Governor Sindh Dr Ishrat Ul Ebbad Khan inaugurated the Dental Skill Lab and Pakistan's Pioneer National Conference on Dental Education at Liaquat University of Medical & Health Sciences Jamshoro the other day.
Speaking on this occasion, Sindh Governor Dr Ishrat Ul Ebbad Khan said that it is an honour for him to inaugurate the Dental skill lab which is the largest and most modern skill lab of its kind in the country and commissioning of this lab would help young dental graduates and postgraduates in learning essential clinical skills, without compromising patient safety. The Institute of Dentistry deserves heartiest felicitations. It is the need of hour that other dental Institutes of the country should follow the suite and make efforts to establish skill labs for their students.
The governor further expressed that Pakistan's Pioneer National Conference on Dental Education is another feather in the cap for the institute of dentistry as it has been attended by top notch medical educationists and dental experts & the scientific committee of the seminar would forward commendable recommendations to both the Higher Education Commission and the PM&DC in revamping the dental curriculum in the light of principles of adult learning to meet international standards. Earlier, the Vice Chancellor LUMHS Prof Noshad A Shaikh in his welcome address offered thanks to the governor for sparing time to honour the university with his presence.
He further expressed that LUMHS Institute of Dentistry is the second oldest seat of learning in the science of dentistry in the country. Its graduates are serving ailing community, not only in Pakistan but abroad too. At present, this institute is the first dental institute in Pakistan, which has achieved global standards of dental teaching and training, which is evident from the fact that it has established such a high tech dental skill lab for its young doctors-to-be.
The Vice Chancellor mentioned that the skill Lab will fulfil our aim of establishing Simulation based medical education as prime teaching methodology, and to train our faculty to teach and our students to learn Clinical Skills in Simulated human environments. The Vice Chancellor announced to name the newly established state of Art Skill Lab as "Dr Ishrat Ul Ebbad Dental Skill Lab" in acknowledgement of dedication and patronage of the Governor for Health Sciences and up grading higher education in Sindh.
Regarding the first ever in the country Pakistan's Pioneer National Conference on Dental Education, the Vice Chancellor mentioned that 700 delegates from across the country are attending this conference.
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