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Prof. Dr. Maaz Ahmad
( MBBS , MCPS, FCPS,)
Dean Faculty of Public Health and Preventive Medicine /
Prof. of Community Medicine,
King Edward Medical University,
Lahore
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Brief
History and Introduction
The
subject of Community Medicine made its recognition in the late
50s (then titled as Hygiene and Preventive Medicine) when it was
included in medical curriculum. At that time the teaching of the
subject was conducted by part time and visiting faculty. Eminent
scholars and subject specialists used to teach the subject. The
department of Hygiene and Preventive Medicine (now Community Medicine)
was created in 1971, initially with little staff, but later regular
staff was appointed in the department. Dr Zahida Sultana Mir was
the first chair person of the department, followed by Dr.Farhat
Afza, Dr.Maaz Ahmad and Dr. Tasneem. Prof. Dr Maaz Ahmad is heading
the department now a days.
The department has guided /supervised all the students not only
from KEMC but from other medical colleges who wanted to do post
graduations in the field of Public health / Community medicine.
Two of them have been awarded PhD in Public Health. FCPS in Community
medicine was awarded to five doctors, MCPS in community medicine
to two doctors and DMCH to one doctor in the department of community
medicine so far. Moreover since its creation thousands of students
have been trained in the discipline of Community Medicine. At
present five students are enrolled for M. Phil. Community Medicine
(2 year course) and three students are enrolled in M.D. community
medicine ( 4-5 year course) Department of Community medicine in
King Edward medical University, Lahore has brought a dramatic
change in the subject to such an extent that now at the end of
4th year every students is fully conscious of community problems
and he is well equipped with all the basic and necessary skills
to act as a capable health manager. He is able to solve the community
problems through community participation, promotion of the concept
of health–conscious community, research-oriented approach
and community oriented medical education. Through training received
in the dept. of community medicine, he has developed enormous
confidence in his personality and now he can provided primary
health care to people upon their entire satisfaction
A
Rural Community
This
all was due to launching of community based training and research
program in 1995 when a large number of urban ,peri urban, slums
and rural areas were probed regularly by the students of 4th year
MBBS under the guidance of the staff of department of Community
medicine.
Community
Counseling
This
program is the real backbone of the mission statement of this
department. Through this program up till now thousands of community
people have been given health education to prevent diseases, promote
health and prolong their life in healthy direction. Apart from
health education, communities have been educated and trained to
keep the environment clean, to have safe water, adequate sanitation
measures and to promote inter personnel communication. Special
emphasis was given to improve reproductive health services and
child care. Communities were also trained how to identify and
manage various endemic diseases. In brief communities were made
health conscious and this process is continued till we transform
our nation into a well aware and fully health conscious nation.
FUNCTIONS
OF DEPTT. OF COMMUNITY MEDICINE, K.E.MEDICAL UNIVERSITY, LAHORE.
Medical education in any country must be relevant to the needs
of the society. Medical students should be provided with basic
knowledge, motivated to cultivate favorable attitude and trained
to achieve adequate professional skill in order to be successful
medical practitioners, well oriented to the local health problems
and capable of fitting in the health team that has to provide
total preventive and curative health services to the individuals
and the community.
Medical
education in Pakistan and in most parts of the world was hospital
oriented and the majority of the medical graduates were trained
in the diagnosis and management of patients in an environment
where expensive diagnostic and treatment facilities were available
and they were not exposed to the real working environment where
they had to work after their graduation in an underdeveloped country
like Pakistan. They were not aware of the disease pattern in the
communities, the common ailments which constitute the major bulk
of the health problems in the general population. Keeping in mind
all the above mentioned realities, it was considered that the
students should be taken out of the teaching hospital environment
and should be training in a setting where they are going to actually
work, thus enabling the medical graduates of future to help in
improvement of health status of the country .
The
duties of a medial graduate have been changed in recent years.
They have the major role in the promotion of health and prevention
of diseases in the communities by acting as a health educator
and a leader of health team.
