Day: March 17, 2023

Rawalpindi, March 17, 2023 (PPI-OT): NUMS Department of Biological Sciences(DBS) organized a day-long Professional Development Course for enhancing the potential capacity and updating knowledge of its faculty for meeting national and international standards to teach their students in various subjects. It was organized by Dr. Asma Saleem Qazi, Assistant Prof, DBS, NUMS on Feb 15, 2023 at Seminar Hall of the Main Campus under the auspices of DBS departmental “Capacity Building and Resource Generation Committee.” It was facilitated by Dr. Erum Monis Deputy Director Quality Assurance.

Prof. Dr. Aisha Mohiuddin, Dean Multidisciplinary Studies in her remarks as the chief guest appreciated the idea of bringing out faculty out of their monotonous routine and enabled it share their teaching experiments with their fellow colleagues in a relaxed environment. Prof. Dr. Jawad Hassan, Head of Department said that holding such events should be encouraged.

During the course, the participants, elaborated upon fundamentals of outcome based education and the significance of continuous Quality Assurance for analysis of the best possible use of resources, both human and teaching aids. Analysing different theories on the subject, various levels of learning prescribed under Blooms Taxonomy were discussed in detail for teaching and assessments, to learn with examples how successful institutions apply Quality Assurance and Outcome Based Education in their institutions and correlate with the perspective of Higher Education Commission, Pakistan announced from time to time.

The phenomenon of ‘Teachers Capacity Building’ is a continuous improvement process at an individual’s distinction to enter teaching until retirement. It is the responsibility of institutions to facilitate and provide opportunities to faculty members to update their knowledge and upgrade their skills to match and exceed national and international standards of student engagement and make their classrooms knowledge revealing, student centric and inclusive to give their students an experience of a life time in their academic journey. Academic quality means how well an institution supports students in their learning: the teaching, the provisions available, how they are assessed, and the resources made available. Quality assurance is the process for verifying that the standards and quality of higher education provision meet agreed expectations.

The aim was to introduce best practices adopted by teachers around the globe. Through an open discussion in an interactive session, faculty members of DBS, being researchers of high calibre, were asked how was their class room different from conventional classrooms and to share one out of the box idea they had successfully implemented to ensure they let the students explore the best of their learning, researching, analysing and creative abilities. A group photo was taken after distribution of certificates among the participants by the Professor.

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National University of Medical Sciences (NUMS)
The Mall, Rawalpindi, Pakistan
Tel: +92-51-9270677
Email: info@numspak.edu.pk
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Rawalpindi, March 17, 2023 (PPI-OT):NUMS Scientific Society Successfully concluded two-day Antimicrobial Resistance and Students Sourcing Antibiotic Discovery in collaboration with Tiny Earth USA, under the umbrella of Directorate of Student Affairs (DSA) NUMS. The Event started with the verses of Holly Quran followed by a welcome note to guest speakers and participants from Dean MDS Professor Dr. Aisha Mohyuddin. More than 70 students participated in the event which include agar art and video competition to spread awareness., sensitize the stakeholders and to promote STEM education. Dean MDS applauds the effort of NUMS Scientific Team for taking initiatives and providing a platform to students for scientific engagements.

Program convener Dr. Wasim Sajjad also highlighted the urgency for new drugs “AMR has emerged as a serious public health problem worldwide. Systematic misuse of antimicrobials should be discouraged by all healthcare professionals and workers. There is a strong need to priorities AMR at all levels and implement multipronged strategies, aligned with the Global and National Action Plans, to curtail the impact of AMR. Ms Trang Tran Tiny Earth Admin and Outreach Specialist Wisconsin Institute for Discovery University of Wisconsin-Madison also shared a short presentation for the audience. Trang Tran provided an overview of the network, the Tiny Earth Antibiotic Discovery Pipeline, and students’ importance in the discovery of new antibiotics.

The program was also attended by one of our keynote speaker Dr. Fiasal Hanif consultant Microbiologist Military Hospital Rawalpindi. Dr. Faisal highlighted the importance and potential of antibiotic stewardship program that how it is improving the prescription of medical practitioners and lower the cost of treatment. He also mentioned that improving antibiotic prescribing and use is critical to effectively treat infections, protect patients from harms caused by unnecessary antibiotic use, and combat antibiotic resistance. Dr. Tauqeer Mustafa representative of Fleming fund was also one of the invited speaker who elaborated the work of Fleming fund in the AMR. Dr. Tauqeer shared future opportunities for joint research work in context of Pakistan.

Brig Javaid Usman (Retd) Professor Microbiology Army Medical College was Chief Guest on the occasion. While addressing to the students and researcher’s professor Javaid said that AMR is a silent pandemic and going forward, healthcare authorities should focus on screening and monitoring of all the objectives of the NAP by proper implementation of the policies as well as promoting antimicrobial stewardship interventions and Infection prevention and control (IPC) practices. He also addressed the current challenges and other factors like unplanned urbanization, industrialization and climate changes contributing to AMR.

Finally, Brig Javaid Usman(Retd) presented certificate and cash prizes to winners of agar art and video competition. Where in agar art Ayesha Asad from Department of Biological Sciences secured 1st prize, Atika Shamraiz form University for Haripur secured 2nd and Ayesha Noor and Mahnoor Arif from NUMS-DBS, awarded with 3rd prize. In video competition Hawaid Ahmad from NUMS-DBS and Shiza Aftab from Public Health were jointly awarded with 1st prize, Fizza Maryam from NUMS DBS secured 2nd and Taimur Haq and his Team from AFPGMI, 3rd position. The program was closed with a vote of thanks from Professor Muhammad Jawad Hassan HoD N-DBS. He also appreciated the contribution of Multi-LinkX Scientific for sponsoring the event.

For more information, contact:
National University of Medical Sciences (NUMS)
The Mall, Rawalpindi, Pakistan
Tel: +92-51-9270677
Email: info@numspak.edu.pk
Website: http://numspak.edu.pk