Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons--Pakistan : JCPSP
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J Coll Physicians Surg Pak · Feb 2016
Immunohistochemical Profile of Hodgkin and Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma.
To analyze the frequencies of histological types of lymphoma, diagnosed with complete immunohistochemical profile in younger and older age group. ⋯ Hodgkin lymphoma comprises 25% and non-Hodgkin lymphoma comprises 75% of all lymphomas. Both occur in younger age groups than reported in the West. B-cell NHLis three times more common than T-cell lymphoma. DLBCLis the most frequent lymphoma. ALCLis the most common T-cell, and mixed cellularity is the most common Hodgkin lymphoma.
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J Coll Physicians Surg Pak · Feb 2016
Use of Massive Online Open Courses as a Potential Resource to Provide Continuing Medical Education in Pakistan.
The Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PM&DC) has made Continuing Medical Education (CME) mandatory for doctors, from 2015 onwards. Aminimum of 15 credit hours of CME per year for general practitioners and 30 credit hours for specialist doctors have been made mandatory for renewal of the PMDC registration. While doctors can attend conferences to earn this CME credit, the opportunities are minimum and limited to major cities across Pakistan. ⋯ So far, only two web-based CME providers have been launched in Pakistan, which is a shortage. Could Massive Online Open Courses (MOOCs) be used to fill this shortage? The MOOCs are online courses that are easily accessible to all learners irrespective of geographical boundary and resources, and can be used as a tool to provide CME to physicians. The problem as to how credit from PM&DC can be obtained, will need to be explored further.
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J Coll Physicians Surg Pak · Feb 2016
Medical Students' Perception of OSCE at the Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, King Khalid University, Abha, KSA.
The aim of this study was to explore the students' acceptance of Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) as a method of assessment of clinical competence in internal medicine. This cross sectional study was conducted from June to August 2013, at King Khalid University, Abha, KSA, through a self-administered questionnaire which was completed by fourth year medical students, immediately after the OSCE. Student feedback confirmed their acceptance of OSCE. This was encouraging to the department to consider implementing OSCE for graduating students.