| Dr.
Moazam conducting a workshop on Research Ethics at the
Khyber Medical University, Peshawar, May, 2010 |
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| CBEC
Organized Events |
CBEC organizes regular educational conferences, seminars
and symposia on various themes in different areas of bioethics.
These range from one day meetings to week long symposia.
These events are organized on CBEC premises in Karachi,
and institutions in other cities in the country and in the
region.
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2010 |
- Khyber Medical University, Research
Ethics Workshop
May 12-13, 2010, Peshawar
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CBEC faculty, Dr. Moazam and Dr. Jafarey,
together with Ms. Anika Khan, one of the MBE students, Class
of 2011, were invited by the Research Directorate of Khyber
Medical University (KMU) to conduct a workshop on Research
Ethics for researchers. A similar event was conducted by
CBEC faculty at KMU earlier this year also. This was a one
and a half day workshop in which participants were given
an overview of research ethics. Specific issues like conflict
of interest and informed consent were discussed in detail.
They were also taken through an exercise of developing Terms
of References for Ethical Review Committees. On the second
day, the morning was spent in specific case discussions.
The afternoon of the second day was devoted to a seminar
on medical ethics in which a panel discussion was held to
propose recommendations for developing bioethics in the
country. The panelists consisted of members of the medical
community, media, a PMDC representative and Islamic scholars.
Dr. Moazam initiated the proceedings with a talk highlighting
the various ethical and professional issues that confront
physicians today. Ms. Anika Khan then highlighted the patient’s
perspectives in how healthcare is delivered to the common
man in this country and how suffering is actually enhanced
by the callous attitudes of the various care providers.
Following the presentations and panel discussion, a set
of recommendations was presented by Dr. Aamir Jafarey. Further
input from the audience was sought via email so that their
recommendations could be finalized.
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- Peoples Medical College, Bioethics
Education Sessions
May 6, 2010, Nawabshah
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CBEC faculty drove to Nawabshah at the
request of the Peoples Medical College to conduct bioethics
sessions with their students and postgraduate trainees.
The students session was attended by about 200 students
from 4th and 5th year MBBS. Dr. Moazam gave an overview
of bioethics and Dr. Jafarey followed by showing a movie,
a CBEC production "The Sounds of Silence", and
then moderating a discussion afterwards.
The session with the trainees from different specialties
was held in the afternoon in which discussions were held
on different ethical issues.
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- Peoples Medical College, Clinical
Ethics Workshop
January 7 - 8, 2010, Nawabshah
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CBEC faculty took a five hour car ride
into the interior of Sindh to the town of Nawabshah to conduct
a two day workshop on Clinical Ethics at the Peoples Medical
College (PMC). WHO was a collaborating partner in arranging
the workshop at PMC. The event was attended by 30 faculty
members, ranging from Assistant Professors to Professors
and Heads of departments. Dr. Moazam began the proceedings
by giving an introduction to clinical ethics. She gave the
background for the development of interest in biomedical
ethics in the West. She quoted several instances highlighting
exploitation of patients and public at the hands of physicians
and researchers and how these incidents were instrumental
in galvanizing public opinion and thereby providing a stimulus
for the development of a new field of biomedical ethics.
Dr. Aamir Jafarey spoke on identifying ethical dilemmas
and how to deal with them once they were identified. On
the second day, Dr. Aamir gave a presentation on physicians
appearing in commercials and being involved in promoting
products, highlighting the ethical issues raised by these
activities. Dr. Bushra Shirazi made a presentation on the
recently launched Karachi Bioethics Group Ethical Guidelines
for Physician-Pharmaceutical Industry Interactions, highlighting
some of its salient features. This led to a very good discussion
in the application of these guidelines in the public sector
setting.
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2009 |
- Khyber Medical University, Research
Ethics Workshop
September 28-29 2009, Peshawar
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CBEC faculty was invited to conduct a
two day workshop on Research Ethics at Khyber Medical University
(KMU), Peshawar, on September 28 and 29, 2009. This was
organized by the Directorate of Research and Development
of the University. The participants included faculty and
trainees from the KMU affiliate institutions from within
Peshawar and from other cities including Mardan, Kohat and
Swat, to mention just a few. The Vice Chancellor of the
University, Professor Mohammad Hafizullah, attended the
entire workshop personally, as did the other senior faculty
of KMU, indicating the level of interest at the institution
for research ethics.
There were over 200 participants in the open sessions and
even the small group sessions had about 100 participants
taking part in lively discussions. Since most of the KMU
affiliate institutions are in the process of developing
ERCs, the workshop was of great relevance to them, especially
the component on development of Terms of Reference for ERCs.
The CBEC faculty came away after promising to conduct further
workshops in Peshawar in the near future.
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- Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital,
Research Ethics Workshop
March 1, 2009, Lahore
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The event was organized
in conjunction with the 8th Cancer Symposium of the Hospital.
Dr. Samina Mansoor, student of CBEC's Postgraduate Diploma
in Biomedical Ethics, Class of 2007, was the main organizer.
The event was attended by over 200 participants from SKM
and also other hospitals. CBEC alumni from Lahore, Islamabad
and Karachi also attended the event. In addition to Drs.
Farhat Moazam and Aamir Jafarey, the speakers included Dr.
Richard Cash from the Harvard School of Public Health, Boston,
and Dr. Athula Sumatipala from the Institute of Research
and Development, Colombo.
