Noor Ahsen Conducts Eight-Week Workshop at Shalamar Medical & Dental College

Noor Ahsen, M.B.B.S.
Director of Medical Education and Head of Community Medicine
Shalamar Medical & Dental College
Lahore, Pakistan

Congratulations to Noor Ahsen (PHIL 2006), who recently led an eight-week faculty development workshop on “Medical Education—An Overview” at her new home institution, Shalamar Medical & Dental College, in Lahore, Pakistan. Sessions began with a presentation on the need for change in health professions education in Pakistan, and went on to cover topics such as modes of learning, consensus building techniques, problem based learning (PBL), concept mapping, learning objectives, assessment methods, multiple-choice testing, objective structured clinical and practical examinations (OSCEs and OSPEs), and program evaluation and quality control. Dr. Ahsen also gave a presentation on the workings of the Shalamar Medical & Dental College Medical Education Department that was attended by the university’s accreditation committee. The presentation’s positive reception provided clear evidence that health professions education is becoming increasingly recognized as an important specialty in its own right in Pakistan.