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

A faculty development seminar was organized by the Department of Health Professions Education (DHPE) at Shifa College of Medicine, titled “Beyond Textbooks: Navigating Digital Learning Landscapes in Medical Education”, on Saturday 26th August 2023. This session was moderated by Dr. Shazia Irum, Assistant Professor-Department of Health Profession Education. Professor Dr. Abida Shaheen and Professor Dr. Fahad...Read More

CPSP conducted the 2nd International Conference on Medical Education (IMECON-2024). In the pre-conference workshop, creating selected-response questions MCQs (multiple choice questions) and EMQs (extended matching questions) was arranged by the Department of Health Professions Education at Shifa College of Medicine. The session was held on February 21,2024. The purpose of this faculty development workshop was to give educators the know-how...Read More

Department of Health Professions Education, Shifa College of Medicine, hosted a training workshop focused on integrated OSCE (Objective Structured Clinical Examination) and practical examinations. The event was scheduled on Saturday, January 13th,2024 at the SCM Campus, at 9:00 am. The workshop, titled “i-OSCE,” was a Faculty Development Initiative by Shifa Tameer-e-Millat University which aimed to provide education and training...Read More

A workshop was conducted by Department of Health Profession Education on Thursday February 1st , 2024 from 9:00 – 10:30 am at SCM Campus. The workshop was on Problem based learning for instructors as part of faculty development program.  Dr Muneeza Aamir Sami, Dr Hareem Fatima and Dr Shazia Irum facilitated the session. Instructors from basic sciences participated actively in...Read More

A workshop was conducted by Department of Health Profession Education on Thursday December 21, 2023 at 09:00 – 10:30 am in Basement conference room, SCM. The workshop was on Small Group Discussion for newly inducted instructors as part of faculty development program. Dr Hareem Fatima and Dr Mahrukh Durrani facilitated the session. The participants were briefed regarding various teaching strategies practiced at SCM particularly SGDs...Read More