College of Physicians & Surgeons Pakistan

College of Physicians & Surgeons Pakistan
Motto	Excellence in Higher Medical Education
Established	1962
Type	Postgraduate in Medical Sciences
President	Prof. Zafar Ullah Chaudhry
Location	Karachi, Sindh , Pakistan
Website	http://www.cpsp.edu.pk/

College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan (or CPSP) is the only postgraduate training and examination body of Pakistan^{[citation needed]} awarding degrees of Fellow of College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan (FCPS) and MCPS. Its head office is in Karachi. It was formed in 1962.

Regional campuses

The regional campuses are located at:

• Faisalabad
• Hyderabad
• Islamabad
• Larkana
• Lahore
• Multan
• Peshawar
• Quetta
• Bahawalpur
• Nawabshah
• Abbottabad
• Muzaffarabad
• Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
• Kathmandu, Nepal.

CPSP offers degrees in 63 disciplines of health sciences.

Objectives

• To promote specialist practice of Medicine, Surgery, Gynecology and Obstetrics and such other specialties by improvement of teaching and training in hospitals.
• To arrange postgraduate Medical, Surgical and other specialist's training.
• To conduct examinations for grant of diplomas and admission to the Fellowship of the College.
• To provide for research.
• To bring together physicians, surgeons and other specialists of Pakistan for scientific discussions and practical demonstrations.

The College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan was established in mid-1962 with the objectives of maintaining high principles of medical profession, promotion of specialists' medical practice and arrangement of postgraduate medical training in hospitals. It is the only postgraduate medical institution in the country that has established a system of effective and consistent up-gradation of medical education and training. The main functions of the College are:

The promotion of the practice of general medicine, surgery and other specialties, and conduct examinations for the award of postgraduate fellowship/diploma of FCPS and MCPS.

The College offers admission to the Fellowship of the College in 63 specialties/ sub-specialties and MCPS in 18 specialties. The College has now discontinued its Membership diploma program and replaced it with the Diploma of the College, DCPS, offering it in 14 specialties. The first examination of DCPS is scheduled on 2 March 2006. The College organizes postgraduate training of the candidates in accredited/recognized hospitals throughout the country and conducts subsequent examinations. To achieve its objectives, the Council of the College has constituted four Committees to work for continued expansion and progress of this College. The College not only encourages qualitative expansion of the curriculum but also of education, associated teachers, supervisors, advisory services, monitoring and evaluation of training, teaching methodologies and examination system. Upto March 2004 5744 MCPS and 5972 FCPS have graduated from this College. In order to improve the overall educational and research methodology, the College regularly holds a variety of workshops and courses. Upto March 2004 the College has held 1667 programs which benefited about 25,000 senior medical professionals and allied healthcare personnel. The CPSP provides learning facilities to other medical institutions as well. As part of these activities and to determine the needs and bases for continuing medical education program, the CPSP also holds national and international conferences and joint meetings with sister institutions. These scientific discussions help in bringing the fellows, academicians and medical experts at a joint forum to exchange experience in different fields of medical science. On March 7, 2004, the College held a joint meeting with Bangladesh College of Physicians and Surgeons at Karachi in which over 300 delegates from Bangladesh and 1000 from Pakistan participated. This event contributed a great deal in the advancement of medical science in both the countries.

Council :-

Befitting a highly respected institution, the College has strong democratic traditions. Its Fellows regularly elect a 20-member College Council which functions for a 4-year tenure to manage its academic and administrative affairs that are interdependent. A President, assisted by two Vice-Presidents and a Treasurer, heads the Council. The Council members devote their time and expertise in promoting the overall interests of the College particularly higher medical education.

The Council creates an atmosphere conducive to the aims of research and other academic, knowledge seeking and training activities. Fully conscious of the CPSP philosophy that it must keep abreast with new advances in medical science, technology and research, the Council takes advice from Faculties and initiates corrective measure whenever necessary. These efforts have paid dividends and the College enjoys a high respect and reciprocity with the sister institutions of Royal Colleges of UK and Ireland and has similar recognition by Saudi Council of Health Specialties, Kuwait, Nepal, Bangladesh and Singapore.

CPSP Departments :-

Administration & Operations

• Administration
• Human Resource
• Operations
• Purchase
• Finance
• Project & Maintenance

Educational Departments

• Registrar
• Medical Education
• Anatomy
• Surgical Studies
• ATLS
• ACLS
• Examination
• Learning
• Library
• Medlip
• Diagnostic Radiology
• Residency, Training & Research
• NDRP
• RTMC
• REU
• Publications
• JCPSP

Support & Services

• Information Technology
• Media
• CPSP Trust

See also

Fellow of College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

External links

• College of Physicians and Surgeons, Pakistan