UHS starts developing new MBBS curriculum

LAHORE: The University of Health Sciences (UHS) has started developing an integrated curriculum for medical colleges in order to provide students with a patient-centered and disease-focused medical education.

The UHS spokesperson said on Thursday that the varsity had constituted 15 committees of subject specialists, headed by senior academicians, to develop the curriculum for MBBS classes in which the formal classroom knowledge would be integrated with clinical experience. 

A three-day training workshop organised by the UHS Department of Medical Education for members of these committees also opened on Thursday. Prof Dr Alam Sher Malik, dean of Quest International University, Perak, Malaysia, is facilitating the workshop.

UHS Pro-Vice Chancellor Dr Junaid S Khan said that the development of integrated curriculum was only the first step towards meeting the World Federation for Medical Education standards for accreditation of the MBBS programme.