Peshawar: For the first time in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, the Khyber Medical University (KMU) has launched Master of Health Professions Education (MHPE) programme intended to produce leaders and innovators in health professions education.
A prominent cardiologist and vice-chancellor of the Khyber Medical University (KMU) Prof Dr Mohammad Hafizullah formally launched the programme after marathon meetings and consultation with stakeholders and principals of the affiliated medical colleges.
Before KMU, only the Dow Medical University in Karachi was conducting MHPE degree programme and doctors from all over the country including Khyber Pakhtunkhwa used to go there for this two-year of course.
Addressing the participants of the launching ceremony, Prof Dr Hafizullah hoped that the programme would enable the health professions of the country in general and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in particular to bring necessary changes in training and of health educators in accordance with global challenges and regional needs.
He said the KMU had arranged well-trained medical educationists for this programme and hoped candidates after completing their two-year course would be able to bring changes in their respective institutions
The VC hoped it would produce leaders and innovators in health professions education who would pave the way for bringing innovations in quality teaching in medical institutions. The two-year programme is supposed to be beneficial for candidates in their mid level carrier.
The candidates having passed MBBS from regionally accredited medical institution, registered with the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC), proficiency in written and verbal English, three years of clinical or teaching experience and computer literacy would be selected for the MHPE. Also, the candidates would have to appear in interview.
Dr Sahibzada Mehmood Noor, who is also assistant professor of Dermatology Department at the Lady Reading Hospital (LRH), will be the programme coordinator.
Highlighting importance of the programme, Dr Sahibzada Noor said though there would be admission criterion, personal motivation of the candidate would play a pivotal role in their selection.
Each candidate would be required to pay Rs200,000 for the whole programme in which the KMU would provide them free accommodation, meals and resource materials. There will be three contact sessions in a year and the participants would be required to study for two hours a day.
Dr Sahibzada Noor said the same degree, if obtained abroad, cost several times high than in Pakistan. Besides Dr Sahibzada Noor as coordinator, Dr Gohar Wajid, who has done PhD in medical education and MSc in health information systems, has been appointed as the programme supervisor and Prof Dr Mohammad Idrees, head of surgery of Sheikh Zayed Medical College and director medical education, Rahimyar Khan, the programme director.
Dr Abid Jameel, associate professor oncology and director education, Hayatabad Medical Complex (HMC), Dr Shahid Ayub, assistant professor neurosurgery and deputy director medical education, LRH, Dr Soba Sabir Ali, assistant professor endocrinology and deputy director medical education, HMC, and Dr Jawad Ahmad Kundi, associate professor and head of department of maxillofacial surgery, director medical education Sardar Begum Dental College, Peshawar, have been selected as visiting faculty members.
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