09 October 2004	Saturday	23 Shaban 1425

KARACHI, Oct 8: Health Adviser Faisal Malik inaugurated the Dow Computer Learning Resource Centre established against a cost of Rs20 million for faculty members and students of the Dow University of Health Sciences (DUHS).

The facility established with the support of a local organisation would have its first training session of three months commencing on October 19, for which some 20 senior professors of the university had been registered.

Necessary training would also be provided to all final year MBBS students of the Dow Medical College and the Sindh Medical College since IT learning had been envisaged to be made a compulsory component of graduate level medical education and training offered by the DUHS.

Mr Malik on the occasion said the present day world was heavily reliant on information technology, which not only provided an efficient means of communication but also served as a source of all information.

Reminding students of both undergraduate and postgraduate that learning the basics of information technology was now a part of the curricula, he said it had emerged as a stopgap measure and only continuous and regular use of technology would lead to proficiency.

The DUHS Vice Chancellor, Prof Masood Hameed, said modern technology had to be made part of medical education, adding the computer training would initially focus on training teachers and final year students, gradually extended to all students and house officers. - APP