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PMDC STEP 3 Preparation to Start in Foreign Students Academy Rawalpindi

Foreign students academy is located inside Holy Family Hospital where qualified staff teaches and guides the students about different levels of USMLE, FCPS and other medical exams. This academy is headed by Dr. Tayyab Saeed Akhtar , who is the registrar of Medical Unit 2 of Holy Family Hospital. Moreover, Medical Unit 2 of Holy Family Hospital has also a very high patient flow. Here patients with a great variety of diseases and symptoms present on daily basis. So a student can easily be exposed to a great variety of clinical cases in a comparably lesser period of time. Dr. Tayyab Saeed Akhtar’s academy was established 5 years ago. Since last 5 years, many students participated in the preparation classes of PMDC Step I and II. Now preparation classes of step III are also going to be started. Following is the latest Schedule of admission in PMDC STEP 3 PREPARATION CLASSES. So those students who need assistance and guidance in order to pass PMDC steps can contact by following mean

Thalassemia Management & Bone Marrow Transplant in PIMS Thalassemia Center

Pakistan Institute of medical sciences has a separate department of Thalassemia and BMT (Bone Marrow Transplant) which are headed by Dr Tazeen and Dr Itrat respectively. In Pakistan, it is estimated that every year around 5000 children are born with Thalassemia. Most of the population of these children belong to the lower class and those people who are uneducated. “We have counseled the parents number of times about avoiding next Thalassemia baby. We have told them the methods which can be chosen to avoid having them. We tell them that it is very important to do chorionic villous sampling, a test which is used to diagnose Thalassemia in-utero. But still they don’t understand and next time come with another affected baby. That is why the population of Thalassemia affected children is increasing with-in the population of these poor and un-educated people” said Dr. Tazeen, the head of Thalassemia center PIMS. The treatment of Thalassemia is very costly. Every month many of these children

CPSP Collaborated with Dr. S.A Satti to arrange a Mock IMM Exam

The head of medicine department of CDA hospital Dr. Siddique Akbar Satti supervised a mock exam of IMM (Intermediate Module), on 31st of December 2014. Post graduate trainees from all over the Pakistan participated in this exam and really appreciated the efforts of CPSP and the organizers especially the Supervisor and Host Dr. Siddique Akbar Satti, who is the head of medicine unit of Capital Hospital (Also called CDA Hospital).Passing the IMM Exam is necessary to continue further training or to move into a sub-specialty. This mock exam was organized by CPSP and following were included among the organizers of this Exam. Dr. Siddique Akbar Satti Exam supervisor and Head of department of medicine Capital Hospital Islamabad. Dr. Rizwana Chaudhri Councilor and Regional Director of CPSP Dr. Shoaib Shafi Councilor and Controller of Examination of CPSP.