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PMDC starts reviewing MBBS syllabus
ISLAMABAD, Aug 22: The recently reconstituted
curriculum committee of Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) started
reviewing the MBBS syllabus on Tuesday.
The MBBS curriculum was last
revised in 2004 in consultation with the Higher Education Commission (HEC) and
circulated in August 2005 among all universities and medical colleges for
implementation.
Committee Chairman Prof Dr Mussadiq Khan said the
curriculum required continuous review to incorporate current changes in teaching
methodology that prevailed in the contemporary world. He said there was a dire
need to review the existing subject based curriculum and adopt a curriculum that
suited local requirements. "The syllabus revision will equip MBBS graduates with
all necessary skills and knowledge required for them to compete at an
international level," he said. Dr Khan said once basic guidelines for curriculum
were complete, subject specialists would be engaged for curriculum
development.
Later, the committee reviewed various aspects of the MBBS
syllabus. It agreed that the curriculum required change but insisted that the
change should be gradual. It said the existing subject-based curriculum should
be gradually changed to an integrated organ-based one. The committee also agreed
that all stakeholders including medical students be involved in the process of
curriculum development. For that matter, the committee will meet on a regular
basis.
The committee recommended training workshops for the faculty
members of the medical and dental institutions on integrated curriculum and
suggested the inclusion of teaching methodology in problem-based
learning.
Meanwhile, the PMDC has warned that it will not register
postgraduate and medical students who have studied courses not recognised by it.
This warning was issued in a meeting of the Postgraduate Medical and Dental
Committee of PMDC chaired by Prof Dr Masood Hameed.
The committee
reviewed the draft regulations for postgraduate medical and dental education and
asked institutions to get their postgraduate training courses recognised and
students registered with the council. The committee advised candidates seeking
postgraduate admissions in medical and dental institutions to verify from the
PMDC whether the courses of their interest are recognised. Daily times
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