Certificates Distribution Ceremony of MPH Batch 1

Syed Zahir Ali Shah Minister of Health Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has urged that medical professionals should be polite and patient friendly accordingly to their job description; he was talking to the course completion ceremony of MPH students as chief guest here at Institute of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (IPM&R) Hayatabad Peshawar. Prof. Dr. Muhammad Hafizullah VC KMU, Prof. Dr. Muhammad Zubair Principal KGMC, Dr, Fazal Mahmood Registrar KMU, Abdul Saddique Director Finance KMU, Prof. Dr. Shad Muhammad Director Academics KMU, KMU, Dr. Jawad Ahmad Dir IBMS, Dr. Tasleem Akhtar Consultant R&D KMU and renown health professionals of the province were also present at the occasion.

 Syed Zahir Ali Shah while congratulating the students on their successful completion of two years MPH Course, has said that the new health managers have great responsibilities on their shoulders and we hoped that they will not only serve the ailing humanity with full zeal and zest but they would also became exemplary health managers for running the health institutions and organizations in better way.

He said that our clinicians are well qualified and they are symbol of quality in their relevant fields but unfortunately we are far behind in producing sufficient and quality health managers. He advised KMU administration to also look in to the so for neglected fields of nursing and paramedic sciences to cope with the deficiencies of health sector. While appreciating the KMU achievements, during the short span of time the health minister   assured the KMU administr5ation that the provincial government would provide all possible support to KMU for materializing its new projects especially that of Institute of Basic Medical Sciences (IBMS).

While highlighting the provincial govt. achievements in health sector Syed Zahir Ali Shah said that the present democratic govt. not only full fill the so many years awaiting demand of four tier service structure for doctors but the decades long old demand of service structures for paramedics and nursing were also approved by the present govt, he tern it a great achievement of the present provincial government.
Earlier, while talking to the ceremony Prof. Dr. Muhammad Hafizullah VC KMU welcomed the chief guest and said that KMU has set its priorities short after its inception as Service to humanity with a commitment for excellence in medical education and research, providing medical and allied health students with state of art knowledge, skills and attitude to deliver the highest standards of health care to the people.

He said that according to their policy guidelines KMU has decided that no new medical college will be established in near future in the public sector and major chunk of the KMU resources would be diverted to establish and strengthen the so for neglected areas of public health, nursing and physiotherapy. He explained that establishment of IPH&SS and IPM&R and launching of MPH and B.Sc Courses for nursing and physiotherapy are our great achievements.. He said that teaching and training in these fields will bear fruit in near future in shape of production of qualified and well trained professionals.

While highlighting the future plans of KMU VC KMU said that IBMS, PRIDE and RIHET are in the pipe line but we are glad to share with the august gathering that for IBMS a sight has been pointed out and the same project will become reality Inshallah in the near future. He also said that reforms are also under way in the medical curriculum at graduate level especially the ethical aspect of the medical curriculum will resolve with the inculcation of ethical subject in the medical curriculum which should be resulted in solving the patients care problems in the systematic way. Later on the chief guest awarded shields and certificates to the course completed students of IPH &SS.

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Research Methodology & Proposal Development and Biostatistics & SPSS workshop

The Khyber Medical University (KMU), Peshawar Directorate of Research & Development (R&D) is organizing a combined Research Methodology & Proposal Development and Biostatistics & SPSS workshop for the students of Institute of Public Health and Social Sciences (IPH&SS), a constituent Institute of KMU from the 20-25 September at Institute of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (IPM&R).
The workshop is aimed at improving the Research skills of the MPH students, who will shortly be working on their dissertation / thesis. The students would be taught the various steps of clinical Health Research and would also be given hands on training in computer applications (SPSS) as applied to Health Research.
The Research Consultant, KMU, Dr. Tasleem Akhtar, Dr. Salim Nazir, Dr. Hamid Hussain and Mr. Ifthikhar Uddin would act as the facilitators / lecturers, while the I.T department of KMU will provide technical support.

