherapy, such as maggot debridement therapy for the treatment of chronic wounds, particularly in diabetic mellitus foot ulcer patients.
	Aliyu Aminu MBBS, FMCpath Aliyu Aminu is a Lecturer and Consultant Pathologist (Medical Microbiologist) at Bayero University Kano and Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano, Nigeria. He has experience and research interest in infectious disease and microbiology (antimicrobial resistance). He also has passion and experience in diagnosis and management of infectious diseases, as well as knowledge and experience in laboratory strengthening and quality management systems and in hospital infection prevention and control.
	Taiwo Amole MBBS, MSc, FWACP Taiwo Amole is a Community Health Physician with special interest in adolescent health. She has a fellowship of the West African College of Physicians and a Master degree in Public Health. Currently, she is the Deputy Director for research at the Africa Center of Excellence for Population Health and Policy at BUK, which affords her the unique opportunity of mentoring both under and post-graduate students, as well as junior colleagues. Taiwo is presently working on adolescent health projects and aims to support the development and implementation of culturally acceptable strategies that improve their sexual and reproductive health service utilization.
	Efejiro Ashano MSc As a public health specialist in Health Informatics and Molecular Diagnostics in APIN Public Health Initiatives, Efejiro Ashano designs and implements data-driven projects aimed at continuous improvement and optimization of the HIV and other healthcare processes. He also provides technical expertise in emerging automated methodologies and technologies involved in molecular diagnostics applied in HIV care and support. In addition to this, he leverages his experience in computationally-aided public health data science in epidemiological and clinical research aimed at providing answers to relevant public health questions focused on delivering innovative and cost-effective program implementation tailored to limited resource settings in Nigeria, Africa, and the World.
	Abubakar Baguda MBBS, FMCPsych Abubakar Baguda completed his primary education at Giginyu Special primary school and his college education at Science College Dawakin Tofa, Kano State, graduating in 1994. He then proceeded to Bayero University Kano and obtained an MBBS in 2004. He completed a fellowship (FMCPsych) in 2015. He is currently working as a Consultant Psychiatrist in the Department of Psychiatry of Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano, Nigeria.
	Usman Bashir, MBBS Dr. Usman Bashir graduated of Bayero University Kano in October 2004 with a MBBS degree. He is serving as a Lecturer/Honorary Senior Registrar to Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital and Bayero University Kano concurrently. He completed his primary school education in Kano and high school at Federal Government College Ilorin, Kwara State Nigeria. At the university I served as Class-Captain (1996-2004) throughout my medical school years and was the immediate Past Director General of Kano State Agency for the Control of HIV/AIDS. He has participated in several studies across various states in the country especially in maternal and child healthcare, operation research in HIV care, support, management and leadership at state and national level. Happily married with 2 children, a boy and a girl.
	Nafisatu Bello-Muhammad MBBS ,FMC ORL Nafisatu Bello-Muhammad is an ear, nose and throat (ENT) specialist. She works as a Consultant Otorhinolaryngologist at Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital and is also a Lecturer at Bayero University Kano, where she teaches medical students and postgraduate students. Her research interests are in Ear,Nose and Throat related diseases in the paediatric age group. She is the Departmental Examination Officer and was awarded “Hardworking Academic Lecturer” in 2016, in addition to being a member of several professional bodies.
	Faisal Dankishiya MBBS Faisal Dankishiya is a medical doctor with special interest in health-related research. Since his graduation from medical school eight years ago, Faisal has participated in numerous studies in several capacities ranging from project design, implementation and analysis. His research experience covers both quantitative and qualitative studies using different study designs. Currently, he is managing an NIH-funded randomised controlled clinical trial that seeks to identify the effectiveness of Lisinopril to retard or reverse progression of kidney disease among HIV positive adults in Nigeria. The study is collaboration between faculty at the Vanderbilt Institute for Global Health and Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital.
	Saudat Habib MBBS, FMCOPH, MHE Saudat Habib received her MBBS from Bayero University Kano (BUK) in 2004, completed a fellowship from the National Post-Graduate Medical College of Nigeria (FMC Ophthalmology) in 2014. She also obtained an MHE from BUK in 2016 and currently serves as a Lecturer and Consultant Ophthalmologist at BUK and Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital. Her research interests include causes of blindness and visual impairment, ocular tumors, refractive errors, glaucoma, and cataracts. She has been involved in training and mentoring of both undergraduate and graduate students.
	Hafsat Ibrahim MBBS, FWACPpaed Hafsat Ibrahim is a young paediatrician with a strong background in general paediatrics and infectious diseases, practicing in the most populous country in sub-Saharan Africa, where communicable and non-communicable diseases abound. Infectious diseases account for up to 80% of all admissions, driving her zeal and enthusiasm for knowledge and research in these areas to build and strengthen her passion for improving care and increasing the knowledge base. She is also currently involved in research in these areas, with multiple publications.
