{"id":18458,"date":"2024-09-11T12:38:24","date_gmt":"2024-09-11T12:38:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/?p=18458"},"modified":"2024-09-11T12:38:25","modified_gmt":"2024-09-11T12:38:25","slug":"akus-international-student-research-conference-puts-research-at-the-forefront-of-medical-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/?p=18458","title":{"rendered":"AKU\u2019s International Student Research Conference puts research at the forefront of medical education"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Karachi: The International Student Research Conference, organized by students from AKU\u2019s Medical College, brought together over 1000 students from 30 universities for two days of networking and learning. The conference, themed \u2018Assembling Today\u2019s Brightest for Tomorrow\u2019s Breakthroughs\u2019 featured carefully curated scientific and teaching sessions, journal clubs, hospitality sessions, meetings with professors, and poster presentations.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Keynote speaker Dr Hasan Badre Alam, Chair of Surgery at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, encouraged students to find a purpose stating, \u201cAt the start of your academic journey, you must create a purpose that can sustain you for years to come. We encourage students to identify a surgical problem that needs a solution \u2013 a problem that you care deeply about, which is broad enough to be meaningful and important enough for people, institutions, and funding agencies to care about. We advise students to have powerful long-term goals, and attainable short-term goals. They should know what their unique superpower is.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference also provided an opportunity for young students from diverse backgrounds to network, exchange ideas, learn from each other\u2019s poster presentations and engage with professors regarding their research interests. The connections they made at the conference can spark future collaborations in their respective research areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr Sohail Khan, Chief Executive Officer at Aria Institute of Medical Sciences and an AKU alumnus, shared his inspiring journey of returning to Pakistan to create a hospital and a research institute in Quetta. \u201cLeadership is about taking your organization into the future. It is about having a vision, a goal \u2013 and aligning and empowering people to work towards that goal,\u201d said Dr Khan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The teaching sessions instilled the necessary skills needed to undertake research projects at varying levels of expertise, with something for everyone from the novice investigator to the expert researcher, while the talks highlighted the importance of research serving the communities where it is generated. Journal Clubs, modeled on book clubs, were a popular part of the conference, as students got the chance to discuss research papers with faculty, on the topics of bioinformatics, public health, obstetrics and gynecology, anaesthesia, and dentistry. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr Russell Martins, Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Hackensack Meridian Health taught students to never doubt the influence of their research as it fills a gap, has impact and highlights issues that need solving. An impactful session on \u2018Overcoming Inequities in Women\u2019s Health\u2019, raised critical issues in women\u2019s health giving the participants food for thought. Dr Zahra Hoodbhoy expressed that \u201cWomen\u2019s health and maternal health should be separated as women seek care only while pregnant because that\u2019s the only time they are cared for \u2013 they are seen as a vehicle for carrying babies.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr Fyezah Jehan\u2019s discussion on the HPV vaccine was a pertinent example to show young researchers how research is linked to policy and practice. She announced that the Government of Sindh and Punjab will be implementing the HPV vaccine in school going girls as a result of the Department of Paediatrics and Child Health\u2019s research and advocacy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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