International Conference on Medical Education - ICME 2009

“Trends in Medical Education”

January 25-27, 2009

Islamabad, Pakistan

Conference Secretariat

Riphah Academy of Research and Education,- RARE

Al- Mizan- IIMC-T Medical Complex,
274, Peshawar Road, Rawalpindi
Phone: +92-51-2546082, +92-51-5565981-86, Cell: 0334-5340471,
Fax: +92-51-5567526.

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 PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS

Sunday January 25, 2009

PIMS (Pakistan Institute

RARE Conference Room Demo Room # 1 Conference Room
Venue of Medical Sciences
Al Mizan Campus, RWP Al Mizan Campus, RWP Al Mizan, Campus, RWP
Islamabad )

0900 hrs – 1200 hrs AM01 AM02 AM03 AM04

1400 hrs – 1700 hrs PM01 PM02 PM03 PM04

AM01 Writing for English language publications M. Brownell Anderson

AM02 Selecting selection strategies – pitfalls in selection process and ways to improve upon them Kevin Eva
AM03 Developing a measure of patient safety John Norcini
AM04 How to improve the reliability and validity of oral Examination Ara Tekian
PM01 Leadership development M. Brownell Anderson
PM02 Assessing the assessment: An introduction to the science of measurement Kevin Eva
PM03 Feedback and the mini CEX John Norcini
PM04 Manuscript preparation and publication tips Ara Tekian

Pre Conference Workshops

Plenary Sessions
Posters
Short Communication/ Oral

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 Program

Monday January 26, 2009

Registration of delegates 0800 hrs

Guests to be seated 0900 hrs

Arrival of Chief Guest for Inaugural 0930 hrs

Inaugural Session

0930 hrs – 1015 hrs

Venue: Main Hall

0930 hrs Recitation from Holy Quran

0935 hrs Welcome & Introduction of Keynote speakers by Vice Chancellor

Riphah International University

0945 hrs Address by President PM&DC

0950 hrs Address by Minister of State for Education

Mr. Ghulam Farid Kathia

0955 hrs Address by Minister of State for Health Mr Afzal Sandhu

1000 hrs Address by Chief Guest Ms Shahnaz Wazir Ali Chairperson HEC

1010 hrs Vote of thanks by Chairman Organizing committee

Inaugural Tea 1015 hrs - 1030hrs

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 Session I INNOVATIONS

1030 hrs - 1145 hrs

Venue: Main Hall

Chair: Prof. Malik Hussain Mubbashar

Co Chair: Prof. Ara Tekian
Secretary: Prof. Shamsa Rizwan

1030 hrs IN01- Challenges in Medical Education: What does the 21st Century
hold?
M. Brownell “Brownie” Anderson
Senior Associate Vice President and Deputy Director, Division of
Medical Education, Association of American Medical Colleges

1100 hrs IN02- A Strategy for Developing a National Continuing Professional

Development Programme for the Health Professionals
in Pakistan
Dr Gohar Wajid-RAK
Ministry of Health Dubai, United Arab Emirates

1115 hrs IN03 - Riphah Academy of Research and Education:

Fostering Research and Education - A nerve centre of Riphah
International University
Professor Umar Ali Khan (Associate Dean),Ayesha Rauf, Rahila
Yasmin, Aafaq Ahmed
Riphah International University – RARE

1130 hrs Q&A

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 Session II MAIN SESSION

1145 hrs -1300 hrs

Oral Paper presentation by key participants

Venue: Main Hall

Chair: Prof. Masood Hameed Khan

CoChair: Gohar Wajid
Secretary: Ayaz Bhatti

1145 hrs MS 01- Implementation of Problem Based Learning in the

First Year of Medical Course under a Traditional
Curriculum: Perception of Students and Faculty
Professor Dr. Muhammad Musaddiq Khan
Principal Rawalpindi Medical College

1155 hrs MS 02- Examining the Predictive Validity of Medical College

Admission Tests (MCAT) in Pakistan
Prof Dr Muhammad Amanullah Khan
Dean Riphah School of Leadership

1205 hrs MS 03 – Efficacy of 360 Degree Evaluations on Resident

Performance – Preliminary Report
Professor Dr Khaleeq uz Zaman,
Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences

