KARACHI, Feb 15: Most of the students of medicine are not aware of the basic techniques and lack the sufficient knowledge about orthopaedics as the subject is not taught separately.

These views were expressed at a two-day pre-symposium workshop on orthopaedic skill held in collaboration with the Pakistan Orthopaedic Association at the Professional Development Centre of the Dow University of Health Sciences (DUHS).

The speakers were of the view that orthopaedics as a subject should be taught separately. The chairman of Orthopaedic Department of DUHS, Prof M.A Quraishi, mentioned in his welcome address that orthopaedic was not included in the syllabus of MBBS separately and was taught with general surgery.

Due to which, medical students do not take much interest in the orthopaedics, he added saying that however, it is very necessary to know the details of orthopaedic for a doctor to save a life after serious bone injuries.

At the workshop, experts from Jinnah, Baqai and other famous hospitals of the city gave lectures about Fracture Management, Emergency Management, Disaster Management, Pathology, Operation theatre etiquettes and Anaesthesia.

All steps were performed practically with the help of plastic bodies. More then 35 postgraduates attended the workshop. The coordinators of the workshop were Dr Syed Mujahid Humail and Dr Perwaiz Anjum.

The vice-chancellor of the DUHS, Prof Masood Hameed Khan, was the chief guest on the occasion.

He briefed the importance of such workshops to update the medical and paramedical staff according to the latest changes in medical field.

He informed the participants that more than 100 workshops had been conducted under the professional development centre for graduates, postgraduates and paramedics staff to train them in basic and advanced levels in different fields of medical sciences.

Later, he distributed certificates among participants of the workshop.