Students of Year 4 class of 2021 attending the clerkship of Community Health Sciences visited SOS Children’s Village on Nov 14, 2019. This educational trip was supervised by Dr. Saima Rafi and Dr. Mansoor Ahmed Qazi. Our medical students were first given orientation about SOS Village and the project through a video. After this, Year...Read More

Twenty-four students of Year 4 clerkship group were assigned the task to develop health slogans / messages in groups on the curriculum themes of ComHS to be delivered in 8 weeks clerkship. These themes are: Obesity, Family planning, Healthy eating (My plate), Hypertension, Diabetes Mellitus, Pollution (Environmental Health) & Child Health. The students were asked...Read More

The 10th Annual Public Health Conference was held on 2nd December 2019 at Health Services Academy near NIH, Chak Shahzad Islamabad. The visit was supervised by the Head of the Department of Community Health Sciences Prof. Dr Zahid Naeem and Associate Professor Dr. Sajida Naseem along with Dr Saima Rafi, Dr Fozia Tahir and Dr...Read More

On Wednesday December 04 2019, students of the Community Health Sciences clerkship class of 2021 in wake of International Day of Differently Able Persons 2019 visited the “Care For Special Persons Foundation”, a private school run by an NGO. HOD ComHS, Prof. Dr Zahid Naeem and Associate Professor Dr Sajida Naeem along with Dr Saima...Read More

The Department of Health Professions Education (DHPE) organized a faculty development workshop on “How to Conduct a Small Group Discussion (SGDs)”  for junior faculty members on Tuesday, November 9, 2021 in Basement conference room of shifa College of medicine. Dr. Muneeza Amir Sami, Assistant professor, DHPE, moderated the workshop followed by a group activity. Professor...Read More

Department of Physiology, Shifa College of Medicine (SCM), conducted a workshop titled “Assessment of Competencies through Integrated Practical Examination (IPE)” in 17th Biennial Conference of Pakistan Physiological Society held at Al-Nafees Medical College, Islamabad. The workshop was a part of the pre-conference program held on November 23rd, 2021, in a hybrid format (online and face-to-face). The...Read More

Students of Year 2 Class of 2023 visited Mashal Model School Nurpur Shahan near Bari Imam which is school of street children on 17th and 18th Dec 2019. Mashal Model School is a non-profit organization established in 2008 with the Government of Pakistan providing education and guidance to under privileged children from different parts of...Read More

‘How to write good quality MCQs’ workshop conducted by DHPE at the Biennial Physiology Conference at Al-Nafees Medical College Department of Health Profession Education, Shifa College of Medicine conducted a workshop on ‘How to write good quality MCQs’ at the Biennial Physiology Conference held at Al-Nafees Medical College- Islamabad on Tuesday, November 23rd 2021.   Professor...Read More

As part of the community medicine curriculum, MBBS students, year 4 visited Rural Health Center (RHC) Tarlai on Wednesday, 18th December, 2019 under supervision of Dr Umme Kulsoom Khattak. The purpose of the visit was to see the working of the primary health care in government setup. Expanded program of immunization, laboratory services, lady health workers...Read More

Department of Health Professions Education (DHPE) – Shifa College of Medicine has conducted an Orientation session for newly joined faculty members on 19th January 2022. Dr Shazia Irum, Assistant Professor DHPE, led the session along with other members from DHPE. The main objective was to familiarize the faculty members with the existing Integrated curriculum, teaching and...Read More