Entrance Test 2010 Held

Dated:30-08-2010

Entrance Test 2010 for admissions in Medical and Dental colleges of the province has been held under Education Testing & Evaluation Agency (ETEA) and organized by Khyber Medical University (KMU) at two centres. A total strength of 13485 has participated in the test.

It is worth mentioning that this year from registration to conduction all the arrangements has been done by KMU, while the test has been conducted by ETEA. KMU had set two centres for registration where seven registration desks had been formed. For the Entrance Test 2010 two centres one at AMC, Abbottabad while the other was established at Sher Khan Shaheed Stadium (Army Stadium) Peshawar. In AMC, Abbottabad 3340 while at Army Stadium Peshawar 10145 students participated in the Entrance Test 2010.

Vice Chancellor KMU, Prof. Dr. Muhammad Hafeezullah while talking at the occasion has said that organizing Entrance Test 2010 was a great challenge for KMU and by the grace of Almighty Allah and by the commitment of the KMU administration,we had successfully meet this challenge. He apprised the efforts made by KMU and ETEA staff for organizing the Entrance Test in peaceful and well organized manner.

He also appreciated the civil administration of Peshawar District and especially the Police department for taking such a brilliant measures for security and maintaining law & order situation. VC, UET, Imtitaz Hussain Gillani, Principal KMC, Prof. Dr. Sultan Mehmood, Principal KCD, Prof. Dr. Qiam Ud Din, Principal GMC, Prof.Dr. Abdul Mateen, Executive Director ETEA, Rauf Jamil, Director AA&QA KMU, Prof. Dr. Shad Muhammad, Controller of Examinations KMU, Prof. Dr. Shahnaz Akhtar, Registrar KMU Dr. Fazal Mahmud and Treasurer KMU, Abdul Siddique were also present at the occasion.

Tentative Date of Medical and Dental Colleges Khyber Pukhtoonkhwa Entrance Test 2010

25th August has been declared as the tentative date for Medical and Dental Colleges Khyber Pukhtoonkhwa Entrance Test 2010

Sixth meeting of the Syndicate, Khyber Medical University (KMU) has been held

Sixth meeting of the Syndicate, Khyber Medical University (KMU) was held   in the Committee Room of Khyber Girls Medical College,Peshawar  under the Chairmanship of Prof. Dr. Mohammad Hafizullah, Vice Chancellor KMU Peshawar.The Syndicate approved the   Service Rules, 2008 (Revised, 2010) prepared by a special subcommittee of Syndicate headed by Prof Dr Arshad Javed Dean Faculty of Medicine and Allied Sciences.

            Syndicate also approved the recommendations of Academic Council pertaining to nominations for Board of Studies. According to the decision Prof Arshad  Javaid PGMI will be Dean of Faculty of  Medicine and Allied Sciences while Prof Asad Ullah Jan KMC, Prof Dr Nargis Parveen Principal KMC, Prof Dr. Qiam Ud Din, Principal KCD, Peshawar would be the Deans Faculty of Surgery, Basic Medical sciences and Faculty of Dentistry respectively.
Revised vision, mission, objectives and functions of Quality Enhancement Cell (QEC), KMU and its constituent institutions viz Institute of Public Health and Social Sciences (IPH&SS), Institute of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (IPM&R) and Postgraduate College of Nursing (PGCN) were also approved by the Syndicate. The Syndicate approved the regulations of Semester System Examination, 2009, for placement before University Senate for final approval, as provided under KMU Act. The Syndicate approved the 5th F&PC minutes; however, agenda item related to approval of “Basic Science Teaching Allowance “was referred to for approval of the KMU Senate.
            Syndicate also approved newly created posts of IBMS, Four posts of lecturers (BPS-18) for B.Sc Nursing Program and QEC, KMU. The syndicate also approved the   recommendations of the University Selection Board for appointments of two new officers   in BPS -17 namely  Dr. Zohaib Khan, Asstt: Director (Research)  and Mr. Muhammad Tahir, Asstt: Director (Admissions).
Earlier, in his opening address, the VC said that KMU has taken initiative to fill the gaps of current health system by starting Masters in Public Health Program in the IPH&SS, Bachelor degree Program in Physiotherapy in IPM&R, four years and two years post-RN Bachelor in Nursing program in PGCN. The huge task before the university is to revamp undergraduate medical education, strengthen postgraduate training and offer post postgraduate training in selected specialties.
He explained that the research activities are being carried out in KMU, particularly research workshops on Bio-Ethics, Research Symposium in order to provide a platform to the students of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to strengthen their abilities in the field of health education and research work. The VC KMU explained that a number of medical colleges have been affiliated with KMU while the remaining are in due process. He elaborated that the main structure of the KMU building has been laid down and work is in progress on Academic, Administration and Multipurpose Hall. Presently twenty scholarships have been awarded in the basic medical science field and in near future KMU will have qualified faculty for teaching/research purposes.
        
