Assessing Behavioral Sciences (The Old And The New) DHPE organized a seminar on “Assessing Behavioral Sciences (the old and the new)” on 29th July 2019. Behavioral Sciences team included Dr. Saima Pervez Iqbal, Dr. Ashraf, Dr.Sehar Ashraf and Dr. Waqas Rabbani. Dr.Sehar presented the content of Behavioral Sciences covered under the umbrella of longitudinal themes in...Read More

Reference Writing Made Easy A seminar was held on “Reference Writing made easy” on Saturday 31st August 2019. Facilitators of the session were Dr Zahid Naeem, Dr Sajida Naseem, Dr Saima Rafi and Dr Mansoor Ahmed Qazi who briefed the audience about the importance and significance of flawless reference writing and different softwares available that make...Read More

Keeping up with the times? A seminar titled “Keeping up with the times?” was organized by DHPE on Saturday 28th September 2019. Dr Abida Shaheen and Dr Fahad Azam were the main speakers. They gave a presentation and informed the audience about the innovative teaching and assessment strategies that had been adopted by the faculty...Read More

Role of faculty in JCIA Department of Health Professions Education arranged a seminar  on Saturday 30th November 2019, on the topic “Role of Faculty in Joint Commission International Accreditation”. Mr Taimoor Shah  Chief Operating Officer of Shifa International Hospitals was the speaker on the occasion. He briefed the audience about the JCI criteria and the importance of...Read More

Reminiscing 2019 A seminar titled “Reminiscing 2019: Our Faculty’s presentations in Medical Education Conferences” was organized by DHPE on 25th January 2020.  Medical education is an ever evolving field with new innovations taking place in all its domains, be it teaching and learning, assessment, curriculum, research or faculty development. We take pride in saying that our...Read More

Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education A seminar titled “Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education” was held on 29th February 2020. Dr Qassim M. Sheikh, Director Shifa School of Computer Science was the speaker at the occasion. He spoke about the various applications of artificial intelligence and how they can improve the quality of service in healthcare and...Read More

Thinking like a researcher Department of Health Professions Education organized an educational development webinar on “Thinking like a researcher” on 6th June 2020. Dr Usman Hamdani, Assistant Professor at STMU and Director Department of Population Health Sciences, Global institute of Human Development (GIHD)was the main speaker while Dr Muneeza Aamir Sami from DHPE, SCM moderated the webinar. Dr...Read More

Emerging role of blended learning in medical education Department of Health Professions Education organized an educational development webinar. The deans and faculty from different medical colleges nationwide were invited to attend the session.  The title of the webinar was “Emerging role of blended learning in medical education” and it was held on Saturday 19th Dec 2020....Read More

“Mathnawi Maulana Rum: The King and the Handmaiden” Storytelling as a tool of effective teaching Department of Health Professions Education organized a webinar as part of the faculty development series on Saturday, April 24, 2021. The Vice-Chancellor STMU Prof. Mohammad Iqbal and the Dean Faculty of Health Sciences Prof. Mohammad Amir also attended the webinar....Read More

BLENDED LEARNING: LESSONS LEARNT FROM COVID-19 The Department of Health Professions Education (DHPE) organized a webinar as a part of the faculty development program on June 5, 2021. It was the 183rd seminar/webinar of this series. The Vice-Chancellor STMU and Dean Faculty of Health Sciences and the Deans of the Allied Sciences also attended the webinar....Read More