1215 hrs MS 04- An Integrated curriculum in "65 minute". The Shifa

College of Medicine (SCM) experience.
Dr Mujtaba Quadri
Associate Dean Shifa College of Medicine

1125 hrs MS 05- Use of “Critical Incident Technique” for improving

curricular management in clinical years of an
integrated undergraduate curriculum.
Dr. Naghma Naeem
Aga Khan University

1235 hrs MS 06- Restructuring Medical Education for Muslim Countries

Dr Najibul Haq
Dean and Professor Faculty of Medicine Peshawar
1245 hrs Q &A

Prayer and Lunch break – 1300 hrs – 1400 hrs

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 Award Ceremony 1400 hrs – 1530 hrs

Venue: Main Hall

Monday January 26, 2009

1400 hrs Guests to be seated

1415 hrs Arrival of Chief Guest

1430 hrs Recitation from Holy Quran

1435 hrs Welcome address by Pro Chancellor Riphah International University

1445 hrs Address by Ms Shehnaz Wazir Ali Chairperson HEC

1455 hrs Award of Shields to dignitaries by the Prime Minister

1510 hrs Address by Prime Minister

1525 hrs Vote of thanks by Vice Chancellor Riphah International University

Refreshment Tea 1530 hrs - 1600 hrs

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 Session III CHALLENGES

1600 hrs – 1715 hrs

Venue: Main Hall

Monday January 26, 2009

Chair: John Norcini

Co Chair: Prof. M Mussaddiq Khan
Secretary: Prof. Fareesa Waqar

1600 hrs CH01- Integration of Patient Safety Concepts into the

Undergraduate Medical Education Curriculum
Dr Ara Tekian
Associate Professor Medical Education, Director
International Affairs
University of Illinois at Chicago

1630 hrs CH02- The Landscape of Medical Education: Changes and

Challenges
Dr. Zarin Siddiqui
Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry & Health Sciences
University of Western Australia

1645 hrs CH03 Innovation in Medical Education

Prof Dr Malik Hussain Mubbashar
Vice Chancellor/Controller, University of Health Sciences
Lahore

1700 hrs Q&A

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Session IV ASSESSMENT & EVALUATION

0830 hrs – 0945 hrs

Venue: Main Hall

Tuesday January 27, 2009

Chair: Rashid Jooma

Co Chair: Kevin Eva
Secretary: Umar Ali Khan

00830 hrs AE01- Assessment and Feedback in the Context of Clinical

Training
John Norcini President and CEO FAIMER USA

0900 hrs AE02- Dr Rukhsana Zuberi (Associate Dean, Medical Education)

Aga Khan University Karachi

0915 hrs AE03- Personality Traits, learning style, stress

and academic performance: A comparative study of
medical students with other disciplines
Mohammad Asadullah Khan, Executive Director
Riphah International University

0930 hrs Q&A

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 Session V NATIONAL ISSUES

0945 hrs – 1100 hrs

Venue: Main Hall

Tuesday January 27, 2009

Chair: Mehreen Bhoutto

Co Chair: Prof. Masood Anwar
Secretary: Ayaz Ali Khan

0945 hrs NI 01- National Issues

Dr. N.A.Jafarey (Advisor to Vice Chancellor)
Ziauddin University Karachi

1000 hrs NI 02- Dr. Rashid Jooma

Director General Health
Ministry of Health Pakistan

1015 hrs NI 03- Issues in national medical education

Dr. Abdul Majid Rajput (Executive Director)
Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences

1030 hrs NI 04- Islamic Paradigm of Bio-medical Ethics

Professor Dr.Anis Ahmed (Vice Chancellor)
Riphah International University Islamabad

1045 hrs NI 05- Khalif Bille

Representative for Pakistan
World Health Organization

1155 hrs NI 06- CME in Emergency maternal and child health trainings
and capacity building to achieve Millennium
Development Goals
Dr. Shamsa Zafar (Professor Obstetrics and Gynaecology)
Islamic International Medical College Rawalpindi

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 Tea Break 1100 hrs – 1130 hrs

