Fazaia Ruth Pfau Medical College

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Fazaia Ruth Pfau Medical College
Former names
Fazaia Ruth Pfau Medical College, Karachi
Type Public college
Established2019 (2019)
Vice-Chancellor Air Marshal(Retd) Javaid Ahmed
Principal Dr Masood Ahmed
Students300
Location
Karachi
,
Sindh
,
Pakistan
Affiliations Higher Education Commission of Pakistan
Air University, Islamabad of Pakistan Air Force

The Fazaia Ruth Pfau Medical College (FRPMC) is a medical College funded by the Pakistan Air Force which is located in PAF Base Faisal, Shahrah-e-Faisal, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. It is a constituent college of Air University, Islamabad of Pakistan Air Force. [1]

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History

Fazaia Ruth Pfau Medical College (named after the German-Pakistani Physician and nun), [2] Karachi was established in February, 2019 as a constituent institution of Air University, Islamabad. Air University, Islamabad is a public University, chartered in 2002 under governance of Pakistan Air Force. Faculty of Medicine at Air University offers a medical program with modular curriculum using a spiral approach. A panel of medical education experts has designed this curriculum in alignment with Pakistan Medical Commission guidelines. Its parent university, Air University (Pakistan Air Force) is an accredited university by the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan. [3]

Fazaia Ruth Pfau Medical College, Karachi has been established with an aim to train and educate the future physicians using a holistic, community oriented rather than the disease-oriented approach. Importance of evidence and research in clinical decision-making will be the hall mark of educational strategy. Community health experts have been engaged to review the curriculum and prioritized the community health issues in teaching program. The students will be trained to use logic, knowledge and social empathy as primary tools for patient care.

Establishment of Fazaia Ruth Pfau Medical College aims to serve a greater benefit in the patient care to the community at large. Induction of Clinical Professorial faculty, introduction of medical and surgical subspecialties, commissioning of sophisticated medical equipment, elevation of emergency and diagnostic services and patient record management in accordance with the standards and guidelines of PMC, adding to advancement in patient management.

A proactive approach towards promoting interdisciplinary health sciences research among faculty, interns and students will remains its defining characteristic. The community-oriented medical education approach will expose students to community and primary health care from the very beginning. The college has a well designed infrastructure and has well developed and furnished laboratories keeping in view the needs of modern education system. The college has a special emphasis on clinical skills which are taught to the students from day first.

Faculty

The college has 3 main faculties:

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References

  1. ↑ "University Overview of Air University". uniRank Australian University Ranking website, Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  2. ↑ "Tributes pour in for Dr Ruth Pfau (this college named after her)". The Express Tribune (newspaper). 10 August 2017. Archived from the original on 12 November 2020. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
  3. ↑ "List of Recognized Universities (includes Air University)". Higher Education Commission of Pakistan website. 18 July 2012. Archived from the original on 13 November 2013. Retrieved 8 March 2022.


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