The diploma programme at UHS aims to improve writing and editing abilities in Pakistani medical research journals.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has formally endorsed the medical journalism diploma offered by the University of Health Sciences (UHS), marking an important milestone for the institution. With this approval, Pakistan becomes the first nation in the region to provide such a programme.
The Eastern Mediterranean Association of Medical Editors (EMAME), a WHO subsidiary organisation, approved the diploma. Farhad Handjani, the president of EMAME in Iran, praised UHS for its efforts and emphasised the program’s importance in raising the calibre of medical journals not only in Pakistan but also outside of its borders.
The diploma programme at UHS aims to improve writing and editing abilities in Pakistani medical research journals. Under the direction of medical journalist Shaukat Ali Jawaid, it first started out as a certificate programme called the Certificate in Medical Editing in 2017.
A second certificate programme called Medical Journalism for Editors was unveiled later in 2022. They have been completed successfully by more than 150 health professionals.
For students who pass both certificate programmes, the university syndicate recently approved a Diploma in Medical Writing and Journalism.
The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Health Sciences, Prof. Ahsan Waheed Rathore, congratulated Prof. Dr. Nadia Naseem and her team for their outstanding accomplishment.
In Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan, there is a graduate-affiliating public university called the University of Health Sciences. Overview The mission of the University of Health Sciences in Lahore, an internationally renowned research institution focused on students, is to enhance the delivery of healthcare to the general public.
The activities of medical education, training, and research institutions across the Punjab are governed and coordinated by it. Every year, it also administers the Medical and Dental College Admission Test, or MDCAT, to applicants seeking admission to the MBBS and BDS degree programmes at Punjab’s public and private medical and dental colleges.
It was ranked second among medical and health sciences universities in Pakistan’s Higher Education Commission’s national university rankings for 2012, and eighth among all universities in the category of “Overall Top Ten Higher Education Institutions.”