MISSION
To develop a community oriented physician, who is capable of working
in the community and with the community, for improving and maintaining
the health of its members, alone, or as a member of a health team,
fully understanding the role of various categories of fully understating
the role of various categories of health workers on SELF HEALP
BASIS? This is achieved through promoting and motivating the community
to participate actively with all capabilities in order to create
an independent, self sufficient and healthy society.
List of Post Graduate program
FCPS (Community Medicine)
MD (Community Medicine)
M. Phil (Community Medicine)
List of Graduate program
MBBS
OBJECTIVES
1. To make the students understand the concept of Primary Health
care through community oriented medical education approach.
2. To expose the students to the real life situation regarding
health problems of the communities.
3. Train the students in taking community diagnosis of health
status of the population.
4. To enable the students to practice Primary health Care in communities.
5. to train the students in routine management of married women
of reproductive age and children below 5 yeas of age.
6. To train the students in the concept and delivery of school
health services.
7. To develop the inter personal communication and integrated
approach among community people, health care providers and social
workers.
8. To develop coordination and inter-sectoral collaboration among
various health care providers and health care related agencies.
9. to make the students capable of identifying diseases in early
stages in all age-groups, to solve their problems at the primary
care level and refer the complicated cases to secondary of tertiary
care level facilities.
10. To develop Local committees manned by the local residents
of those communities, trained and supervised by the staff of Department
of Community medicine.
STRATEGIES
Department of Community medicine in King Edward Medical University,
Lahore has brought a dramatic change in the subject to such an
extent that now at the end of 4th year every students is fully
conscious of community problems and he is well equipped with all
the basic and necessary skills to act as a capable health manager.
He is able to solve the community problems through community participation,
promotion of the concept of health–conscious community,
research-oriented approach and community oriented medical education.
Through training received in the dept. of community medicine,
he has developed enormous confidence in his personality and now
he can provided primary health care to people upon their entire
satisfaction. In the past, training was restricted to theory lectures
and some field visits to show the health care delivery outlets.
But now we are working on four (4) major fronts and these are:
Imparting basic core knowledge.. New horizons have been opened
and teaching is totally community-based, problem solving and research
oriented through modern techniques e.g., audio visuals, educational
workshops, seminars and symposia in which students participation
is highly recommended.
Training programme in the college and outside the college in different
community settings through practical demonstrations role-plays,
group –discussion, lectures, slide presentation, community
counseling, models and poster display, public campaigns and practice
of all the Primary Health Care
delivery components in different communities.
Immunisation
in the field
1. Research programme Epidemiological studies are conducted in
different communities and the students are also trained in thesis
writing and research paper writing for publication
2. Evaluation is carried out through Regular monthly class test,
Assignments, Parent-teacher counseling and Annual examination.
In
brief, at the end of 4th year MBBS session student is a model
for the medical college because he knows the problems of the community
and has learnt all skills to alleviate the agony of ailing humanity
through comprehensive teaching, training and research activities
supervised by the Department of Community Medicine in the university
and the field simultaneously.
ORGANIZATIONAL DESIGN OF DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY MEDICINE,
KING EDWARD MEDICAL UNIVERSITY, LAHORE.
Sitting
(L to R) . M Aslam , Dr. Shahid , Dr. Maaz, Dr. Munir, Dr. Tasneem
Stading (L to R) Dr Pasha, Dr. Akhtar Lang, Dr. Akhtar Rana, Dr.
Arif, Dr. Arslan,
SR.
NO. NAME DESIGNATION. QUALIFICATIONS.
1. Prof. Maaz Ahmed, Head of the Deptt. MBBS, MCPS, FCPS.
2. Dr. Shahid Mehmood. Associate Professor. MBBS, DPH, FCPS.
3. Dr.Tasneem Fatima Rana. Assistant Professor. MBBS, MCPS .
4 Dr. Muhammad Muneer, Assistant Professor. MBBS, DTCD, DCH, DPH.
5 Dr. Rana Muhammad Akhtar. APMO. MBBS, FCPS.
6. Dr. Akhtar Lang. APMO MBBS.
7. Dr. Muhammad Arif Khan. Demonstrator. MBBS, PGD (Nutrition)
MSc. Community Health & Nutrition.