	Rabiu Jalo Ibrahim MBBS, MSc, FWACP Rabiu Jalo Ibrahim is a Lecturer and Public Health Physician working with Department of Community Medicine of Bayero University and Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano, Nigeria. He has always expressed desire and passion to become a public health teacher and researcher; it is his candid opinion that working with committed senior colleagues and mentors within and outside his home country would drive him to excel in the medical field, especially with regards to strategies for the prevention and control of both infectious and non-communicable diseases, tackling public health problems, and preparing him for new challenges.
	Zainab Ibrahim MBBS, FWACP Zainab Ibrahim is a lecturer and consultant chemical pathologist at Kano, Nigeria. Nigeria is one of the world’s most HIV-burdened countries, being home to the second largest population of persons living with the virus. Realizing this huge public health problem kindled my interest in HIV research, and I have since been involved in evaluation of endocrine/metabolic disorders in HIV patients. I specialize in development, validation, quality assessment of biochemical assays, and interpretative commenting of routine and specialized investigations, including dynamic function tests. For the duration of her career, she has mentored a number of medical students and resident doctors.
	Ifeoma Idigbe MSc, AISOW Ifeoma Idigbe is a Research Fellow (Medical Sociologist/Clinical Counselor) and head of the HTS/Counselling Unit, Clinical Sciences Department at the Nigerian Institute of Medical Research (NIMR). She is the Lead of the Social and Behavioural Sciences Research Sub-group and has over twelve years of experience in conducting qualitative research, community engagement and monitoring Research Ethics procedures. She is a reviewer and member of the Ethics Committee and the qualitative lead on several grants. She works with the Care4life team on the PEER Naija study. She is a Trainer of Trainers/Lead Facilitator and has trained over 100 health workers in Nigeria. She is currently an ENRTP Trainee and a recipient of the Director-General’s Young Scientist/Researcher Award. She has presented at national and international conferences, has won several awards, and has over 25 publications. Her research interests are HIV/TB, infectious diseases, NCDs, adolescent/women’s health and the elderly.
	Anas Ismail MBBS, FMCR Anas Ismail graduated from Bayero University Kano (BUK) in 2004, completed residency training in Radiology and a fellowship of the National Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria (FMCR) in 2011, and completed additional training in vascular radiology and image-guided interventions at Medical University of Graz, Austria in 2012. He joined the BUK department of Radiology in 2012 and is currently an Associate Professor. Since joining BUK, and as an honorary consultant at Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, he has been active in teaching undergraduate and post-graduate students in the aspects of vascular and image-guided interventions. He has passion for research in vascular ultrasound and non-communicable diseases (especially sickle cell disease, diabetes, arterial disease and cancers) and has published a number of collaborative scientific papers.
	Shehu Kana MBBS, FWACP Shehu Abubakar Kana is currently a consultant cardiologist at Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano, Nigeria. His goals and aspirations are to be a world-class research fellow, be a a good leader worthy of emulation by younger colleagues, and to impact positively on the lives of my patients, around whom my world revolves. His most relevant achievements are the award of fellowship of the West African College of Physicians and having participated in some international trials and registries. He has special interest in conducting clinical research and training younger colleagues.
	Aminu Mohammad Mohammad MBBS, FWACS, FICS I have held several appointments at Bayero University and Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, including head of surgery department in both institutions 2016-2018. I have served as a member of several committees including departmental and faculty A&PC and university students’ disciplinary committee. I also serve on many national and international associations and have served in several positions in professional associations including Secretary and Chairman of Medical and Dental Consultants Association, AKTH Branch and Secretary and Chairman of Nigerian Medical Association, Kano State Branch. I am a reviewer for several national and international journals and have published 45 peer reviewed articles in highly rated national and international journals. My areas of interest are improving quality and standard of medical education, pathogenesis and management congenital malformations, paediatric surgical infections, and paediatric cancers.
	Abdullahi Mudi MBBS, PhD Abdullahi Mudi is a paediatric nephrologist and academic with a strong passion for research and global health. His research interests lie in the epidemiology and complications of chronic kidney disease (CKD) in African children and trying to understand ways to screen for early CKD and retard progression to end stage renal disease. He has published numerous peer- reviewed journal articles in this area of research over the past few years, and he intends to continue to science by developing effective ways to curb the menace of CKD, especially in children.
	Sulaiman Muhammad Daneji MBBS Sulaiman Muhammad Daneji is a Lecturer with the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Bayero University, Kano, and a Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist in the Urogynaecology Unit, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano.
