International Medical Education and Research (FAIMER), USA; Dr John R. Boulet, Vice-President FAIMER, USA; Dr Madawa Chandratilake, University of Dundee, UK; Dr David Taylor, School of Medicine, University of Liverpool, UK; Dr Vikram Jha, Liverpool Women’s Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, UK; Dr Kay Mohanna, Director of Postgraduate Studies, Keele University School of Medicine, UK; Dr Gominda Ponnamperuma, Medical Education Development and Research Centre, Colombo, Sri Lanka; Dr Gohar Wajid, University of Dammam, Saudi Arabia, Dr Alam Sher Malik, Quest International University, Malaysia; Dr Shane Knox, National Ambulance College, Dublin, Ireland and Dr Gerard Bury, University College Dublin, Ireland.
Conference Organising Secretary, UHS Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Prof Junaid Sarfraz Khan said that the objective of this moot was an exchange of research and experience in the area of curriculum, its development, implementation, review and evaluation in the light of changing global accreditation criteria.
“The conference will encourage collaborative linkages and moving towards an integrated curriculum approach”, he added.
Prof Junaid further said that the conference with its theme, “Is seamless transition from education to practice really possible?”, would help in bringing the global perspective regarding the subject together that shall be looked at within the local context to suggest a way forward for curriculum reforms in Pakistan.
He pointed out that recent attempts in implementing integrated curricula in developing countries had faced a number of challenges, including lack of awareness amongst the stakeholders regarding the matter and the subject, inability to provide contextually relevant evidence in support for the change, poor or non-existent faculty development initiatives and absence of feedback from stakeholders, amongst others.
He added that it was the second international conference being organised by the university from the platform of Council for Collaboration in Medical Education (CCME).