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The department started its functioning in
1997 with the start of the college, headed
by various renowned Physiologists during
different tenures namely Prof. Dr. Naseem
Rauf, Prof. Dr. Masud Alam. The hard work
and efforts contributed by Prof. Dr. Shehnaz
Javed and Dr. Akmal Hassan in the initial
development of the department cannot be
overlooked. Presently, the department is
headed by Prof. Dr. Humera Ehsan Wyne with a
rich experience of teaching undergraduate
and postgraduate classes in the various
renowned institutions of the country. The
rest of the faculty members consist of one
Associate Professor, Dr. Akmal Hassan who is
also indebted with a long experience of
teaching Physiology. One Assistant
Professor, Dr. Anser Asrar, a keen young
teacher and one senior lecturer, Dr. Ghazala
Qureshi and five Demonstrators. The
Physiology Department works dynamically
under the able guidance of the head of the
department, Professor Dr. Humera Ehsan Wyne,
as an integral part of the basic medical
sciences division of the Lahore Medical &
Dental College. The department is equipped
with two spacious laboratories, which are
sufficient for the undergraduate
experimental jobs as well as any research
project by the faculty members.
Teaching Programs & Academic Activities
Multiple teaching disciplines are being
maneuvered by the department which includes
the teaching of MBBS, BDS, BSc Medical
Laboratory Technology, BSc Physiotherapy,
Paramedics etc in the form of theory
lectures, group discussions, laboratory
work. Latest teaching techniques are being
utilized in the lectures and discussions.
The students are allocated short topics for
the presentations in the form of mini
seminars for studentstudent and
student-teacher interaction. There is a
regular system of student assessment on the
basis of comprehension, oral presentation
and answering multiple-choice
questions. This assessment is repeated
monthly followed by two term tests at the
end of the term before the final send-up
examination. Work is done for the creation
of the modules in collaboration with the
other basic and clinical departments for the
Problem Based Learning (PBL). |
