Seminar : “Faculty Development Initiatives at SCM: Where do we stand?”. As per the tradition of Shifa College of Medicine, an educational development seminar was held on the last Saturday of the month on 28th April 2018. The title of the seminar was “Faculty Development Initiatives at SCM: Where do we stand?”. It was conducted by...Read More

EVENTS A seminar was held on June 30, 2018 on “Reflection on Assessment: Post-hoc analysis”. Prof. Dr Riffat Shafi gave a brief presentation and described the qualities of a good assessment and highlighted the factors influencing the reliability of a test. This was followed by Dr Samreena Mansoor’s presentation explaining the post-hoc analysis and its...Read More

Community Oriented Medical Education (COME) Seminar An educational development seminar on “Community Oriented Medical Education” (COME) was held at Shifa College of Medicine on Saturday July 28, 2018. This faculty development initiative was led by the Department of Community Medicine. COME is an approach to medical education that takes into account the health needs of...Read More

Reflection and Critical Thinking by Dr. Najam A guest lecture was arranged by Dr Aziz Ali Najam on “Reflection and critical thinking”.Dr. Najam has done Doctorate from the University of Sussex (UK), in N.M.R. Spectroscopy and Postdoctoral Fellowships at Essex University, Colchester and Brunel University London. He is a keen student of Allama Iqbal and Molana...Read More

Integration of Social Sciences in Health Professions Education DHPE organised a talk on “Integration of Social Sciences in Health Professions Education” by Dr Ijaz Shafi Gilani. Dr Gilani is chairman Gallup Pakistan which specializes in opinion and social science research. He is also Global Vice President of WIN-GIA and heads its world-wide Group of Experts on...Read More

Developing a Research Culture at Shifa DHPE organized a seminar titled “Developing Research Culture at Shifa” on 24th November 2018. Dr Fouzia Sadiq, Director research at STMU was the main speaker who gave a brief presentation in the beginning about the significance of research and how an institution can improve its ranking globally by promoting its...Read More

“Well rounded and grounded” An Educational Development Seminar An educational development seminar titled “Well rounded and grounded” was held on January 26, 2019. It was  conducted by the Behavioural Sciences team in collaboration with the department of health professions education. Dr Saima Perwaiz Iqbal gave a presentation in the beginning, highlighting the need for incorporating...Read More

0 0 0 Tolerance and leadership at workplace A seminar titled “ Tolerance and leadership at workplace” was held on March 16, 2019. Ms. Humaira Masih ud Din was the speaker for the event. She is a lawyer based in Islamabad and holds LLM in Public International Law from the University of London. She is...Read More

Crossing the LoC: Integrating practical skills assessment An educational development seminar titled “ Crossing the LoC: Integrating practical skills assessment” was organized by the Department of Health Professions Education on 27th April 2019. The session started with Dr Aisha Rafi giving a presentation on integrated curriculum of Shifa college of medicine and the latest trends...Read More

Balancing Personal and Professional RolesDHPE organized a seminar on “Balancing personal and professional roles” on 22nd June 2019. Dr Iftikhar.N.Hassan, Head of Clinical Psychology at Shifa Tameer-e-Millat University was the speaker of the event. She spoke about gender equality and how roles have changed over the years. Group activities were conducted in which the faculty...Read More