8 Dr Mahmood Alam Pasha Demonstrator. MBBS
9 Dr M N Tabasam Demonstrator. MBBS
10
Dr Saira Afzal Demonstrator. MBBS
11 Dr Zunaira Asad Demonstrator. MBBS
12 Mr. Muhammad Aslam. Health Educator MA Health Education.
13 Miss farzana Irfan Medical Social Officer M.A .Social Work
PUBLICATIONS
ARTICLE AUTHOR PUBLISHED IN
Awareness about Oral Rehydration Salt (ORS Nimkol) in a slum at
Lahore. Dr.Maaz Ahmad The Pakistan journal of Medical Research,
Vol: 31, Jul-Sep., 1992:No.3.
Awareness about Breast feeding in Punjabi village. Dr.Maaz Ahmad
The Pakistan journal of Medical Research, Vol: 31, Jul-Sep., 1992:No.3.
Assessment of nutritional status of female students in a vocational
institute Dr.Maaz Ahmad The Pakistan journal of Medical Research,Vol;
31, Jul- Sepr...1992:No.3.
Nutritional rehabilitation through education. Dr.Maaz Ahmad The
Pakistan Journal of Medical Research, Vo1;31,Oct-Dec,1992:No.4
Comparative study of attitude and practice factors in childhood
acute respiratory infections (ARI) Dr.Maaz Ahmad The Pakistan
Journal of Medical Research,
V ol;3 I,Oct-Dec, 1992,No.4
Characteristics of addicts using heroin smoking and sniffing.
Dr.Maaz Ahmad The Pakistan Journal of Clinical Psychiatry Vol:
1993 No.l.
Prevalence of helminthic infections in a slum. Dr.Maaz Ahmad The
Pakistan Journal of Medicinal Research, Vol;32,Jan-Mar, I993,No.I
Nutritional status of children under -5 years of age in a slum
community in Lahore. Dr.Maaz Ahmad The Pakistan Journal of Medical.
Research, Vol: 32, Jan-Mar, 1993:No.1.
Public health hazards in Pakistan. Dr.Maaz Ahmad The Pakistan
Engineers, Oct,
1993.
A study of demographic and socio-economic conditions of Families
in slums of Lahore. Dr.Maaz Ahmad The Pakistan journal of Medical
Research, Vol: 32, Jul-Sep, I993:No.3.
Water projects and human community. Dr.Maaz Ahmad The Pakistan
Engineers, Oct, 1994.
Water for all. Dr.Maaz Ahmad The Engineer,Vol.32,No.12, Dec,94
Epidemiology of peptic ulcer in urban community in Lahore. Dr.Maaz
Ahmad Abstracts of 8'" annual international conference of
family medicine 1998
Association of Risk factors with Lung cancer. Dr. Maaz Ahmad Annals
of King Edward Medical College, Lahore Vol.8 issue 4 Oct-Dec.2002.
Water – an asset. Dr. Maaz Ahmad The Pakistan Engineers,
Aug,1995
Epstein-Barr Virus detection in Tumours of upper Gastrointestinal
tract.An in Situ Hybridization Study In Pakistan Dr. Maaz Ahmad,Dr.Anwar
J.Exp.Clin.Cancer Res.Japan,,24,3,2005
Malaria Dr. Maaz Ahmad Environmenter.2003 Arsenic,Cadmium and
Lead Levels in Hair and Toenail samples in Pakistan Dr. Maaz Ahmad,Dr.Anwar
Environmental Sciences.12,2(2005) 071-086 MY Tokyo.