   The meeting attended by Farid Ahmad Quraishi, Special Secretary to Establishment Deptt,Mr. Aziz Khattak, Additional Secretary  Health Deptt. Prof. Dr. Arshad Javed, Dean Faculty of Medicine & Allied Sciences,Prof. Dr. Nargis Parveen, Principal KMC,Peshawar,Prof. Dr. Asad Ullah Jan, Dean Faculty of Surgery & Allied Sciences,Prof. Dr. Shad Muhammad, Dean Paramedical, Nursing & Allied sciences,Prof. Dr. Zia-ul-Islam, Project Director, Bacha Khan Medical College, Mardan, Ms. Nasreen Khattak Ex MPA Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Mr. Shaukat Ali Khan, Acting Treasurer, KMU,Prof. Dr. Shahnaz Akhtar, Controller of Examinations, KMU,Dr. Ayuz Ayub, Principal/Incharge, IPH&SS, KMU,Mr. Ibrahim Farooqi, Principal/Director IPM&R, KMU and Dr. Jalil-ur-Rahman, Registrar, KMU as member-cum-secretary of Syndicate

Interview for the post of Assistant Registrar (BPS-17) on 11/06/2010 at 8:30 a.m. in the committee room of KMU.

A screening test for the post of Assistant Registrar (BPS-17) was conducted on 02/06/2010 at 9:00 a.m. in the hall of Institute of Physical Health & Social Sciences, KMU the following candidates have qualified the said test. They are advised to appear before the University Selection Board for interview on 11/06/2010 at 8:30 a.m. in the committee room of KMU.

S. No	Name
1	Wali Khan S/O Abdul Rashid
2	Nizamud-Din S/O Shamsud-Din
3	Syed Adnan Ali Shah S/O Syed Rafaqat Ali Shah
4	Syed Ghulam Mujtaba S/O Syed Zar-ud-Din
5	Ehtesham S/O Miran Shah
6	Shakeel Ahmad S/O Farzand Ali
7	Muhammad Faisal S/O Muhammad Afzal
8	Muhammad Roman Al-Ala-Durrani S/O Iftikhar Ahmad Durrani
9	Irfan Ullah S/O Habib Ullah
10	Mohammad Arshed Khan S/O Gul Rehman
11	Momin Shah S/O Ziarat Shah
12	Ilyas Tehseen S/O Muhammad Ashraf
13	Saad Saud ur Rehman Khan S/O Abdul Wali Khan
14	Ghafar Khan S/O Payo Ali
15	Sharif Ullah S/O Afsar Khan
16	Marjan Ali S/O Akbar Khan
17	Abdur Rehman S/O Fazal Rehman

