Medical universities agree on single curriculum for postgraduate training
Islamabad
February 9, 2021
Rawalpindi:National medical universities of federal capital, Punjab, Sindh, and Baluchistan have agreed on one uniform standard curriculum for post-graduate training in the country that would be based on ACGME (Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education) model of USA and university residency program.
Vice Chancellor at Rawalpindi Medical University Professor Muhammad Umar informed ‘The News’ that this most modern curriculum is based on six competencies which include Patient care, Medical knowledge, Professionalism, Communication & Interpersonal skills, Practice based learning and System based practices.
The weightage of patient care, medical knowledge will be 40%, professionalism will be 30% and other two 20% are added combined with 7th competency which is Research; it will be given 10% weightage. The curriculum will shift the paradigm of post graduate medical edu