Department of Paediatric Medicine

Introduction

The Department of Paediatrics at CMH Lahore Medical College has been working to teach students and Paediatric Post Graduate Trainees since the inception of the college. It is a dedicated group of Paediatricians, striving to improve medical care of children in Pakistan. The faculty is highly qualified. Besides general paediatrics, they encompass specialization and interests in hematology-oncology, gastroenterology, neonatology, intensive care treatment, public healthand infectious diseases. Students are taught in didactic lectures and small group sessions like problem-based learning, along with clinical teaching. Clinical teaching begins from the third year, with regular rotations in small groups. Students are taught at the bedside by the faculty with a focus on a variety of paediatric cases. The department also has a large group of post graduate trainees. Regular teaching sessions are held, both during ward rounds and in the forms of journal club, morning handover, morbidity and mortality meetings and case presentations. CMH Lahore is a tertiary care center, receiving referrals from Punjab and from the rest of the country. It has a 30 bed general ward, 30 bed Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, and a 15 bed Pediatric Intensive Care Unit. The department also runs a Thalassemia center, and an outpatient department that sees approximately 150 patients daily. Besides teachingand patient care, the department is also very active in research. Faculty have multiple publications to their name, including in very prestigious international journals. They regularly supervise both post graduate trainees and students with various research projects. The department also holds regular workshops inviting eminent speakers from other organizations, like other universities and the World Health Organization. There is a Patient Wellness Campaign that holds events like art competitions with medical students, for the pediatric patients in the ward.