LAHORE – In a bid to provide a direction to young physicians of the country to shape up their future pursuit for excellence in internal medicine, Pakistan Society of Internal Medicine (PSIM), in collaboration with University of Health Sciences (UHS), is organizing its first Flagship International Conference, with the theme ‘Evidence, Innovation and Leadership for the Physicians’, on Mar 13 – 15.
The 3-day conference that will kick off here in a local hotel on Friday, is designed for internists, family physicians, generalists, advanced practice providers and other health care providers working in different healthcare settings. This conference features cutting edge, evidence-based updates on the ever-changing and expanding discipline of internal medicine.
The program will cover the scope of internal medicine, selecting from a variety of pertinent general and sub-specialty derived topics. Expert faculty will present evidence-based and emerging practical clinical approaches, regarding various general and sub-specialty topics.
While briefing the media on the objectives and features of the moot, here in a local hotel on Thursday, PSIM president and UHS vice chancellor, Prof Javed Akram said the event would be a gathering of experts from across the globe to make the participants aware of the latest evidence and research in all of the diverse branches of medicine.
“There will be debates on medical education, medical ethics and the physician’s role as a leader along with the guidelines by local and international experts. It will be a time to grasp how medical education and medical practice has progressed and evolved in the country”, he added. He further said that there would be special sessions on corona and dengue in the conference.
“We would launch a mobile app for the diagnosis and treatment of corona”, he revealed.
The organizing committee’s chairman, Prof Aftab Mohsin said that PSIM has recognized itself as a force that is revolutionizing the way internists in Pakistan interact, exchange knowledge and socialize with one another, and this endeavor of holding the flagship conference would “once again establish internal medicine as the backbone of all medical disciplines and specialties”. He opined that moot would prove to be a milestone in achieving the lost glory of internal medicine.
PSIM general secretary, Dr Somia Iqtadar informed that the moot would also feature a convocation to award honorary fellowships to those physicians who have contributed extra-ordinarily in the field of medicine. Noted scientist, Prof Atta-ur-Rehman would be the chief guest on the occasion.
She said that there shall be plenary and parallel scientific sessions on medical education and medical ethics, gastrointestinal and liver disease, diabetes and hypertension, critical care medicine, telemedicine & artificial intelligence in healthcare, pulmonary diseases, nephrology, cardiovascular diseases, neurological disorders, and behavioural sciences.
“These sessions will be chaired by eminent medics including Prof Abdul Majeed Ch. Prof Ghias un Nabi Tayyab, Prof Khalid Masood Gondal, Prof Bikharam Devrajani, Prof Kamran K Chima, Prof Hafiz Ijaz Ahmad, Prof Zafar Ullah Khan, Prof Tahir Shafi, Prof Ejaz Vohra, Prof Muhammad Zubair, Prof Nadeem Hayat Mallick, Prof Sheharyar A Sheikh, Prof Saulat Saddiqui, Prof Haroon Babar, Prof Irshad Hussain Qureshi, Prof Akbar Chaudhry, Prof Sajid Abaidullah, Prof Naeem Kasuri, Prof Aziz ur Rehman, Prof Tariq Waseem, and many more”, she added.
She further said that the conference had 20 pre-conference workshops held at medical institutes across the country. –PRESS RELEASE
