The Crisis of Health Professions Education in Pakistan

Abstract

Health professions are critical in maintaining the health infrastructure of the country. The quality of health care education imparted directly affects the people and it is thus very important to focus our attention towards it. This paper is focused on the current dilemmas being faced in the health professions education and a two-step solution was proposed in view of the deep understanding of the problem. The first step includes a teacher training course to educate and empower the educator about the current advancements in the healthcare professions education. The second step included a thorough evaluation of medical educators to assess their teaching practices and bring forward solutions to improve them. Undoubtedly it can be stated that there is a dire need to implement principles of health professions education in Pakistan and educators have to play their crucial role in understanding the current challenges and taking steps to overcome them.

Keywords

• health profession
• education
• crisis