Rita Ativie

I am a goal –oriented, self-motivated, and progress-driven physiotherapist, committed to delivering safe and quality health-care services with an emphasis on clinical effectiveness and patient-centeredness in accordance with the Health Care Professional Council and the Medical Rehabilitation Therapist Board of Nigeria profession’s ethics and standard of practice. I possess a bachelor’s degree in Physiotherapy, a master’s degree in Medical Rehabilitation (specialty in cardiopulmonary Physiotherapy) and a PhD in Human Physiology (specialty in cardiovascular and respiratory Physiology).

Details of Work Experience 

LECTURER IN PHYSIOTHERAPY | 2016 TILL DATE | UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA, ENUGU CAMPUS.

1. Present Post: Senior Lecturer | 2022 till date 
2. Lecturer I | 2019 - 2022

First Academic Appointment: Lecturer II | 2016 – 2019

CARDIORESPIRATORY PHYSIOTHERAPY CONSULTANT | 2021 – till date | UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA MEDICAL CENTER | ENUGU | ENUGU STATE

Duties:

• Offering specialist clinical knowledge and specialist physiotherapy assessment of complex conditions and clinical diagnosis
• Helping to determine the appropriate line of management for a high standard physiotherapy care that are evidence based.
• Patients’ record keeping/documentation.
• Inter-professional team communication during grand-ward round for all the team members involved in the patient care to promote effective communication between colleagues for maximum output.
• Making appropriate referrals and discharge procedures including giving home programmes.
• Making presentations at seminars
• Having contacts with other health care providers for clinically focused discussions to enhance effective patient care. 
• Providing clinical education to undergraduate and post graduate students on clinical posting/ rotations.
• Supervising junior colleagues and other physiotherapy support staff with a clear understanding of the need to act in the best interest of the service users at all times.

Academic Qualifications 

PhD HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY-CARDIOVASULAR AND RESPIRATORY | 2014- 2018 | DELTA STATE UNIVERSITY, ABRAKA, DELTA STATE

MSc MEDICAL REHABILITATION- CARDIOPULMONARY PHYSIOTHERAPY | 2009 - 2014 | UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA, NSUKKA, ENUGU STATE, NIGERIA

BACHELOR OF PHYSIOTHERAPY | 1998 - 2004 | UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN, NIGERIA