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Rawalpindi Medical College scientific conference
Rawalpindi, Dec 12, 2007: Rawalpindi Medical College (RMC), for the first time in its
history, is organising a scientific conference 'Research: A Tool for Development
in the 21st Century' on December 14-15 here at the college building with an
objective to promote a culture of research.
"The objective of the
conference is to promote a culture of research and research collaborations
amongst the community of Rawalians who have grown up during the last 30 years
and have reached positions of prime importance all over the world," said Head of
the Institute of Psychiatry Department at RGH and Chairman Organising Committee
Professor Dr Fareed Aslam Minhas while talking to us Tuesday.
He
said the conference would provide a forum for sharing scientific work with an
opportunity of learning, coordinating and collaborating research activities in
common areas of interest. The conference would also provide tools allowing each
and everyone of the Rawalians, no matter where they are based, to reflect better
on this type of organisation, based on the experience they have had from
different parts of the world, he said adding that the research collaborations
would open up new avenues for Rawalians to interact and strengthen more as a
research nation.
He said it was two months back when his colleagues
requested him to organise this conference. "Despite knowing the odds of limited
time, finances and political instability, I decided not to miss this opportunity
of providing Rawalians with a unique forum," he said.
Briefing about the
programme of the conference, Dr Minhas said that state-of-the-art lectures would
be delivered by prominent health experts in their respective areas of medical
science. "Most of the speakers belong to RMC, however, a few of them are
rendering their services abroad," he said adding that the lectures would provide
junior doctors with the knowledge of various modern techniques and methods being
used for research and treatment both in the developing and developed
countries.
Principal RMC Professor Dr Mohammad Musaddiq Khan, who has
played a leading role for curriculum development and taken a bold decision of
introducing the integrated teaching course at RMC, will speak on the new
frontiers of medical education during the conference.
On the second day
of conference, there would be five parallel sessions on Surgical and Allied
Techniques, Medical and Allied Techniques, Reproductive Health, Ophthalmology
and Mental Health, said Dr Minhas, adding that the Surgical and allied session
would be coordinated by Professor Hamid Hassan and would cover major areas
related to breast cancer. Two distinguished Rawalians from UK would also present
their work in this session, added Dr Minhas.
The Medicine and allied
session would be jointly coordinated by Professor Mohammad Umer and Professor
Bushra Kar that would focus on topical issues of Hepatitis and would have a good
input from Cardiology Department by Professor Nusrat Ara and Dr Imran
Saeed.
The session on Gynaecology is being coordinated by Professor Asma
Usmani which would cover mainly the area of research in this field. Prominent
Rawalian gynaecologists including Professor Rizwan Chaudhry, Professor Fehmida
Shaheen and Dr Shaugfta Sial would also deliver lectures in this session while
the Ophthalmology session is being coordinated by Professsor Syed Imtiaz Ali,
said Dr Minhas.
Dr Minhas is of the view that the conference would also
provide Rawalians with an opportunity to consolidate and organise their action
for the future. "We need to organise the Continued Medical Education programmes,
which would include a centralised availability of the resources available in
each specialty," he said adding that the RMC qualified doctors abroad could
offer assistance for the young Rawalians for getting the electives or harnessing
research ideas after their graduations and helping them in the form of
placements outside the country.
He said the conference is being organised
particularly for Rawalians but health experts graduated from other institutions
could also attend it. "I am going to suggest in the conference that it should be
made a permanent annual event for the Rawalians all around the world each year
in December," he added. The News
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