First feed given to the new borne babies Dr.Tasneem, Dr. Maaz
Ahmad Annals of King Edward Medical College,Vol:11,Issue 4 Oct-Dec
2005
Association
of Risk Factors with Lung Cancer Dr. Maaz Ahmad Annals of King
Edward Medical College,Vol:08,Issue 4 Oct-Dec 2002
Malaria Mysterious public health problem Dr Maaz Ahmed 37"'
annual convention Proceeding, vol:5,
The institution of Engineers Pakistan, Lahore, Apr 1997, p:203
Allergy- A preventable public health problem Dr Maaz Ahmed 39'"
annual convention Proceeding, vol:3
The institution of Engineers Pakistan, Lahore, Apr 1999, p:85
Existing Standards Of Environmental Sanitation, a survey of a
kutchi abadi of Nawaz Sharif Colony, Feroz pur Road, Lahore Dr
Shahid Mahmood Pakistan Journal of Health., Vol.25 ,No.3:4 April
1988,pp 32 37
Assessment of nutritional beliefs and practices in pregnant and
lactating mothers, in an urban and rural area of Pakistan. Dr
Shahid Mahmood J.P.M.A, HIID Special issue II,Vol:47, Feb.1997,p-60.ISSN
0030-9982
Effects of Unchecked Use of Pesticides and Fertilizers. Dr Shahid
Mahmood Pakistan Journal of Health. Vol.35, No. 1-2, Jan-June.1998,P-l8
Role of Family Type (Nuclear/Extended) in formulation of Nutritional
Beliefs and Practices in Pregnant/Lactating Mothers in a community.
Dr Shahid Mahmood Pakistan Journal of Health. Vol.35 ,No 1-2,Jan-June
1998, p-25
Acute watery diarrhea in young children – current practices
in a rural community Dr Shahid Mahmood Pak paed jour Vol.22 No.4,
Dec. 1998.
Effects of Literacy in selection of foods by the Lactating Mothers
Dr Shahid Mahmood Pakistan Journal of Health .Vol.35, No3-4, Jul.Dec.1988,
P-103.
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) Awareness Among Students
of Degree Colleges for Boys at Islamabad Dr Shahid Mahmood Pakistan
Journal of Health Vol.36, No.1-2, Jan –June 1999.
Family Planning Knowledge and Practice. (A study in Rural Community
of Punjab
Pakistan) Dr Shahid Mahmood Pakistan Journal of Health. Vol.36,
No.3-4,Jul-Dec.1999, P-59
Critical appraisal of services of medical OPD of a tertiary care
Hospital of Lahore, Dr Shahid Mahmood Annals of King Edward Medical
College,Vol:12, Issue 2 April-June 2006
COMMON
DETERMINANTS OF CA. BREAST(A case control study in Lahore) Dr
Shahid Mahmood Annals of King Edward Medical College,Vol:12, Issue
3 July-Sep. 2006
Socioeconomic
factors affecting the accessibility to emergency obstetric care
in a periurban area of District LlllllllLahore Lahore, Pakistan.
Dr Shahid Mahmood Annals of King Edward Medical College, Vol:12,
Issue 3 Jul-Sep 2006
The
acceptability of IUD (Intra Uterine Device) in relation to the
age and parity
of women. Dr Tasneem Fatima Medical "Spectrum" Vol.22
No. (3, 4) March – April 2001.
Epidemiology of Ischemic heart disease Dr Tasneem Fatima The Medical
"Spectrum" Vol 22:22 No. (5, 6) May – June 2001.
Chapter: Population size, structure, distribution and Changes"
Dr Tasneem Fatima "Introduction to medical demography and
population studies" Oct 2004.
First feed given to the new borne babies Dr Tasneem Fatima Annals
of King Edward Medical College,Vol:11,Issue 4 Oct-Dec 2005
Role of Lifestyle In Causation of Dental Caries Dr Tasneem Fatima
Annals of King Edward Medical College,Vol:12, Issue 3 July-Sep.
