Are Medical Education Departments in Pakistan, Performing as in Other Parts of The World?

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Are Medical Education Departments in Pakistan, Performing as in Other Parts of The World?

Journal Title: Isra Medical Journal - Year 2018, Vol 10, Issue 3

Abstract

The medical education process in medical institutions is managed and supervised by the Medical Education Departments which provide different educational services to evaluate, support and thus augment the educational role of the medical institution. The roles of Medical Education Department is mostly revolves around the teaching, research, faculty development, in providing guidance and support in assessment and curriculum development1,2 . Historically, the Medical Education Department, particularly in America (USA), started as a research offices in medical education. In 1958, the first office of research in medical education the Hale Hamm was started at Case Western Reserve University. Within 4 decades about 61 medical institutions were having medical education department offices with their responsibilities extended beyond research1. In past 150 years tremendous developments have taken place in medical education resulting in improvement in physicians who have become progressively more systematic in their thought, scientific approach and clinical practice. Moreover, a structured and systematic educational curriculum was shaped which leads physicians to be trained from its educational institutions having adequate depth and breadth of knowledge, skills and attitudes necessary to practice medicine. Now the Physicians are produced with a capacity to study and interpret scientific advances and to incorporate pertinent knowledge into their medical practice. Today, the practice of medical science, compared with a century ago, has underwent a huge transformation that could have not been expected by the typical American physician of 1900. The medical sciences has developed from a discipline based on dogma to a field based on evidence based discipline derived through clinical observation and scientific investigations3. Recently, due to rapid development in all avenues especially internet, there is an increase in awareness regarding health literacy among the patients. Medical curriculum has now become more complex with modern and newer methodology, the curriculum delivery is being innovated and adopted, as are new assessment methods. Due to this the Department of medical education are expected to have the capacity to do faculty training that correspond to these changes.

Authors and Affiliations

Ishtiaq Ahmed

Keywords

Education

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