Council formed for collaboration among medical institutions

The body will help develop curriculum, assessment.


Our Correspondent April 16, 2014
The body will help develop curriculum, assessment. PHOTO: FILE

LAHORE:


Educationists on Tuesday formed a Council for Collaboration in Medical Education (CCME) to improve the role of medical and health institutions in the Punjab.


The council was formed during a meeting of heads of medical education departments of public and private sector medical colleges, at the University of Health Sciences (UHS).

UHS Pro-Vice Chancellor Junaid Khan chaired the meeting.

Those who attended the meeting said the council had been formed to develop a roadmap for better coordination among the institutions affiliated with UHS.

The meeting agreed that the council would oversee research, teaching and professional development of the people concerned. It would also provide support for curriculum development and assessment, they said.

A core-committee of the CCME was set up and Dr Musarratul Hasnain of Punjab Medical College, Faisalabad, was elected its president.

Munir Azhar from the Quaid-i-Azam Medical College, Bahawalpur, would be its secretary and Sohail Khurshid Lodhi from Rashid Latif Medical College Lahore and Syed Hassan Shoaib of Shalamar Medical College Lahore would be its members.

The UHS pro-vice chancellor would be CCME’s president.

The council will design and implement teaching and learning strategies for the professional development of medical faculty.

It will also establish research protocols in health education. It will encourage innovation in medical education and practice and revamp the current undergraduate and post-graduate curriculum.

The council would also look at the challenges facing medical education. It would hold national and international conferences and seminars on medical education and launch a journal called The Collaborator.

Three sub-committees were also set up on research, curriculum development and professional development. Hasnain, Lodhi and Shoaib will lead these committees.

The UHS pro-vice chancellor said better coordination among medical institutions was need of the hour.

“The CCME will be responsible for assessing national and international trends and making recommendations for curricular modification. It will promote research and contribute to the faculty development by conducting workshops and education retreats,” he said.

The council will meet on May 9.

Human Organs Transplantation Authority activated

Advisor to Chief Minister on Health, Khawaja Salman Rafique on Tuesday said the human organs transplantation authority will curb the illegal transplantation of human organs in the Punjab.

He was presiding over a meeting of the Human Organs Transplantation Authority at King Edward Medical University on Tuesday.

KEMU Vice Chancellor Dr Masood, Health (Technical) Additional Secretary Dr. Sulman Shahid and representatives of the Law Department were also present.

Rafique said the illegal kidney trade needed to be stopped.

He said Pakistan did not have a culture of donation of human organs.

He said a mass awareness campaign would be launched to removed misconceptions and superstitions about borgan donation.

The meeting decided to set up a regional network of HOTA to check illegal human organs transplantation.

An endowment fund to cater to the financial needs of the authority would also be set up.

Rafique said that recommendations of the meeting would be sent to the chief minister for approval.

Published in The Express Tribune, April 16th, 2014.

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