Healthcare: ‘Proper training is key to service delivery’
British Council says 27 UK universities have long-term agreements with the Punjab.
LAHROE:
British Council Punjab Director Kevin McLaven on Tuesday stressed the need for training health professionals to meet health challenges related to various diseases, malnutrition, lack of safe drinking water and high infant mortality rate.
He was speaking at a ceremony to distribute medical teaching certificates at the University of Health Sciences. As many as 114 participants of the second and third batch of the programme were awarded certificates.
The UHS had arranged the course under an International Strategic Partnership in Research and Education (Inspire) project sponsored by the British Council. Facilitators from the University of Liverpool had trained the participants selected from various public and private medical colleges in the province.
Kevin said the health sector received a tiny portion of the total national expenditure. Any project that aimed to strengthen the medical profession had the potential to affect millions, he said.
He said the course would bring about positive changes in the health industry and delivery of quality service.
Kevin said that around 27 UK universities had formal partnerships or long-term agreements with higher education institutions in the province. As many as 29 vice-chancellors and rectors have received leadership training in the UK since 2010, he said.
Justice Amer Raza Khan from the UHS board of governors said the university had done a lot over the last 10 years to improve the standards of medical education. He said efforts should be made to introduce Urdu as a medium of instruction at educational institutions.
Aslam said the university had been collaborating with the University of Liverpool under the banner of Inspire to work towards increasing the efficiency of health projects.
UHS Centre for Innovation in Learning and Teaching director Prof Arif Rashid Khwaja, the focal person of the programme, said the course was taught in two sessions. The topics covered in the course included learning process of students, planning and delivering lectures to large and small groups, principles of assessment and evaluation and innovation.
Published in The Express Tribune, December 3rd, 2014.
British Council Punjab Director Kevin McLaven on Tuesday stressed the need for training health professionals to meet health challenges related to various diseases, malnutrition, lack of safe drinking water and high infant mortality rate.
He was speaking at a ceremony to distribute medical teaching certificates at the University of Health Sciences. As many as 114 participants of the second and third batch of the programme were awarded certificates.
The UHS had arranged the course under an International Strategic Partnership in Research and Education (Inspire) project sponsored by the British Council. Facilitators from the University of Liverpool had trained the participants selected from various public and private medical colleges in the province.
Kevin said the health sector received a tiny portion of the total national expenditure. Any project that aimed to strengthen the medical profession had the potential to affect millions, he said.
He said the course would bring about positive changes in the health industry and delivery of quality service.
Kevin said that around 27 UK universities had formal partnerships or long-term agreements with higher education institutions in the province. As many as 29 vice-chancellors and rectors have received leadership training in the UK since 2010, he said.
Justice Amer Raza Khan from the UHS board of governors said the university had done a lot over the last 10 years to improve the standards of medical education. He said efforts should be made to introduce Urdu as a medium of instruction at educational institutions.
Aslam said the university had been collaborating with the University of Liverpool under the banner of Inspire to work towards increasing the efficiency of health projects.
UHS Centre for Innovation in Learning and Teaching director Prof Arif Rashid Khwaja, the focal person of the programme, said the course was taught in two sessions. The topics covered in the course included learning process of students, planning and delivering lectures to large and small groups, principles of assessment and evaluation and innovation.
Published in The Express Tribune, December 3rd, 2014.