The Postgraduate Medical Education programme in Pakistan has graduated over 1,200 physicians from a programme whose aim it is to help young men and women evolve into humane, ethical and competent generalists, as well as specialists and scientists who will go on to help improve the health care systems of their countries. By offering training in-country in a wide range of clinical specialties, the PGME programme helps developing nations retain a high number of the "best and brightest" rather than lose them to developed country hospitals. In recent years, the PGME has expanded to East Africa, offering residency training in a variety of disciplines.