2006
Assessment
of Body Mass index (BMI) in Medical students (A cross sectional
Survey) Dr Tasneem Fatima Annals of King Edward Medical College,Vol:12,
Issue 4 Oct-Dec 2006
Determinants
of depression in female adolescent and youth. Dr Saira Afzal The
Professional , vol:15, No:01, Jan-Mar. 2008
Gender difference in up taking Intra Ocular Implantation in cataract
patients in Mayo Hospital, Lahore. Dr Shahzad Saeed Pakistan Journal
of Community Ophthalmology) 1996 – Nov) London.
Assessment of basic essential obstetric care at first level care
facility in Lahore district Dr. Naila Sarfraz Pakistan Journal
of Health (IPH) Vol, 37 issue 3 -4, July –
Dec.2000.
Utilization of maternal health care in an urban slum of Lahore
Dr.Seema Daud Medical Channel,Vol.9, No. 3, pages: 25 - 29; July-September
2003.
Awareness and Choices of Service Seekers for utilization of health
care providers for management of reproductive health issues in
an urban slum Dr.Seema Daud Journal of the Collge of Physians
and Surgeons of Pakistan (JCPSP), Vol. 12, No.
11, pages: 662 - 666; November 2002.
Critical Appraisal of the Rural Health Centers in Tehsil Sialkot
by Using HMIS Reports. Dr.Seema Daud Lahore Journal of Public
Health, Volume 1, No. 2, pages 25-34, January - March 2002. Abortion,
Contraception and Ethic Minorities, Progress Postponed: Abortion
in Europe and in the 1990s. Dr.Seema Daud International Planned
Parenthood Federation (IPPF) Europe Region Book, Chapter
10 pages 148-156 (1993).
Abortion, Contraception and Ethnic Minorities in the UK Dr.Seema
Daud Planned Parenthood European Journal, Volume 21, No. 3, pages
9-12, September 1992.
The Asian Mother and Baby Campaign: Lesson from an Evaluation
Dr.Seema Daud Department of Health Yearbook of Research and Development
1989,. London, HMSO, pages 27-28 (1990).
Links Across the Divide Dr.Seema Daud The Health Service Journal,
United Kingdom Volume 99, No. 5162, August 1989, pages 951-952.
Assessment of Nutritional Information Status, Attitudes and Practices
at Household Level: Final Report Dr.Seema Daud Monitoring and
Evaluation Cell, Directorate General Health Services Punjab, Lahore,
Pakistan (1991).
Asian Family Planning Information Project: Final Report Dr.Seema
Daud Family Planning Association, United Kingdom (1989).
Evaluation of the Asian Mother and Baby Campaign: Synopsis Dr.Seema
Daud Centre for Mass Communication Research, University of Leicester,
United Kingdom (1989).
Evaluation of the Asian Mother and Baby Campaign: Full Summary
Report Dr.Seema Daud Centre for Mass Communication Research, University
of Leicester, United Kingdom (1989).
Evaluation of the Asian Mother and Baby Campaign: Report No. 2
Dr.Seema Daud Centre for Mass Communication Research, University
of Leicester, United Kingdom (1989).
Evaluation of the Asian Mother and Baby Campaign: Report No. 1:
Dr.Seema Daud Centre for Mass Communication Research, University
of Leicester, United Kingdom
(1988).
Links Across the Divide Dr.Seema Daud The Health Service Journal,
United KingdomVolume 99, No. 5162, August 1989, pages 951-952.
951-952
No. 5162, August 1989, pages 951-952.
Assessment of Nutritional Information Status, Attitudes and Practices
at Household Level: Final Report Dr.Seema Daud Monitoring and
Evaluation Cell, Directorate General Health Services Punjab, Lahore,
Pakistan (1991).
Asian Family Planning Information Project: Final Report Dr.Seema
Daud Family PlanningAssociation, United Kingdom (1989).
Evaluation of the Asian Mother and Baby Campaign: Synopsis Dr.Seema
Daud Centre for Mass Communication Research, University of Leicester
United Kingdom (1989).
Evaluation of the Asian Mother and Baby Campaign: Full Summary
Report Dr.Seema Daud Centre for Mass Communication Research, University
of Leicester, United Kingdom (1989).
