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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 Picture
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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