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Lifelong Learning In Medical Education: From Cme To Cpd, Zarrin Seema Siddiqui Jan 2003

Lifelong Learning In Medical Education: From Cme To Cpd, Zarrin Seema Siddiqui

Department for Educational Development

Lifelong learning is a concept taken up by governments and educational institutions worldwide to acknowledge the need for continuous learning irrespective of the profession. In the context of medicine, lifelong learning has always been formally considered an ethical obligation of doctors although the term Continuing Medical Education (CME) is more commonly used than Continuous Professional Development (CPD). This article traces the history of continuous professional development from early years through current programs introduced worldwide.

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Communicating About Aids-Changes In Understanding And Coping With Help Of Language In Urban Kagera, Tanzania, Aldin Mutembei, Maria Emmelin, Joe Lugalla, Lars Dahlgren Jan 2002

Communicating About Aids-Changes In Understanding And Coping With Help Of Language In Urban Kagera, Tanzania, Aldin Mutembei, Maria Emmelin, Joe Lugalla, Lars Dahlgren

Institute for Educational Development, East Africa

Faced with the problems of HIV/AIDS, people have to find ways to communicate around them. The aim of this paper is to mirror changes over time in the Kagera people's social cognition regarding HIV/AIDS, using their own language as a tracer of this process. Focus group discussions and personal and group interviews conducted during 1992 to 1995 in urban Bukoba, Kagera, constitute the basis for an analysis of metaphorical expressions in use since 1985. Pronounced uncertainty is later transformed into a deeper understanding of the pandemic and an increased disposition to cope with the situation. Knowledge about the socio-linguistic expressions …

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Low Serum Alpha 1 Antitrypsin In Duodenal Ulcer--A Family Study, Anjum Shahid, Sarwar J, Zuberi Mohammad A, Waqar,Huma Qureshi Waqar,Huma Qureshi Waqar,Huma Qureshi, Anwar Ali Siddiqui, Taranum Sultana Sep 2000

Low Serum Alpha 1 Antitrypsin In Duodenal Ulcer--A Family Study, Anjum Shahid, Sarwar J, Zuberi Mohammad A, Waqar,Huma Qureshi Waqar,Huma Qureshi Waqar,Huma Qureshi, Anwar Ali Siddiqui, Taranum Sultana

Department of Biological & Biomedical Sciences

No abstract provided.

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Learning Approaches And Academic Performance Of Undergraduate Medical Students In Pakistan, Zoon Naqvi, Rashida Ahmed Jan 2000

Learning Approaches And Academic Performance Of Undergraduate Medical Students In Pakistan, Zoon Naqvi, Rashida Ahmed

Department for Educational Development

Objective: To classify undergraduate medical students according to their learning approaches and to correlate the learning approaches with their academic achievements.
Materials and Methods: A questionnaire to appraise learning approaches of undergraduate medical students was administered and collected at the end of the regular certifying examinations. The responses were analysed through the principal component factor analysis.
Results: The results did not depict formation of demonstrable learning approaches during academic years. However, increased self-awareness about the approaches was indicated by the responses of final year students as compared to the third year students. The correlation of the learning approaches with the …

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Genetic Markers And Duodenal Ulcer, Anjum Shahid, Sarwar J. Zuberi, Anwar Ali Siddiqui, Muhamined A. Waqar Muhamined A. Waqar Muhamined A. Waqar May 1997

Genetic Markers And Duodenal Ulcer, Anjum Shahid, Sarwar J. Zuberi, Anwar Ali Siddiqui, Muhamined A. Waqar Muhamined A. Waqar Muhamined A. Waqar

Department of Biological & Biomedical Sciences

Serum pepsinogen, ui-antitrypsin (ui-AT) and blood groups were studied as genetic markets in 32 patients with endoscopically proven duodenal ulcer and 44 control subjects with no family history of ulcer disease. Serum pepsinogen was detennined by the modified method of Edward et al7, a1-AT by single radial hnmunodiffusion8 (RID) and phenotyping was carried out by isoelectric focusing (IEF)9. Duodenal ulcer patients with hyper- pepsinogenemia (28%) and low serum ui-AT (35%) had a dominant blood group 0, lower mean age, an early onset of disease, a higher frequency of gastrointestinal (CI) bleeding and ulcer perforation. These parameters were found considerably different …

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The Diploma In Family Medicine Examination; A Scientific Exercise, Rukhsana Wamiq Zuberi, Naeem A. Jafarey, Fazal Elahi, Asma Fozia Qureshi Oct 1993

The Diploma In Family Medicine Examination; A Scientific Exercise, Rukhsana Wamiq Zuberi, Naeem A. Jafarey, Fazal Elahi, Asma Fozia Qureshi

Department for Educational Development

The Diploma in Family Medicine (DFM) Examination Is a new certification offered by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Pakistan, and its Department of Medical Education designed a scientific examination. First, the Expert Advisory Committee for Family Medicine was formed, relevant training objectives Were determined, a training programme to achieve the objectives was designed and a valid syllabus was chosen. Then the examination was designed, where the candidates must pass the objective theory papers before taking the clinical examination. The clinical examination consisted of an Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) and traditional case presentations. The candidates had to pass …

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Family Medicine: A Brief Review Of Its History And Concepts And Its Relevance To Pakistan, Rukhsana Wamiq Zuberi May 1993

Family Medicine: A Brief Review Of Its History And Concepts And Its Relevance To Pakistan, Rukhsana Wamiq Zuberi

Department for Educational Development

Inmost countries of the world some form of family medicine is being practiced by members of the medical profession. In over fifty countries distinct practitioners of this form of medicine are recognized and in some countries formal designation as specialists is accorded to them. In certain countries the physicians are called family practitioners and in others they are called general practitioners. Both terms are correct as these physicians have broad-based clinical skills (generalists) and also take care of the families. In Pakistan health care is usually available only to those who can afford it. A large segment of population consists …

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Family Medicine Postgraduate Training In Pakistan, Cynthia Lawrence Haq, Asma Fozia Qureshi, Rukhsana Wamiq Zuberi, S. N. Bazmi Inam, John H. Bryant Mar 1992

Family Medicine Postgraduate Training In Pakistan, Cynthia Lawrence Haq, Asma Fozia Qureshi, Rukhsana Wamiq Zuberi, S. N. Bazmi Inam, John H. Bryant

Department for Educational Development

There is no organized system of postgraduate training for family medicine or general practice in Pakistan. This paper describes the status of primary health care delivery in Pakistan and the growth of family medicine throughout the world. It stresses the need for organized postgraduate training relevant to the needs of primary health care in Pakistan and describes efforts currently under-way in this regard at the Aga Khan University Medical Center (AKUMC) in collaboration with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Pakistan

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