Session VI: Parallel Paper presentation by participants

Track A: CURRICULUM

1130 hrs – 1245 hrs

Venue: Main Hall

Tuesday January 27, 2009

Chair : M Brownie Brownell Anderson

Co Chair Zarrin Siddiqi
Secretary: Farooq Danish
1130 hrs CU01 Snapshot of Anatomy knowledge in Pakistani Medical
students
Muhammad Saeed Shafi (Chairman Anatomy)
Akhtar Saeed Medical & Dental College

1140 hrs CU02 Shift from Traditional to Modular System of Learning-

Our First Experience
Talat Ahmed (Section Head, Pharmacology and
Therapeutics)
Shifa College of Medicine Islamabad

1150 hrs CU03 Structured training program: Can we make it work in

Pakistan
Muhammad Tayyab (Head of Department of Obstetrics &
Gynaecology)
Post Graduate Medical Institute (PGMI) Lahore

1200 hrs CU04 What is integration? An analysis of faculty

understanding.
Tara Jaffery (Associate Professor Medicine)
Shifa College of Medicine Islamabad

1210 hrs CU05 The growing pains of integration

Zareen Zaidi (Assistant Professor Medicine & Medical
Education)
Foundation University Medical College

1215 hrs CU06 Nurturing bioethics: Educational initiative at Shifa

College of Medicine
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 Ashraf Hussain (Assistant Professor)
Shifa College of Medicine Islamabad

1230 hrs Q&A

Session VI: Parallel Paper presentation by participants

Track B: CURRICULUM

1130 hrs – 1245 hrs

Venue: Conference Room 1st Floor

Tuesday January 27, 2009

Chair: John Norcini

Co Chair: Rukhsana Zuberi
Secretary: Azra Saeed Awan

1130 hrs CU07 Needs assessment for formal teaching of communication

skills to the medical undergraduate
Ayesha Rauf (Senior Lecturer) Dr Rahila Yasmin, Umar
Ali Khan , Aafaq Ahmed
Riphah International University (RARE) Islamabad

1140 hrs CU08 Family Medicine clerkship in undergraduate medical

curriculum at Shifa College of Medicine, Islamabad
Saima Pervaiz Iqbal (Assistant Prof Community Medicine)
Shifa College of Medicine, Islamabad

1150 hrs CU09 Integrating Communication Skills, Bioethics,

Behavioral Sciences, Culture and Gender into an
Undergraduate Medical Curriculum: The AKU
Experience: A long and tortuous road
Sameena Shah (Assistant Prof Family Medicine)
Aga Khan University Karachi

1200 hrs CU10 Teaching Community Medicine when Pakistan needs

Public Health
Shahzad Ali Khan (Assistant Prof Health System)
Health Services Academy, Federal Ministry of Health,
Chak Shahzad Islamabad

1210 hrs CU11 Learning Endocrinology and Reproduction in an

Integrated Modular Curriculum - One Year Experience
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 Sameena Ghayur
Shifa College of Medicine, Islamabad

1220 hrs CU12 Biomedical Ethics: A Project for Undergraduate

Medical Students at Shifa College of Medicine
Bushra Khizar, Mobeen Iqbal
Shifa College of Medicine, Islamabad

1230 hrs Q &A

Session VI: Parallel Paper presentation by participants

Track C: TEACHING STRATEGIES

1130 hrs – 1245 hrs

Venue:

Tuesday January 27, 2009

Chairman: N A Jafery
Co Chair: Kevin Eva
Secretary: Iqbal Khan
1130 hrs TS01 Analysis of PBL performance of batch xi (3rd year
MBBS) in three consecutive years
Muhammad Asif Memon, (Ziauddin University Karachi)

1140 hrs TS02 Teaching Primary Health Care to Healthcare

Managers: An Inventive Approach to meet the needs of
Healthcare System
Parvez Nayani (Director Community Health Integrator)
Aga Khan University Karachi

1150 hrs TS03 Impact of Labor and Delivery Simulation Classes in

Undergraduate Medial Learning
Fareesa Waqar (Head of Dept Obstetrics and Gynecology)
Islamic International Medical College Rawalpindi)

1200 hrs TS04 In search of the best learning strategy for delivering
Undergraduate Medical Curriculum
Ali Yawar Alam (Assoc Prof. Community Health Sciences)
Shifa College of Medicine, Islamabad

1210 hrs TS05 Integrated teaching RMC model

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 Zarmina Saga (Director Medical Education)
Rawalpindi Medical College Rawalpindi

