Makerere University College of Health sciences is committed to preparing students to understand and experience healthcare in a national setting through participation in referral/primary health care electives. The goals of the electives include providing students with opportunities to: Actively participate in the health care system (service, administration or research of the nation Develop Knowledge and respect for other cultures, language and Health practices, Develop awareness of social, economic and political factors in Health and disease. With regard to the above, I chose to undertake my electives program at Donau Dental Centre hospital for a period of close to 5weeks. This Electives placement program always takes place at the end of 4thyear of the Dental surgery program with the aim of providing students with the opportunity to improve their clinical skills acquired during their clinical years of study while at the same time avails them with the opportunity to work in hospitals and other health facilities across the country enabling them become better health care professionals. During my placement at the Donau dental Centre Nakasero Hospital, I was enthusiastic to Learn and improve my skills in history taking, General examination, Extra oral and intraoral exam, diagnosis, differential diagnosis, management of different conditions and basic surgical procedures like surgical extractions. With supervision and guidance of doctors and chairside assistants at the Centre, I participated in a number of activities like Infection control, history taking, examination, dental charting, treatment planning, treatment delivery, instrument disinfection and sterilization, record keeping etc. In this period, I have gained tremendous skills in patient management as a whole from the time of admission to time of discharge. I have expounded my knowledge in patient counseling and Oral health education talks and disease prevention in the different age groups.

The purpose of this dissertation is to provide a study on how youth’s ideologies are affected by the different views of the various panelists on NBS’S Frontline political program. The researcher attempts to highlight the language use such as; arguments, debates, analogy, allusions, irony, comparisons, questioning, criticisms and its political impact on youth’s ideologies. This study has three objectives and first is to analyze the effectiveness of the language the different panelists use on the program. The researcher intends to present the type of language used and demonstrate how it portrays the panelist’s message to their audience (youths). Next is to examine how the panelists’ arguments on the show transform the ideologies of the youths. Youths ideologies are built on what they come to believe is true through what they hear from their circles of influence. The panelist’ arguments and discussions inspire specific attitudes and ideas in youth’s minds that eventually become ideologies. Lastly, to explore youths response towards the NBS’s Frontline program. The Frontline program is most popular among the youth. They feel informed, get to be exposed to intellectual yet entertaining political discussions concerning a country they look forward to serve themselves. As a result, they form slogans and choose political parties to belong. The information discussed triggers certain decisions among the youth including whom to vote into power during elections. Findings from this paper highlight the specific language used in different talk shows and what kind of ideologies are formed in the youth. This dissertation concludes with a recommendation for future research on how Television programs with open discussions such as NBS’s Frontline can build political ideologies among the youth.