Establishing Departments of Medical Education: A Major Challenge for Medical and Dental Colleges in Pakistan

Abstract

The past few decades have witnessed numerous trends in transforming medical education including the development of educational frameworks, competency-based education and increased demands for compassion and care from the healthcare providers (Maniate, 2017). Globalization has intensely jolted the process of medical education, leading to a more complex procedure for the development of physicians (Rizwan, Rosson, Tackett, & Hassoun, 2018). There is increasing realization that the complex medical education system be driven by professional educationists with well- established educational infrastructure in medical colleges. This has resulted in escalating trend for the establishment of departments of medical education in the medical and dental colleges to run educational affairs. These departments form essential component of infrastructure to provide effective and high-quality educational services in education institutes. The scope of these departments has been well recognized globally (Khalid, 2013).