Dr. Death-Time to Learn
The medical field faced some hard realities when Harold Shipman, also known as Dr. Death, was convicted of killing 15 people. As a matter of fact, he is believed to have killed 200 of his patients. This was a rare [...]
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Medical Education: The Bridge of Transition.
There is a vivid portrait sketched in our minds. The portrait of a social legend- the great physician. The doctor who can diagnose an array of diseases within a few minutes, the surgeon who performs lifesaving operations. He/she is the [...]
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A Glimpse into Government Medical Colleges of Pakistan
It is around midnight on 19th of September, I am browsing on a social media website and I read an interesting blog. I reach the bottom of the page and I see that it was written for a blog competition. [...]
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Medical Education In Pakistan : A Perspective
The field of medical education has its roots in history since many decades. Uncountable doctors, nurses, paramedics are being trained on yearly basis. If we see the level and standard of medical education in 20th century and compare it to [...]
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Medical Education in KhyberPakhtunKhwa (KP, NWFP), Pakistan
In Pakistan, entering medicine is considered to be a great honour. This noble profession is one of the most rewarding careers to date . Parents have become highly motivated to do
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Kenyan Post Graduate Medical Training and The Church
It is April 2012 on a not-so-busy Thursday afternoon and my colleague and I have just dashed into town to pick some documents from the district medical officer of health’s (DMOH) office. We are both medical interns in a Catholic [...]
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Continued Medical Education in Developing Nations
This is the age of rapid scientific and technological changes. Everyday new discoveries are made which change our perspective about health and disease. These also prompt changes in diagnostic criteria and treatment protocols. For doctors who are working outside renowned [...]
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How Super is the “Super” in Super Speciality Hospitals ?
What had intrigued me for a while is the question as to why are there are so many “Super specialties” and “Super Speciality Hospitals” existing
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The Social Contract – Story of a Pakistani Medical Student
In Pakistan, medicine is one of the most sought after profession. Admission to medical college is highly competitive like in other parts of the world. Back in the days, a lot of material had yet to be deciphered. Hooray, we [...]
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An Overview of Medical Education in Pakistan and the Improvements Required
In 1907-8, the American Medical Association’s (AMA) Council on Medical Education approached the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching to compile a report on improvement of Medical Education in the United States.
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Appearance over Ability – Customs at the Medical Schools
My university judges me on the way I dress, the way I talk and the way I present myself in public. My university doesn’t allow me to be myself; they want to robotically program their ideals; they don’t want to [...]
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Educating Tomorrow’s Doctors in the 21st Century: The iPad Project
Some of you may be aware that the University of Manchester (UK) recently handed out iPad 2s to all year 4 medical students. This was meant as a trial project to help enhance, structure and modernise the education of medical [...]
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iDoctor – New Horizons in the Digital and Social Media World
Are you ready to clean up your system? Refresh the nerves, look up your dreams and insert…insert what? Seems that a technophobe student like myself have run out of computer language to continue on my health perspective. In this digital [...]
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Is it Time to Let the Standing “Anatomical Man” Lie Down Supine?
Early in the course of one’s life as an undergraduate medical student, one gets exposed to the basics of human anatomy. This exposure invariably begins with an introduction to topographical anatomy. Looking back, every medical doctor would recall the human [...]
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The Philosophy of Bruce Lee – How Medical Students can Benefit
We’ve all been there: Watching a consultant drive off at 5 O’ clock in his brand new jag as he starts his long weekend playing golf never ceases to be an enticing idea, but along the way what personality traits [...]
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Public Health as a Career: South-Asian Perspective
South Asian countries have poor health indicators. Almost every country of this region is suffering from huge burden of infectious diseases. The gradual increase in non-communicable diseases and malignant diseases are complicating the situation. Majority of the people of this [...]
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Semester System for Medical Education
Medical studies especially at the undergraduate level (MBBS) are considered to be one of the most demanding, where students follow a hectic study schedule with a single aim to secure passing marks. While same level of effort in any other [...]
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The Obstacles of Studying Reproductive Health
In the early 1900′s, undertaking a scientific investigation was not markedly different from being a journalist operating in a totalitarian state. Agonizing measures had to be taken to circumvent established social and cultural norms, often at the cost of inhibiting [...]
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