Students of Year 4 Batch 5, Class of 2021 attending the clerkship of Community Health Sciences visited SOS Children’s village in Islamabad on January 9, 2020. This educational trip was organized by Dr. Fozia Tahir, Dr. Hiba Choudhry andDr. Ghanwa Bareach Qazi. The objective of the visit was to develop empathy among medical students through...Read More

As part of community health sciences clerkship, year 4 MBBS students visited Rural Health Center (RHC) Tarlai on January 22, 2020 under the supervision of Dr. Umme Kulsoom Khattak. The objective of this visit was to familiarize students with the working of primary health care center in the semi-urban setting of Islamabad. The students were first...Read More

In line with the national plantation drive, STMU contributed to this cause by planting 150 fruit trees saplings by undergraduate medical students of Year 1 and 4, under supervision of Department of Community Medicine, Shifa College of Medicine. SCM students contributed generously for procurement of these fruit tree saplings.The plantation drive was carried out at...Read More

In order to promote affective learning in the context of chronic kidney diseases, Year 2 medical students had a two days’ visit to Dialysis Unit in SIH on 2nd and 3rd of March, 2020. This was organized by the Department of Community Medicine in collaboration with KUB module director Prof. Dr. Riffat Shafi, HOD of Physiology at...Read More

A visit to the blood bank was arranged for the Class of 2026 in the HLS Module at Shifa International Hospital in 4 batches from 4-5th July 2022. The purpose of this visit was to create awareness among Year 1 MBBS students regarding the importance of blood donation and blood transfusion. Students were briefed about the...Read More

Stepwise approach to construct an assessment blueprint for undergraduate theory examinations A faculty development seminar titled “Stepwise approach to construct an assessment blueprint for undergraduate theory examinations” was organized by the Department of Health Professions Education (DHPE) on Saturday, 10th December, 2022, at Shifa College of Medicine Campus. The seminar aimed to provide the faculty guidelines...Read More

Innovation: Pathway to prosperityDepartment of Health Professions Education held a seminar titled “Innovation: Pathway to prosperity” on 28th January 2023.Dr Habib ur Rehman, founding director and board chairman of Shifa International Hospital and Shifa Tameer e Millat University spoke about the importance of innovation in research, emphasizing it as the need of the day. He also...Read More

A faculty development seminar titled “Teachers as Role Models” was organized by Department of Health Professions Education on 18th February, 2023 at Shifa College of Medicine Campus. Prof Dr Abdul Majeed Chaudhary, Principal Lahore Medical and Dental College graced the occasion by throwing light on importance of role modeling, mentoring, leadership and professionalism for teachers. The Vice Chancellor Prof. Dr Muhammad Iqbal, Dean Prof. Dr...Read More

A faculty development seminar titled “Integrated Practical Examination: Tool to Assess Skillsand Attitude “was organized by the Department of Health Professions Education (DHPE) onSaturday, April 01, 2023, at Shifa College of Medicine Campus.The seminar was aimed to provide the faculty guidelines on developing assessment of skills andattitude in alignment with appropriate tools. Prof. Dr Riffat...Read More

The Department of Health Professions Education in collaboration with the Department of BehavioralSciences organized a seminar titled ‘Dealing with the difficult’ on 6 th May 2023. The audience wasdivided into multidisciplinary groups and were asked to list encounters with difficult people in their lives.This was followed by a group discussion where a representative from each...Read More