1220 hrs TS06 Effect Of Virtual Reality Simulation Training On

Laparoscopic Skills
Mohammad Idrees Anwar (Associate Professor, Director
Medical Education Clinical Sciences)
Rawalpindi Medical College Rawalpindi

1230 hrs Q&A

Session VI: Parallel Paper presentation by participants

Track D: TEACHING STRATEGIES

1130 hrs – 1245 hrs

Venue:

Tuesday January 27, 2009

Chair: Ara Tekian

Co Chair: Maj Gen ( R) M Aslam
Secretary: Omar Awab Khan

1130 hrs TS07 Emerging role of ICT in medical education and

healthcare
Muhammad Afzal (Team Lead HLH Project)
NUST, SEECS Islamabad

1140 hrs TS08 Evidence-Based Medicine: Source of Evidence In Local

Journals
Tashfeen Ahmad (Assistant Prof Surgery and BBS)
Aga Khan University Karachi

1150 hrs TS09 Continuum of medical education: Objectivity in

instructional model, learning and assessment
Kausar Abid (Assistant Prof Physiology)
Islamabad Medical & Dental College Islamabad

1200 hrs TS10 Creating a Case Activity’: An innovative technique to

promote student-centered learning.
Naveeda Khaliq (Senior Registrar, Medicine)
Shifa College of Medicine, Islamabad

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1210 hrs TS11 Response of Medical Undergraduates (male and female)
towards PBL in comparison with LBL Sessions in Small
vs. Large groups
Samina Malik (Sr. lecturer Physiology)
CMH, Lahore Medical College, Lahore

1220 hrs TS12 Use of Didactic Lectures and Problem Based Learning
Sessions in Behavioural Science Curricula
Sajida Agha
Isra University Hyderabad

1230 hrs Q&A

Session VI: REVIEWING OF POSTER IN THREE TRACKS

1130 hrs – 1245 hrs

Venue:

Tuesday January 27, 2009

Chair Track A: Prof M Mussadiq Khan

Co Chair: Ulfat Bashir
Secretary: Ghulam Mustafa

P01 New trends in presenting lecture at medical school

Alvina Zainab
Fatima Jinnah Medical College Lahore

P02 The introduction of an interactive closely supervised logbook

system as an educational, program evaluation &
educational research tool in undergraduate medical students
Ayesha Abdullah (Vice Dean)
Peshawar Medical College

P03 Examination System vis-a-vis Medical Education

Bushra Gul (Head of Department Biology)
Fazaia Inter College Islamabad

P04 Effectiveness of various teaching strategies for promoting

Breast feeding
Iffat F Zaman
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P05 Pediatric Emergency Medicine Desire, need or the necessity

indeed
Emad uddin Siddiqui , (Senior Instructor Emergency Medicine)
Aga Khan University Karachi

P06 Reviving the Objectively Structured Clinical Examination in a

Pakistani Medical School
M. Faisal Rahim (Assistant Director. Shifa Clinical Skills and
Health Informatics Laboratory, SCIL)
Shifa College of Medicine Islamabad

P07 Educating Students for General Dental Practice in A 4-Year

BDS Programme
Fazal Ghani (Head of Department Prosthoontics)
Khyber College of Dentistry Peshawar

P08 Family Planning Practices and Associated Factors Among

Currently Married Women In Cherah, Islamabad, Pakistan
Ghazia Irfan (MPH Trainee)
Armed Forces Post Graduate Medical Institute (AFPGMI)
Rawalpindi

P09 Plan of Action and Strategies to Combat Smoking In Children

and Youth: School And Hospital Based Study
Hamzullah Khan
Gandhara University Peshawar

P10 Quality Control Process is a Tool to Maintain the Quality of

Patient Care and Control over Nursing Performance
Kamla Kumari (Student MSc Nursing)
College of Nursing JPMC Karachi

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 Session VI: REVIEWING OF POSTER IN THREE TRACKS

1130 hrs – 1245 hrs

Venue:

Tuesday January 27, 2009

Chair Track B: Prof Khaleequzzaman

Co Chair: Noeen Arshad
Secretary: Sabiha Haq

P11 Prevalence Of Self-Medication Among Medical Students And

Its Relationship To Self-Reported Distress: a preliminary
report.
Muhammad Asif Shehzad
Nishtar Medical College Multan

