World Federation for Medical Education: Appropriateness of Basic Medical Education standards in Pakistan

World Federation for Medical Education perspectives on person-centered medicine

Since 1984 the WFME has conducted an “International Programme for the Reorientation of Medical Education”. An important cornerstone in this process was the Edinburgh declaration of 1988 [1], adopted by the World Health Assembly in 1989 [2]. In order to promote the programme and in keeping with its constitutional mandate, the WFME Executive Council in 1998 in a position paper launched its Progra...

Basic sciences curriculum in medical education

Introduction: Traditional methods are generally used for teaching basic science courses at Shiraz Medical School. Such courses are taught during the first and second years of a seven-year medical program. The goal of this study was to analyze teachers and students’ perceptions of basic science teaching in medical education.Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted at the colleg...

Basic Medical Education

IN its technical aspects medical education in the United Kingdom is traditionally amateur. Curricula conform only within the widest of guidelines; teaching methods and performances are rarely assessed; examinations are often antiquated in concept and execution and the results rarely validated; the syllabus is organised frequently with the convenience of teachers the overriding desideratum and i...

Problems of medical education in Pakistan.

Inspite of being the products of present system of medical education in Pakistan, the faculty members of Baqai University are generally dissatisfied with it. They have raised their concern on present medical education at various forums. This paper discusses the problems of medical education in Pakistan as elicited by the faculty members of Baqai Medical University. The importance of this study ...

Priorities in medical education in Pakistan.