BACKGROUND Health professionals have an important role to play in the fight against tobacco. As individuals, health professionals can help educate the population; as community members, they can support anti-smoking policies; and, at a societal level, they can influence national and global tobacco control efforts. The objectives of the study was to estimate the prevalence of tobacco use among me...

BACKGROUND The Government of Pakistan identified 4 medical Colleges for introduction of COME, one from each province. Curriculum was prepared by the faculty of these colleges and launched in 2001 and despite concerted efforts could not be implemented. The purpose of this research was to identify the reasons for delay in implementation of the COME curriculum and to assess the understanding of th...

CONTEXT Empathy is a major component of a satisfactory doctor-patient relationship and the cultivation of empathy is a learning objective proposed by the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) for all American medical schools. Therefore, it is important to address the measurement of empathy, its development and its correlates in medical schools. OBJECTIVES We designed this study to t...

p0180 Medical educators have a major responsibility to evaluate the clinical skills of trainees and to provide them with timely, useful feedback to ensure continued progress and correction of deficiencies. Despite tremendous advances in technology, the basic clinical skills of interviewing, physical examination, and counseling remain essential to the successful care of patients. The Association...

BACKGROUND Many under graduate medical colleges are in the process of mapping their curriculum. This process was investigated in three typical medical schools of Pakistan by semi-structured interviews of the senior faculty members. Conclusions were made and discussed. METHODS Semi-structured interviews were conducted with the senior faculty curriculum managers concerned with mapping Human Nut...