P12 Influence of body mass index, ethnicity and sex on serum

alanine aminotransferase (ALT) level in healthy Medical
Students of Rawalpindi.
Mohammad Bilal
Army Medical College Rawalpindi

P13 Inter Specialty Generic Academic Curriculum for

Postgraduate Trainees
Marie Andrades, (Family Medicine)
Aga Khan University Karachi

P14 Attitudes and Practices towards Seeking Health Care among

Postgraduate Trainees
Marie Andrades, (Family Medicine)
Aga Khan University Karachi

P15 Awareness of first year medical students about communication

skills: The Shifa College of Medicine Experience
Matiur Rahman (Assistant Professor Medicine & Member
Curricular Task force)
Shifa College of Medicine Islamabad
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P16 Trends Of Students Towards Medical Education
Mehsoon Sajid & Saima Munir
Faculty of Business Administration and Management Sciences
Army Public College of Management Sciences Rawalpindi

P17 To compare the response of mobile short text messaging (SMS)

with the response of directly administered paper questionnaire
Musarrat ul Hasnain, (Director, Medical Education)
Punjab Medical College, Faisalabad

P18 Anxiety And Depression Among Medical Students: A Cross-

Sectional Study
Nauman Arif Jadoon, (Students)
Nishtar Medical College Multan

P19 Integrated Undergraduate Curriculum at Ziauddin University

Noreen Jaffri, (Clinical Psychologist/Student Counselor)
Ziauddin University Karachi

P20 Experience with Theme-based integrated Renal Module for

second year MBBS class
Riffat Shafi,
Shifa College of Medicine Islamabad

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 Session VI: REVIEWING OF POSTER IN THREE TRACKS

1130 hrs – 1245 hrs

Venue:

Tuesday January 27, 2009

Chair Track C: Prof Ghazala Mahmud

Co Chair: Aliya Ahmed

Secretary: Shazia Ali

P21 Lack of correlation between reading and comprehension of

medical terms – a study of health literacy assessment in Urdu
language
Rukhsana Ayub (Assistant Prof Obstetrics and Gynecology)
Lahore Medical & Dental College Lahore

P23 Outcome of Job Satisfaction A study of Medical Teachers in

Pakistan
Sara Naseer Chohan, Ayesha Hanif
Army Public college of Management Sciences Rawalpindi

P24 Importance of Nutrition in Primary Health Care

Seema Mumtaz
Hamdard University Karachi

P26 XMN-1 Polymorphism in thalassemia Intermediate Patients.

Shakila Ashraf, (Associate professor) Institute of hematology
Baqai Medical University Karachi

P27 Managing shoulder dystocia: perceptions of accoucheurs

regarding their training.
Shamsunnisa Saadia (Assistant Prof Obstetrics and Gynecology)
Islamic International Medical College Rawalpindi

P29 The effect of Assessment Techniques, Training of Medical

Teachers’ and Students’ Competence on the Quality of
Medical Education in Pakistan.
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 Saroj Noor, Nazia Maad
Faculty of Business Administration and Management Sciences
Army Public College of Management Sciences Rawalpindi

P30 Validity and Reliability of Assessment Tools in Final Year

Medical Clinical Students at Aga Khan University (AKU)
Tabassum Zehra (Instructor DED/Medicine)
Aga Khan University Karachi

P31 Integrating the art and science of medicine

Zareen Zaidi (Assistant Prof. Medicine & Medical Education)
Foundation University Medical College Islamabad

P32. Factors Affecting Specialty Preference of Medical Students In

Pakistan
Nauman Arif Jadoon (Student)
Nishtar Medical College Multan

P33 The Structure of Program Evaluation: An Approach for

Evaluating a Program
Zareen Zaidi (Assistant Prof. Medicine & Medical Education)
Foundation University Medical College Islamabad

P34 Initiation of PBL at Foundation University Medical College;

Developing the capacity
Zareen Zaidi (Assistant Prof. Medicine & Medical Education)
Foundation University Medical College Islamabad