KMU/PGCN Celebrates International Nurses Day

“Nurses are angel who touches a life every day and brings smile and hope in most of the life they touch. Along their carrier they come across a number of people all of whom they provide love and care just as a family member would do”, this was stated by Prof Dr Muhammad Hafizullah Vice Chancellor Khyber Medical University (KMU), Peshawar while addressing as chief guest on the occasion of International Nurses Day celebrations held here at Post Graduate College of Nursing (PGCN) Hayatabad Peshawar. Dr Arif Siddiqui Executive Director National Institute of Health & Social Sciences(NIH&SS) Islamabad,Ms Yasmin Saggu Director Nursing NIH&SS Islamabad ,Prof Dr Shad Muhammad Director Academics KMU ,Dr Jalil-ur-Rahman Registrar KMU and Ms Shamshad Qadir Principal PGCN Peshawar were also present at the occasion.

VC KMU said that International Nurses day is celebrated by the international Council of Nursing (ICN) every year to recognize the selfless hard work, commitment and tireless effort of these vital health professionals. The Nurses Day celebrates a different theme each year and tries to educate and create awareness among the public on the importance of the cause. The important role nurses have in our life is inevitable and they should always be acknowledged for the care and support they shower their patient with, he added.

He said that it is also be one of the major causes of money loss as a large amount is spent on treatment and medicines over the time. The condition can be prevented or controlled if routine checkups and effective communication and relationship are observed between the patient and the health care professionals. Good and effective nursing facilities can always help to reduce the challenges the patient has to face every day.  He further said that a core function of nurses is the delivery of care appropriate to need, improving the health and well-being of patients.

Prof. Dr Muhammad Hafizullah urged that the nurse’s role is fundamental in providing information and support in order to enable patients to make appropriate choices for their health.  Nurses provided nursing services to a broad range of the population, often managing undifferentiated patient needs. While elaborating the key competencies of Nursing he explained that Nurses has 11 competencies which included safe and quality nursing care, management of resources,   environment’s health education,  ethic / moral responsibility, personal and professional development, quality improvement, research, record management, communication, collaboration and team work. These competencies are presented within a framework of four categories that encompass the nurse practitioner’s holistic approach to health care. The four categories are Health Assessment and Diagnosis; Health-Care Management and Therapeutic Intervention; Health Promotion and Prevention of Illness, Injury and Complications; and Professional Role and Responsibility.

It is worth mentioning here that the International Nurses Day is celebrated on 12th of May, the birth anniversary of Florence Nightingale, Founder of Modern Nursing to honor the dedicated services provided by the nursing community and the nursing week is observed from May 9 to May 15. Nurses are acknowledged for their dedication and hard work by presenting them thank you gifts. The doctors, patients and the administration gifts this dedicated staffs as a token of appreciation and acknowledgement. The Nurses Day is usually observed by conducting activities which are related to the theme of the year. The IND theme for 2010 is “Delivering Quality, Serving Communities: Nurses Leading Chronic Care”.

The recognition and celebration of the theme of Nurses Day may las

t around a week to the whole year and the nursing community takes care to meet the goals laid down by the ICN. Many educational seminars, conferences and community events are conducted around the world during the Nurses Week so as to educate the nurses on the importance of the Nurses Day celebration and the theme of the year. Training and workshops are conducted so as to improve the working skill of the nursing community. Public seminars, talks and plays are organized so as to educate and create awareness among the young students and common man. At various levels many activities are conducted to educate the students about the work and importance of nurses in the society. Nurses are also gets involved in community help activities around the celebration week and nurses goes to orphanages and old age care centers to provide emotional support and help to them.

Screening Test for Assistant Registrar on 2-6-2010

List of eligible Candidates for the screening test of Assistant Registrar BPS-17 to be held on 2-6-2010 at 9:00 am in the hall of Institute of Public Health and Social Sciences, KMU.

Two days workshop on MCQs & SEQs at CPSP

Clinical Research Orientation Workshop concludes at IPMR ,KMU Peshawar