Special Assistant to PM on Medical Education & Patient Care and Minister of State Prof. Dr. Aamir Bilal chaired a high-level meeting at PM&DC head office for the promotion of medical education and quality health care in the country yesterday. The meeting was also attended by Federal Secretary Health Mr.Iftikhar Ali Shallwani and Prof. Dr. Rizwan Taj President PM&DC. The Minister of State stated that PMDC has a pivotal role in ensuring the quality and standardization of medical and dental education, professional practice, and ethical standards in the country. He stated that medical and dental education standards will be enhanced at par with international standards while considering our local needs and ground realities. However, no compromise will be made on the minimum standards and quality. All necessary steps shall be taken to revise existing rules and regulations of PM&DC including the Syllabus for MDCAT, Curriculum for Undergraduate Medical Dental Education, and Accreditation Standards for the accreditation of medical and dental institutes. Furthermore, he emphasized that it will be ensured to standardize the MDCAT, NRE and NEB exams to stringent quality assessments, updated curricula, and modern teaching methodologies to produce competent and globally competitive healthcare professionals which are safe for the society. The meeting was also attended by PM&DC Council members, Federal Special Secretary for Health, President CPSP, members of the task force and sub-committees, nominee of HEC, nominees of the provincial health departments, present and former vice-chancellors, Deans, experts in the field, representatives of nursing council from across the country. *-*-*-*-*
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