PakMediNet Discussion Forum : Medical Research in Pakistan : opportunities to shadow a physician in the summer?
opportunities to shadow a physician in the summer?
Hi everybody,
i am a first yr medical student at George Washington University School of Medicine, Washington, DC. I was wondering if there are any programs available anywhere for students from foreign universities. I am interested in stuff like running/ organizing
Free Medical Camps in underserved communities, shadowing a physician for a couple months or something along those lines. I have done 3 yrs of research in BioMedical Engineering and Radiology at University of California, Irvine so I am really not interested in doing research in Pakistan. I want to get some hands on experience of how it is like to work in Pak. Please advice. Thanks.
Posted by: ayesha Posts: 5 :: 23-01-2003 :: | Reply to this Message
Re: opportunities to shadow a physician in the summer?First of all you need to visit Pakistan and have some practical work in some tertiary hospital. Once you get to know the basic problems over here, then you'll be able to serve the people here.
Posted by: docosama Posts: 333 :: 24-01-2003 :: | Reply to this Message
Re: opportunities to shadow a physician in the summer?I am a Pakistani and was born and raised there. I am well aware of the porblems in the hospitals and clinics. I am not sure if there are any free clinics or free health care facilities available in the rural areas. I would like to setup some sort of a medical camp in lets says a village. just wondering if there are people who carry out such sorts of activities and if there is an interest of doing that among the medical students in pak.
Posted by: ayesha Posts: 5 :: 25-01-2003 :: | Reply to this Message
Re: opportunities to shadow a physician in the summer?
In Khyber Medical College Peshawar, there is a Social welfare society, run by students under the guidence of Staff and a youth branch of Pakistan Red crescent society. This society has got patient are wing and social welfare wing beside bolld donation wing,and it holds free medical camps in far flung area like Dir. chitral gilgit, swat, waziristam, parachinar, khyber agaency eytc. every year there is a long free Medical camp of 8-10 days where medicine are freely distributed of worth millions of rupees, and patients examined by specialists.
You can Contact PROF FAZAL AHMAD CHAIRMAN OF SOCIAL WELFARE SOCIETY, Deppt of Pathology, KHYBER MEDICAL COLLEGE Peshawar Pakistan for further details
Posted by: lachvi Posts: 47 :: 07-02-2003 :: | Reply to this Message
Re: opportunities to shadow a physician in the summer?
Thank you so much for that information. i REALLY appreciate it.
whats his email address though. i guess once i go there, i can find out more. do u know if there is someone doing those sorts of things in lahore.
[Edited by docosama on 02-13-2003 at 07:24 PM GMT]
Posted by: ayesha Posts: 5 :: 13-02-2003 :: | Reply to this Message
Re: opportunities to shadow a physician in the summer?I am sorry that i dont have email address. u can have postal contact with the chairman social welfare society KMC peshawar.
Posted by: lachvi Posts: 47 :: 23-02-2003 :: | Reply to this Message
Re: opportunities to shadow a physician in the summer?
I am really happy to see this.
But i think u really have to decide what u want to do. What kinds of camp u want to open or what kind of faclities u think u would be able to supply and how. It needs a bit of home work like details of the area, disease prevalence in that area and people.
It is not a big problem but i think i would be able to help u out if u send me ur plans. My e mail is
nanaesthesia@yahoo.co.uk
Posted by: snz68 Posts: 3 :: 23-01-2004 :: | Reply to this Message