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- Liaquat University of Medical and
Health Sciences, Research Ethics Workshop,
February 23, 2009, Jamshoro
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CBEC was invited to organize
and conduct a workshop for training the members of the newly
established ERC at Liaquat University of Medical and Health
Sciences on February 23, 2009, at Jamshoro. Dr. Faisal Ghani,
alumnus of the Class of 2006, was the local organizer. The
workshop was constructed to give participants the actual
experiences of the ERC and a number of important issues
were covered. During the workshop, Dr. Moazam gave
a talk on “Human Subject Research and Ethics Review
Committees” and Dr. Jafarey spoke on "Fundamental
concepts for Ethical Review for ERC members". This
was followed by small group work and case discussions.
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2008 |
- Emerging Issues in Bioethics:
Conference and Clinical Ethics Workshop
October 25, 26, 2008, at
SIUT, Karachi
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CBEC organized this
two day event which consisted of open plenary sessions and
a workshop on clinical ethics for registered participants.
Approximately 200 people from different walks of life attended
the open sessions while 55 were registered for the workshop.
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- Workshop on Clinical Ethics at Sultan
Qaboos University (SQU),
Muscat, Oman, January 18, 2008
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A workshop on Clinical
Ethics was held at Sultan Qaboos University (SQU) Muscat,Oman,
on January 18, 2008. This was the second workshop that CBEC
organized at SQU's invitation.
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- Shifa College of Medicine, Research
Ethics Workshop
March 26, 2008, Islamabad
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Drs. Farhat Moazam and
Aamir Jafarey were invited to conduct this workshop at Shifa
College of Medicine, Islamabad. This ethics workshop was
organized on behalf of the institution by Drs. Ashraf Hussain
and Bushra Khizar, both graduates of CBEC's Postgraduate
Diploma in Biomedical Ethics, Class of 2007. This was the
first workshop related to research ethics at the institution
and drew in a wide variety of participants.
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- International Bioethics Conference
"Bioethics Education in Pakistan, Necessity, and not a Luxury",
COMSTECH Secretariat,
March 27-29, 2008, Islamabad
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This conference was organized
by CBEC at the request of COMSTECH and was funded by Higher
Education Commission (HEC). Professor Attaur Rahman, Chairman
HEC inaugurated the event. Participants included Dr. Darryl
Macer from UNESCO, Bangkok and Dr. Sahin Aksoy from Haran
University, Turkey (via video link). Along with the
CBEC faculty, a number of PGD graduates also presented papers
at the conference which was attended by participants not
only from the Rawalpindi-Islamabad area but also from other
regions of Punjab and NWFP. This event included two workshops,
one on bioethics education led by Dr. Macer and the other
one on clinical ethics, facilitated by Drs. Farhat Moazam,
Aamir Jafarey and Bushra Shirazi.
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- 2nd CBEC UNESCO Bioethics Education
Workshop
March 30, 2008, Karachi
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This workshop was organized by CBEC in
collaboration with UNESCO and mainly focused on introducing
high school teachers to the various tools which can be used
to teach bioethics. Dr. Darryl Macer of UNESCO, Bangkok
facilitated the workshop which was attended by approximately
80 teachers from all over the city as well as a few from
outside Karachi.
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2007 |
- Shifa College of Medicine, Clinical
Ethics Workshop
May 23-25, 2007, Islamabad
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Drs. Farhat Moazam and
Aamir Jafarey conducted this workshop which was organized
by Drs. Ashraf Hussain and Bushra Khizar, both students
of CBEC's Postgraduate Diploma in Biomedical Ethics, Class
of 2007. The morning session was open to all and consisted
of plenary talks while the afternoon was devoted to an interactive
workshop for 30 participants.
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- Shaikh Zayed Post Graduate Medical
Institute, Research Ethics Workshop,
November 26-28, 2007, Lahore
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This workshop was organized by
Ms. Farkhanda Ghafoor, a graduate of CBEC's PDG Class
of 2006. This was a first of its kind at this major training
institute and research centre and drew in participation
not only from the host institute but also from neighboring
institutions as well. Drs. Farhat Moazam and Aamir Jafarey
facilitated the workshop.
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2006 |
- Joint CBEC-UNESCO Conference
on "Bioethics Education”
January 21-22, 2006, Karachi
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This conference was organized
in collaboration with UNESCO and focused on training high
school teachers to incorporate bioethics education in their
curricula. This was the first bioethics training opportunity
focusing on high school teachers in Pakistan and there were
over 100 participants from all over the city as well as
from neighboring towns.
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2005 |
- "Fundamentals
of Research Ethics: International and Regional Perspectives"
November 28-29, 2005, Karachi
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This two day conference
with international and regional speakers aimed at familiarizing
medical researchers, physicians, nurses, administrators,
research sponsors and government policy makers about risks
to research subjects, and how these can be minimized.
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- "Stem Cell Research and Cloning:
Science, Ethics and Religious Perspectives"
August 13, 2005, Karachi
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This half day symposium
was organized to discuss the different ethical aspects of
stem cell research and cloning. Speakers included eminent
scientist Dr. Qasim Mehdi, renowned haematologist Dr. Tahir
Shamsi and Dr. Farhat Moazam.
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- "Foundations of Moral Thought:
From the Greeks to Contemporary Bioethics"
April 4-9, 2005, Karachi
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This week long event was
the first academic activity undertaken by CBEC at SIUT premises.
It consisted of a daily seminar which was open to public
where scholars presented their papers and an intensive course
for a limited number of registered participants.
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