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doc11
Re: Quality of Research in Pakistan
nice nukedoc
dats d prob, wat v have is just ADVICE n SUGGESTIONS , y dont v get some practical steps, u c this thread started 2 yrs ago n it potrays todays situation, v dont have even a 0.1% chnge
nukedoc
Re: Quality of Research in Pakistan
A very interesting discussion - lot of blames and finger pointing
I would be very brief and to the point answering the WHY.
It is very simple - research is NOT mandatory and is not required. Sometimes it even backfires when other docs in the department are handling crowd of patients and one guy is just "sitting" there doing "nothing". In private sector all oevr the world no one does any research - unless a part of a grant (that makes money and research is the by product of enterpreunerial support). All the research that is happening the world over is either funded by the public sector (national universities and research institute - Pakistan also has PCSIR, PINSTECH etc which are "slightly" better than others) or it is funded by enterpreuners with vested interest in commercialization and IP generation.
So whats the solution: very simple -
1. make research mandatory as a requirement for annual increment and promotions.
2. Make an international SAB (scientific advisory board) that should recommend budget allocations solely for research purposes). This SAB should not know who the research grant is going to and should decide on the merits of the grant application only.
3. Free the public and private sector to bridge with commercial enterpreuners and take medicine as an industry.
ijazali
Re: Quality of Research in Pakistan
the only way of making any progress is to kick off the Old asses which are making hurdles in the progress of the new generations. Stop quackary. Improve training standards in the country. Be doctors and not politicians or beaurocrats (unfortunately the most senior doctors in pakistan are like this)and get money out of this biased govt. for health care setup. I think ppl from india nad pakistan should sit together and decide once for all that there will be no War so that these dramas played in our country by the army generals and Mullas (both are CIA sponsored)should finish and ppl should have their money back , lead a good life rather than living in this atmosphere of dishonesty and fear. Nothing in this world is totally isolated the doctors have a responsibility to fight for their rights and their patients rights this is not enough that we write few lines in this forum and think we have done our bit. Look at the standard of care in govt hospitals , whats happening to the common man he cannot go to a Private hospital or a CMH. we should think about him.
ijaz
rqayyum
Re: Quality of Research in Pakistan
It is encouraging to see that many of us are quite upset about the current state of medical research in Pakistan. However, I think that a proper use of a forum, such as this one, is to plan how to improve the current state of affairs. We all need to ask ourselves - what we can do?
ANY SUGGESTIONS?
ijazali
Re: HEC promoting High Quality Research in Pakistan
I can wait for a century if there is a real hope but unfortunately its not.
ijaz
quote:
saeedkhan wrote:
Only wait for a year or two. We are in sight of a breakthrough. If everything goes as planned, efforts of Higher Education Commission regarding research will be visible. (All other organisations have failed as already pointed out on this page).
[Edited by saeedkhan on 12-09-2003 at 12:40 PM GMT]
