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AKU Medical College Celebrates 25 Years
Skills Learning Centre at AKU to Introduce Modern Methods of
Learning
Chitraltimes Report
KARACHI: Aga Khan University will be setting up a Skills
Learning Centre that will pioneer the use of virtual reality tools,
simulation, teleconferencing and telelearning to enhance learning
capacity in the health care sector. This will improve the education
not only of the University’s undergraduate and postgraduate medical
students, but also practising physicians interested in continuing
education programmes. It will also help improve the quality of
medical education in the country. “This will be the very first type
of its centre in Pakistan and certainly one of the very few in the
region. It is an example of how we will use technology to change
how we look at the future of medical education at the University,”
said Mr Firoz Rasul, the University President, at the launch of the
Medical College’s 25th anniversary celebrations in a ceremony on
Wednesday. The occasion coincides with the 25th anniversary of the
granting of AKU’s charter by the Government of Pakistan in 1983.
The Dean of the Medical College, Dr Mohammad Khurshid, stressed on
the need for advancing the research work being carried out by the
University. “We have in place education and community service
modules. Now we need to work on the research module as a component
that will help the University acquire further international
recognition.” AKU will be hosting an international conference,
along with the World Health Organization, on research on chronic
diseases in the developing world. It will be an event that will
bring international scholars to Pakistan, help in developing
cost-effective treatments and in improving health.
Taking the opportunity to reflect on the University’s development
over the past 25 years, Shamsh Kassim-Lakha, the first President of
AKU said, “The major challenges were to practice meritocracy and
espouse the highest moral and ethical values.” He said that the
leadership of the University was new to the concept of starting a
private institution in a developing country, and faced challenges
such as providing high quality health sciences training, recruiting
and retaining world-class faculty and ensuring good governance.
The Medical College 25th anniversary will be celebrated over a
year.
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