LAHORE– Punjab Health Minister Dr Yasmin Rashid undertook comparative analysis of different models of on-job professional development of doctors at the Specialized Healthcare and Medical Education Department here on Tuesday.
Present in the meeting were Secretary SH& ME Dr. Ahmed Javed Qazi, Secetary Primary and Secondary Healthcare Department Imran Sikander Baloch, Special Secretary Ajmal Bhatti, Additional Secretary Dr. Asif Tufail, Additional Secretary Staff Usman Khalid, Chief Planning Officer Abdul Haq Bhatti, DG Nursing, Professor Javed Chaudhry and other officials.
Dr. Yasmin Rashid reviewed measures to transfer Community Midwifery School into Nursing School and professional development models of doctors. Special Secretary Ajmal Bhatti presented comparative studies on models.
The Health Minister said, “Doctors shall be provided continuous professional development courses. Recently training sessions were organized at Institute of Public Health. Doctors shall be given latest trainings from insitutions like MPDD. Financial Management, Human Resource Management, Administration, Management, Research Papers and IT shall be taught to doctors.
Doctors are invaluable asset and with our nurses, paramedical staff there rendered immense services during all four waves of the Corona Pandemic. By intruduction of administrative reforms can we bring about real change as envisioned by Prime Minister Imran Khan. Special
Secretary Ajmal Bhatti shall be the focal person for training program of doctors. We want to see our doctors excel professionally and improve public sector hospitals.
Our efforts are directed towars improving quality of Govt hospitals . Past governments did not consider genuine relief for common man. We are making all out efforts to provide as per directions from Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar.”— HANDOUT
