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Workshops on Medical Editing and Peer Review
Workshop on Medical Editing and Peer Review at NICH Karachi on
June 14th 2008, at DUHS Karachi on July 9th 2008 and at Shifa
College of Medicine Islamabad on August 30th 2008.
Pakistan Medical Journalists Association (PMJA) in
collaboration with Eastern Mediterranean Association of
Medical Editors (EMAME) organized third Workshop on
Medical Editing and Peer Review at Shifa College of
Medicine Islamabad on August 30th 2008. Picture taken on
this occasion shows Prof. Amin Dean SCM presenting a
shield to Prof. Nasir Khokhar one of the focal persons and
facilitator.
National Conference on Medical Editing
April 23-25th2007
Rawalpindi:
Army Medical College Rawalpindi in collaboration with Pakistan
Medical Journalists Association (PMJA), National University of
Science and Technology and blessings of Higher Education
Commission organized the First National Conference on Medical
Editing at AMC from April 23-25th2007. Major Gen.
Prof. M. Aslam Principal Army Medical College was chairman of
the organizing Committee.
Over one
hundred participants had pre-registered for the conference
while many availed facility of on the spot registration.
Chairman HEC Prof.Atta-ur- Rahman was the chief guest in the
inaugural session, President CPSP Prof. Zafrullah Chaudhry was
the chief guest in the conference Banquet on April 24th while
Lt. Gen. Mushtaq A. Baig Surgeon General of Pakistan Army
graced the occasion as chief guest in the concluding session.
The organizers had invited seven guest faculty members from
overseas which included Mrs. Jane Nicholson Editor WHO EMRO,
Prof. Farhad Handjani, Dr. Farrokh Habibzadeh, Dr. M. B.Rokni
and Dr.Arash Etemadi all from Islamic Republic of Iran, Dr.
Diaa Rizk from UAE and Mr. John Cathy from Saudi Arabia.
Some of the participants of the
Conference photographed along with Lt. Gen. Mushtaq A. Baig,
Surgeon Gen. Pakistan Army after the
concluding session
Speakers
from Pakistan included Dr.Fatema Jawad, Shaukat Ali Jawaid,
Prof. Manzar Salim, Dr. Huma Qureshi, Prof.Nazir Khan, Dr.
Ahmad Badar, Dr. Jamshed Akhtar, Dr.Maqbool H.Jafary, Prof.
Mansoor Ahmad, Brig. Azhar Mubarak, Dr.
Masood Jawaid, Major Gen. M.Aslam and Major Gen. Farook A.
Khan.
Rector
NUST Lt. Gen. Shujaat Hussain presenting Conference Shield to
Prof. Atta-ur-Rahman, Chairman HEC, Pakistan in the inaugural
session of NCME. Seen on right is Prof. Maj. Gen. M. Aslam,
President PMJA
Scientific
programme of the conference was spread over three sessions.
The topics which came under discussion included medical
editing process in Pakistan, Iran, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Peer
Review Process, Problems faced by Editors, Publication Ethics,
Menace of duplicate publications, Plagiarism, Publication
misconduct, Indexation, Impact Factor, E-publishing, Training
of Editors etc. Recommendations of the conference were
presented in the concluding session by Dr. Maqbool H. Jafary.
Organizes plan to publish proceedings of the conference
shortly.
Dr. Maqbool H.
Jafary presenting Conference Shield to Lt. Gen. Mushtaq A.
Baig,
Surgeon Gen. Pakistan Army in the concluding session of the
Conference
Chairman HEC,
Prof. Atta-ur-Rehman presenting Conference Shields to Dr.
Anwar Naseem and Mrs. Jane Nicholson
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PMJA in collaboration with Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences took the initiative to organise Workshops on “Peer Review System” at
Karachi on September 21st and at Lahore on September 28th
during 2002. This was the first such activity ever organised in
Pakistan.
PMJA has also published or helped in publication of
various books on important topics.
Another Workshop on Medical
Writing and Peer Review was organized at Fatima Jinnah Medical
College Lahore on March 5, 2005. Prof. Akbar Chaudhry
Principal of FJMC was the host.
Group photograph of participants of a
workshop on Peer Review system organized
by PMJA at Fatima Jinnah Medical College, Lahore on March 5, 2005
Coming
Events:
PMJA organized
workshop on Medical Writing during Health Asia 2005 at
Karachi on March 18, 2005.
PMJA organized
conference on Medical Ethics during Health Asia 2005 at
Karachi on March 20, 2005.
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