PMDC touts ‘long list’ of initiatives for medical education
The Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) has issued its performance report for the past 15 months, claiming that it took several initiatives to bring reforms to the medical education…
2,000 foreign medical graduates apply for National Registration Exam
At least 2,000 foreign medical graduates have applied for the National Registration Exam (NRE), which will be held in two phases in June and July, with the deadline for the…
PMDC refutes reports of seat enhancement in medical, dental colleges
Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) has clarified that no provincial quota of public and private-sector medical and dental colleges was being enhanced, stressing that any such move required its…
Test for medical, dental colleges to be re-conducted on Nov 19
Medical and Dental Colleges Admission Test (MDCAT) will be held afresh on November 19 by Khyber Medical University in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Health Secretary Mahmood Aslam Wazir told Dawn that a…
Expats demand medical colleges` admissions under old policy
A large number of overseas Pakistanis have termed the Medical Dental Colleges Admission Test (MDCAT) policy of Pakistan Medical Commission (PMC) counter-intuitive saying it has discouraged their children from taking…
Medical mess
The Medical and Dental College Admission Test (MDCAT) has become a sad saga which lacks transparency. Now even the Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) has demanded of the government that it…
PMC, provincial authorities directed to facilitate ex-Fata, Balochistan students
Senate Deputy Chairman Mirza Mohammad Afridi on Wednesday directed Pakistan Medical Council (PMC) to liaise with the provinces for adjustment of medical seats for students of erstwhile Fata and Balochistan.…
HEC forms committee to address medical education challenges
The Higher Education Commission (HEC) has established a Committee to address emerging challenges and opportunities in the entire spectrum of medical education in the country, including undergraduate education, graduate education,…
Medical students being denied admission to MD, MS against policy
The Punjab government`s first structured scheme that was launched to equally treat two rival postgraduate programmes Doctor of Medicine (MD)/Master of Surgery (MS)/Master of Dental Surgery (MDS) and Fellow of…
VC slots in three medical varsities PMDC questions foreign qualifications of 36 hopefuls
The Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) has declared more than 40 foreign medical degrees/diplomas of senior doctors `unregistered`, opening a new debate on criteria for the selection of heads…
