Punjab Medical College Faisalabad, Pakistan.
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Department of Medical Education

REPORT OF PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

April 24, 2008 - August 31, 2008

Introduction:

Punjab Medical College, Faisalabad is catering for Healthcare and training services for a wide area of Pakistan. Much of the draining area is underserved in many respects due to poor infrastructure and low literacy rate. There is heightened demand of dedication and community oriented education and training. University of Health Sciences is trying to transform the whole educational system in Punjab to bring it at par with the rest of the world. Departments of Medical Education are now becoming essential requirement for all the Medical Schools and so is being emphasized by the University. In an attempt to start these activites in the Medical Colleges affiliated with the UHS, a special program for training of Master trainers was started and a series of workshops were conducted at UHS. An instruction was passed on to the colleges for establishment of formal Medical Education Departments. Professor Dr. Asghar Ali Randawa, Prinicipal Punjab Medical College took the initiative and a committee was formed to start the Department. This committee was headed by Professor Dr. Riaz Hussain Dab, Head of Surgical Department and comprised two members, Dr. Khuram Suhail Raja and Dr. Imtiaz Ahmad Dogar being master trainers. The committee conducted workshops and started looking for a qualified Medical Educationist to provide exclusive services for the Department as Director. Dr. Musarrat ul Hasnain was approached, who, had successfully completed DCPS-HPE, Advance Diploma in HPE (AKU) and working on his MHPE from Aga Khan University. Prof. Randhawa approached Health Department Punjab and got Dr. Musarrat transferred to Punjab Medical College. The Department started with these members and necessary steps are being taken to conform it to the expectations of the stakeholders and target learners. The beginning work has been encouraging and it was decided to document the activities in a report after every year. The first report is being released after initial four months to furnish a landmark for the activities of the department.

Foundation Works:

1. We have defined Vision, Mission, Goals and Objectives of the department of Medical Education.
2. A Departmental Faculty has been established, which, includes interested faculty members from other departments. They will have joint appointments. There are other resource persons working in Govt. and Private sectors, who have joined a honorary faculty to contribute in teaching programs of DME.
3. We are in the process of installing a Curriculum Committee working for the improvement of the curriculum.
4. Basic resource requirements are being completed. The Principal is very supportive in this context.
5. Proposals, PC1 and SNEs are being prepared for Formal sanction of Medical Education Departments along with creating of posts  by the Health Department Punjab.
6. Need assessment to identify the gaps in knowledge and skills of faculty has been carried by informal discussions with the faculty, administration and students.

Workshops:

Report of Workshop on Research Methodology and Biostatics

held on 25-27 July, 2008.

Venue: 25-26 July,2008------Workshop room Regional Center, CPSP, Fsd. 27^th July, Conference Room, Administration Block Allied Hospital, Faisalabad.

Facilitators:

1. Prof.Dr. Rukhsana Majid, Professor of Community Medicine, Bolan Medical College, Quetta. (Main facilitator)
2. Dr. Musarrat ul Hasnain, Director, DME, Punjab Medical College, Faisalabad.

This workshop was organized as part of DME’s Faculty Training Program considering the needs of the institution. Following participants attended the workshop.

List of Participants

The workshop was inaugurated by Prof. Asghar Ali Randhawa, Principal, Punjab Medical College. In his address he stressed the need for more research projects in the institution and appreciated the interest of faculty members as evidenced by their attendance. He promised to extend full support to the DME and other departments for educational actitivities.

Prof. Riaz Hussain Dab, Head of Surgical Department observed the first day session and gave his valuable suggestions at the conclusion of first day. He advised that the workshop should have more components of exercises and actual practice of different steps of research be included.. Prof. Rukhsana Majid explained that due to the short available time it was not possible to enhance the duration of time for exercising the steps, however this will be taken care of in longer workshop next time. The workshop ended at 2:00 pm on 27^th July,08. Certificates were distributed by Prof. Rukhsana Majid.

After feedback of the participants it was decided that another workshop will be arranged in the current year with same group. Therefore a second workshop with same participants will be held before end of this year. This will be of five days duration. Reading material will be given in advance with a request that the participants will come up with there projects and these projects will be discussed in the workshop. For the remaining interested faculty members another series of the same workshop will be organized.

DME is also planning short courses of Basic Concepts in research methodology and Biostatistics.

Aknowledgements:

1. Prof. Dr. Rukhsana Majid conducted the workshop as a courtesy to DME, PMC.

2. EMED gave full support in organizing the workshop. Prof. Ahmed Bilal and Dr. Khurram Raja gave an all out support from scratch to full development of the project. This included arranging for sponsor also.

3. Dr. Muhammad Khalid Akhter, Head of Anatomy remained the pivotal person in arranging the venue, transport, messing and accommodation.

4. Dr. Asghar Butt, Regional Director, CPSP allowed the use of workshop room and Dr. Shahbaz, Regional Manager facilitated the arrangements.

5. Dr. Habib Aslam Gaba provided the audio visual recording of the events.

6. Miss Amen Bukhari, System Administrator Computer Lab completed the paperwork and supervised the registration process.

7. Neuvic Pharma sponsored the Airfare for the facilitator and provided the files.

Workshop on Communication Skills:

A workshop on communication skills was conducted in CPC Room from 25^th to 26^th August, 2008. Dr. Aziz ur Rab (A facilitator for CPSP workshops) facilitated this program. Forty participants attended the workshops. They include good mix of senior, middle and junior level doctors. Nominations exceeded 80 so another workshops of remaining persons will be conducted in few months time.

Upcoming Workshops:

The Department has started working on Curriculum Development. Three workshops have been arranged on Integration, PBL facilitator training and MCQ development from 7^th to 16^th October, 2008. Professor Dr. Alam Sher Malik, Prof. of Paediatrics/Assistant Dean (Education) University Mara Technology, Malaysia has very kindly consented to be the main facilitator.

Capacity Building Courses:

In the light of need assessment, our Department has planned two courses:

1. Computer Skills Course. This will bridge the gap of computer skills. A questionnaire has been sent to the faculty members for assessing the current computer skill and this will determine the final content of the course. Meanwhile, a pilot course has been started having two one hours sessions in a week. Nine senior faculty members are participating in this program and they have termed it very useful. Next course will be started after having feedback from the present participants.
2. Research Methodology and Biostatics Course. The Department is making an effort to arrange for resource persons for starting this course. Some experts have been contacted and the terms are being discussed. This will take start in few months time.

Collaboration:

It has been decided to initiate and establish strong collaboration with the University of Health Sciences and Pakistan Medical and Dental Council. Collaboration will be sought at International level as well. Prof. Dr. Riaz Hussain, Head of Surgical Department and Dr. Musarrat ul Hasnain, Director, DME are going to attend International Congress on “Implementation of WFME standards in curricula of Undergraduate Medical Education” at Kish Island Iran in Nov,2008.

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