A renowned speaker, Canadian Dentist, Dr. Abbas Naqvi, shared his knowledge and experience in a One-Day seminar on “International Perspective on Dentistry”. Students of Dentistry from different universities attended the session on 11th Feb 2020 and discussed educational and career in the field of dentistry. The session was conducted by Jinnah Medical and Dental College. 11-Feb-2020
Faculty member Dr. Zainab Hasan, Asst. Professor from Department of Community Medicine provided the awareness session on “information and precautions” on COVID-19 to the Doctors, Students, Nursing staff and Staff of Sohail University on 31st Jan 2020. 31-Jan-2020
Seminar on Research & updates in Neuroscience (RUNS)
RESEARCH & UPDATES IN NEUROSCIENCES (RUNS) in collaboration with Pakistan Society of Neurosurgeons. Conference was held on Jan 18, 2020 at Medicare Cardiac & General Hospital by Prof. Dr. Raza Rizvi head of Neurosurgery Department. This is the conference where all departments of Neurosurgery from all over the province participated including their senior faculty. The aim of the program is to share the experience regarding management of complicated neurosurgical cases and to improve the concept of research among the junior faculty. This program is rotated in different centers of province and this was the first ever neurosurgical event at Medicare cardiac & general hospital. 18-Jan-2020
Medicare Cardiac and General Hospital, Nursing Staff visited different campuses of City School to give awareness on health and special training was provided to students and parents on CPR training from 13th to 15th Jan 2020. Dr. Nadeem Noor Asst Prof. Pediatrics Consultant-Medicare Cardiac and General Hospital gave the presentation on Child health & replied to the queries of parents about the health issues of children. 13th to 15th Jan 2020
Jinnah Medical and Dental College organizes workshops for faculty development on a regular basis with the aim of improving the teaching and learning process; and assessment of learning. Keeping in account, the needs of the millennial students, a workshop was arranged for the faculty members from all disciplines of JMDC and SU. The workshop titled “Lesson Planning” was facilitated by Professor Marium Iqbal, trained in medical education from Aga Khan University. The 3 hour- workshop continued for 5 consecutive days, engaging different participants each day. With the goal of developing a structured lesson plan, that would ensure coverage of content, the facilitator introduced innovative and interesting strategies that would keep the learners engaged throughout the lecture. At the end of the session, the faculty members shared their lesson plans incorporating creativity for their learners. The workshop was highly appreciated by the faculty for its high level of interaction, innovative solutions, and hands-on planning of lectures.