P35 Development of a Spiral Multi disciplinary Problem based

Geriatric curriculum for Undergraduate trainees at the Aga
Khan University Hospital, Karachi
Saniya R. Sabzwari (Assistant Prof Family Medicine)
Aga Khan University Karachi

Prayer and Lunch break – 1300 hrs – 1400 hrs

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 Session VII: Regulatory Bodies / Accreditation

1400 hrs – 1515 hrs

Tuesday January 27, 2009

Venue: Main Hall

Chair: M. Brownell “Brownie” Anderson

Co Chair: Sibtul Hasnain
Secretary: Tariq Baqai

1400 hrs RA01- Nurturing self regulating professionals; Can Curricular

Design have an impact?
Kevin Eva (Associate Professor, Department of Clinical
Epidemiology and Biostatistics) Mc Master University

1430 hrs RA02- Faculty and student registration.

Dr. Nadeem Akbar, Registrar
Pakistan Medical & Dental Council Islamabad

1440 hrs RA03- Medical Education, Health Manpower and the Planning
process in Pakistan
Dr M Shafiquddin (Chief Health Retd.)
Advisor Health Helping Hand for Relief Development

1450 hrs RA04- Promoting change in medical student assessment

practices in Pakistan: Challenges and Opportunities
Ms.Nighat Huda

1500 hrs Q&A

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 Session VIII: BEHAVIOR & ATTITUDE IN LEARNING

1515 hrs – 1630 hrs

Oral Paper presentation by participants

Venue: Main Hall

Tuesday January 27, 2009

Chair Track A: M Brownie Brownell

Co Chair: Prof Muhammad Tayyab
Secretary: Inamul Haq

1515 hrs BA01 Knowledge, attitude and practice of medical students

and fresh medical graduates of Karachi, regarding
research and English language publications and impact
of different factors on their reading habits
Dr Ayesha Abdullah, Prof Dr Najeeb UlHaq, Prof
Dr.Hafeez Ur Rehaman
Peshawar Medical College Peshawar

1525 hrs BA02 Stress among medical students: A cross sectional study
at Islamic International Medical College (IIMC),
Rawalpindi
Dr Farah Rashid Siddiqui (Assistant Prof Community
Medicine)
Islamic International Medical College (IIMC), Rawalpindi

1535 hrs BA03 Knowledge, attitude and practice of medical students

and fresh medical graduates of Karachi, regarding
research and English language publications and impact
of different factors on their reading habits
Dr. Muhammad Shahid Shamim, Dr Kiran Ejaz, Dr M
Shahzad Shamai
Associate Professor, surgery Inchange Medical Education
unit
Dow University of Health Sciences

1545 hrs BA04 Stress related emotional and behavioral problem in

Medical Edcuation
Ms Fazaila Sabih, Prof Dr Wahid Bakhsh Sajid

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 Assistant Prof Behavioral Sciences
Islamic International Medical College Rawalpindi

1555 hrs BA05 Aggressive Behaviour of Students

Dr Tabassum Zehra (Instructor DED/Medicine)
Aga Khan University Karachi

1610 hrs BA06 Learning style of first year MBBS & BDS program's at
RIU Pakistan
Dr Rahila Yasmin, (Medical Educationist),Umar Ali Khan
Dr Ayesha Rauf, Aafaq Ahmed,
Riphah International University (RARE) Islamabad

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 Session VIII : ASSESSMENT

1515 hrs – 1630 hrs

Oral Paper presentation by participants

Tuesday January 27, 2009

Venue: Conference Room 1st Floor

Chair Track B: John Norcini

Co Chair: Majid Rajput
Secretary: Mohammad Iqbal

1515 hrs AS01 Innovation in Assessment: ideas for assessment in

Community Health Sciences
Professor Dr. Imran Shaikh (Prof & Chairman Department
of Community Health Sciences)
Ziauddin University Karachi

1525 hrs AS02 Interrater reliability for skill assessment; innovative use
of video recordings
Dr. Shamsa Zafar (Professor Obstetrics and Gynecology)
Islamic International Medical College Rawalpindi

1535 hrs AS03 Analysis of Objective Structured Viva Examination in

an Undergraduate Problem Based Curriculum
Anila Jaleel, Nighat Huda, Noreen Jaffri
Professor Biochemistry
Ziauddin University Karachi

