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Faculty Development Program (2024)

Faculty Development Workshops on ‘Redefining Teaching & Learning’

A Strategic Collaboration Between NCL & NDHPE

Keeping up with the ever-evolving teaching methods and learning techniques is crucial in a world where the unexpected is increasingly the norm. Bridging the gap between ‘what one knows’ and ‘what one can know’ equips today’s educators with the skills to harness the immense potential of their students and build a modernized, inclusive global fraternity.

This year, NUMS Department of Health Professions Education (NDHPE) and NUMS Center for Lifelong Learning (NCL) teamed up to conduct a series of three-day faculty development workshops from 11th July 2024 to 13th September 2024 at NUMS PWD Campus. Overall, 55 faculty members from various departments—including Biological Sciences, Public Health, Nutrition & Dietetics, Social & Behavioral Sciences, Psychology, and Clinical Psychology—zealously attended this annual cycle.

Day 01: Learning Theories

Facilitated by Dr. Fozia Fatima and Dr. Asiya Zahoor. Faculty members participated in a hands-on activity of integrating learning theories while keeping in mind the Gynae Principles, with a core focus on Metacognitive Knowledge and Regulation.

Day 02: Medical Curriculum & AI

Led by Dr. Naushaba Sadiq and Dr. Syeda Hanaa Fatima. The workshops focused on integrating Artificial Intelligence (AI) into instructional design, where participants collaborated in small groups to experiment with AI-driven teaching strategies.

Day 03: Professionalism & Ethics

Facilitated by Dr. Adeela Bashir and Dr. Naushaba Sadiq. Sessions primarily focused on self-reflection and moral principles, explaining how 'negative role modelling' can be attributed to deteriorating societal values.

UDO (NUMS) worked alongside the NDHPE facilitators to ensure training impartiality and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) practices. The series concluded with remarks from Prof. Dr. Ayesha Rauf (Head of NDHPE) and a Certificate Distribution Ceremony by Air Commander Muhammad Ismail, SI (M), Retired Consultant QA and Head of NCL & RD Directorate.

NCL’s Faculty Development Program (2024) was explicitly undertaken in alignment with UN SDG 4 (Quality Education).
Special Workshop Series

Essentials of Curriculum Planning & Implementation

A Joint Venture of NDHPE and NCL

Unrelenting advancements in today’s scholarly world call for unconventional curriculum planning, a complex term that requires all-encompassing information and an exhaustive approach to promise quality education to students.

NUMS Department of Health Professions Education (NDHPE) and NUMS Center for Lifelong Learning (NCL) joined forces to carry out this series from 5th July 2023 to 9th August 2023 at the NUMS PWD campus. Faculty members from Public Health, Nutrition & Dietetics, Social & Behavioral Sciences, Psychology, and Biological Sciences enthusiastically participated.

Phase 1: Curriculum Planning

Centered on identifying and organizing educational content. It focuses on strategic decisions regarding what the targeted learners will learn to enhance problem-solving, leadership acumen, and ethical behavior.

Phase 2: Curricular Implementation

Covered the finest delivery approaches. Efficient curriculum implementation is a continuous process revolving around delivering complex educational content and evaluating performance smoothly.

Phase 3: Shared Synthesis

Concluded with interactive group activities facilitated by expert NDHPE resource persons: Dr. Naushaba Sadiq, Dr. Adeela Bashir, Dr. Asiya Zahoor, Dr. Syeda Hanaa Fatima, and Dr. Fozia Fatima.

A diversified group of NUMS faculty members actively learned new ways of executing lectures. A total of 70 faculty members were efficiently trained in 2023 by the joint efforts of NDHPE and NCL, taking small but solid steps toward the overall NUMS faculty development goals.

Executed in the light of UN SDG 4 (Quality Education).