	Ibrahim Musa, MBBS, MPH
	Aishatu Nalado PhD Aishatu Nalado is a consultant physician and the first trained female nephrologist in Kano, Nigeria. Her areas of research interest are in prevalent disease conditions associated with end stage renal disease and developing effective options of managing renal disease in the tropics, including kidney transplant and dialysis. She provides clinical care at the renal disease clinic at Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, where she teaches medical residents and provides clinical leadership and technical guidance in the management of patients with renal disease.
	Shakirah Owolabi MBBS,FMCPsy Shakirah Owolabi completed her secondary education at Federal Government College Odogbolu, Ogun State, her MBBS from the University of Ibadan, Oyo state, her housemanship at the University College Hospital, Ibadan, Oyo state, and her National Youth Service at General Hospital, Orile Odo, Oyo state. She completed residency training in Psychiatry at Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital (AKTH) in 2013, after which she became a fellow of the National Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria. She is currently a Senior Lecturer/Honorary Consultant at the Department of Psychiatry, Bayero University/AKTH, with a special interest in mood disorders and child/adolescent mental health. She is also the Deputy Regional Coordinator (North West) of Asido Foundation, a non-profit mental health advocacy organisation.
	Mansur Ramalan MBBS, Msc Mansur Ramalan is a Consultant Physician/Endocrinologist at the Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano, Nigeria. He is a fellow of the National Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria in Internal Medicine with subspecialty in endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism. He is currently undertaking a VECD fellowship focusing integration of care for adrenal insufficiency in patients with HIV infection under the mentorship of Muktar Aliyu, MBBS, DrPH, Zubairu Iliyasu, MBBS, MPH, PhD and Ibrahim Gezawa MD. Dr. Ramalan's research work has been on the epidemiology of diabetes mellitus and endocrine disorders in resource poor settings.
	Umar Sabo, MBBS I am a child neurologist and a lecturer at the department of Paediatrics, at Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital (AKTH) and Bayero University Kano (BUK). I graduated from BUK and did my paediatric residency at AKTH. I obtained an MPH from Manchester Metropolitan University. I went University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg for my MSc Medicine in Paediatrics. While in Johannesburg I did my fellowship in Paediatric neurology at Charlotte Maxeke and Chris Hani Baragwanath academic hospitals. I completed my Fogarty mentored Research fellowship in 2019. I am a VIRDE alumnus. My research interests are childhood epilepsy, child neurology and global health.
	Abdullahi Kabir Suleiman MBBS, MHE Abdullahi Kabir Suleiman is a Family Physician working with the Department of Family Medicine at Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano, Nigeria. He holds an MBBS and a Masters degree in Health Economics from Bayero University, Kano. He is a Fellow of the National Postgraduate College of Nigeria in Family Medicine. He hopes to become a foremost physician and researcher in his field. He was a Kano site investigator for the Comparison of Dual Therapies for Lowering Blood Pressure in Black Africans Study.
	Hasiya Tijjani Ismail MBBS Hasiya Tijjani Ismail received her MBBS in 2006 from Bayero University Kano and completed a fellowship in Internal Medicine and Neurology (FWACP) and a Masters in Health Economics in 2019. She is the first student from the Bayero University MPH program to be selected as a V-BRCH trainee. She has completed multiple training workshops and courses in Nigeria and in international settings.
	Fatima Usman, MSc Fatima Usman is a neonatologist and lecturer at Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital/Bayero University Kano, Nigeria. She has a West African College of Physician’s fellowship (2016), a postgraduate qualification in pediatric nutrition with Boston University (2017) and master’s in advanced pediatrics from King’s College London (2019). She received numerous awards of excellence throughout her training and career. She is the MSc thematic lead in pediatrics for Maternal Child Health and Population Policy, a trainer for Nigerian Society of Neonatal Medicine and a member of the International Academy of Perinatal Medicine’s young scientists. She loves teaching and research, with interest in preventable newborn neurologic disorders.
	Aminu Abba Yusuf, MBBS, MSc, FMCPat Dr. Yusuf is a board-certified Hematologist and a Consultant at the Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano, Nigeria. He also holds Master of Science degree in Molecular Medicine from Cranfield University, UK and is a faculty member at Bayero University Kano, Nigeria. Dr. Yusuf is also a VECD-Fogarty alumnus (2018/2019 cohort) and a Fogary-IeDEA West Africa trainee (2019/2020 cohort). His main area of research interest is in genomics of non-communicable diseases prevalent in sub-Saharan Africa, including HIV-associated kidney disease and sickle cell disease. His main career aspiration is to become a leading clinician-scientist in Genomics of Non-communicable Diseases in Africa.