1545 hrs AS04 Development and validation of an assessment tool for

clinical students: Measurement of Undergraduate
education climate (MUEC)
Aamer Iftikhar, Cheek W Cook, Ellen Jones, David Wall

1555 hrs AS05 Comparison of Relative Standard-Setting Methods with

the Preset Passing Scores at the Aga Khan University.
Dr Naveed Yousuf, Rukhsana W Zubari, Raheem Lakhani,
Karim Rehmani
(Instructor Educational Development)
Aga Khan University Karachi

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1605 hrs AS06 OSCE as an assessment tool: Perceptions of
undergraduate medical
Shamsunnisa Saadia (Assistant Prof Obstetrics and
Gynecology)
Islamic International Medical College Rawalpindi

Session VIII: POST GRADUATE TEACHING AND RESEARCH

1515 hrs – 1630 hrs

Venue:

Tuesday January 27, 2009

Chair Track C: Kevin Eva

Co Chair: Sajid Hussain Shah
Secretary: Shamim Mumtaz

1515 hrs PG01 Implementing modified resident work hours: lessons

learnt
Ghazala Mahmud, Shazra Abbas
(Resident Obstetrics and Gynecology)
Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences Islamabad

1525 hrs PG02 Answering research proposals online – a 3 year

experience of PakMediNet.COM
Osama Ishtiaque (Project Manager)
Pak Medinet Islamabad

1535 hrs PG03 Health research: perspective of physicians-in-training

in a developing country
Hassan Khan, Sadaf Khan, Arshad Iqbal

1545 hrs PG04 Medical Residents’ Perceptions Of The Working

Conditions And Educational Experiences Of Their
Residency Training
Dr Muhammad Saaiq, Khaleeq Uz Zaman
Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences Islamabad
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1555 hrs PG05 A Quantitative Estimate of Clinical Designs used by
Clinical Researchers
Mr. Muhammad Ibrahim , Saleha Saleem Bukhari
(Assistant Professor of Statistics)
Dayal Singh College, School of Physiotherapy
King Edward Medical University Lahore

1605 hrs PG06 Supervisors’ opinion of the skills required of general

surgical trainees
Hassan Rana Javaid, Amir Mian
Surgical Specialist CMH Rawalpindi

1615 Q&A

Session VIII: Free Papers

1515 hrs – 1630 hrs

Oral Paper presentation by participants

Tuesday January 27, 2009

Chair Track D: Khalife Bille

Co Chair: Arif Ali Zaidi
Secretary: Sameena Iltaf

1515 hrs FP 01- Ethical issues related to Medical Education in the light
of Islamic principle
M. Iqbal Khan, **Nadir M, **R. A. Khan
(Professor of Surgery )
Islamic International Medical College

1530 hrs FP 02- Dental Education in Pakistan: A case for

Reengineering
Ayaz Ali Khan ( Principal)
Islamic International Dental College

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1545 hrs FP03 Log book as an evaluation tool in structured life
support trainings in Pakistan
Dr. Shamsa Zafar (Professor Obstetrics and Gynecology)
Islamic International Medical College Rawalpindi

1600 hrs FP04 Determinants of Medical Students’ Career Choice

Mr. Haseeb Butt, (Student) Ahmad Sufyan, Ikram Sial
Riphah School of Leadership, Riphah International
University Islamabad

1615 hrs FP-05- Problem Based Learning as an alternate to Traditional

Lecture System: It’s Application in Integrated
Undergraduate Medical Curriculum.
M Shakaib Anwar (Assist Professor Ophthalmology)
Shifa College of Medicine Islamabad

1600 Q&A

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 Closing Session

(1630 hrs - 1730 hrs)

Tuesday January 27, 2009

Venue: Main Hall

1630 Tilawat

1635 Vote of thanks by Pro Chancellor

1645 Vote of thanks by Ms Shahnaz Wazir Ali, Chairperson, HEC

1655 Address by Mir Aijaz Khan Jakhrani, Federal Minister Health

1705 Address by Dr Fahmida Mirza Speaker National Assembly

1715 Distribution of Awards- Chief Guest

1730 Address by the Chief Guest

1745 Acknowledgement of Committee – Organizing Secretary

1750 Vote of thanks by Dr Ara Tekian

1800 TEA

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