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AKU Faculty and Staff Circle the
Globe in 2004
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Dr Fauzia
Shamim, Associate Professor, AKU-IED, presented a paper on
'Teaching Teachers to Teach Young Learners: Issues and Dilemmas'
at the Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB) Fifth National Conference
titled 'Teaching English to Young Learners: Why & How?'
in Indonesia in February.
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Dr
Anjum Halai (MEd,'96) Assistant Professor at AKU-IED, visited
the PDC-East Africa in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, in May to set
up a research project titled 'Case Studies of School Improvement
in East Africa'. |
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Jane
Rarieya (MEd,'99), Senior Instructor, AKU-IED, presented a paper
titled 'Reflective Dialogue: What's in it for Teachers? A Pakistan
Case' at the 6th International Conference on Education in Athens,
Greece, in May. She also presented a paper on 'Investigating
Students' Uptake of Reflective Practice: A Pakistan Case at
the 3rd Carfax International Conference on Reflective Practice,
Gloucester, UK, in June. |
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Kulsoom
Jaffer, Instructor at AKU-IED, presented a paper on 'Improving
Educational Monitoring and Evaluation System' at the Doctoral
School Conference organised in June by the Institute of Education,
University of London, UK. |
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Dr
Irma Gavino, Associate Professor, AKU-SON, presented a paper
titled 'Effects of the Nurse Programme on the Self-Esteem of
Abused Filipino Women' and Jacqueline Dias (RN,'85), Assistant
Professor and Director, AKU-SON, presented a paper on 'Impediments
to Learning in Nurse Training in Pakistan' at the 3rd International
Multidisciplinary Health Care Conference in Johannesburg, South
Africa, in March. |
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Dr
Yasmin Amarsi, Dean, AKU-SON, was invited by Chiba University,
Japan, in February for a lecture on 'Distinctive Features of
Nursing Care in Pakistan and its Relation to Pakistani Culture'. |
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Professor
Laetitia King, Regional Director, AKU-ANS Programme, East
Africa, presented the opening keynote address titled 'Dealing
With Human Resource Challenges Facing Health Systems Globally'
at the 3rd International Multidisciplinary Health Care Conference
of the Department of Health Studies, University of South Africa,
in Johannesburg, South Africa, in March. The conference was
jointly organised by the Global Network of the World Health
Organization (WHO) Collaborating Centres for Nursing and Midwifery
Development.
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Dr
Javaid A. Khan, Professor and Consultant Chest Physician, Pulmonary
Section, AKU, was invited by Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA)
to attend the 4th World Asthma Meeting in Bangkok, Thailand,
in February. Dr Khan, whose visit was funded by the International
Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (IUATLD), presented
a paper titled 'Knowledge of Health Care Staff on Asthma in
Pakistan'. |
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Dr
Saeed Hamid, Professor, Department of Medicine, AKU, was invited
to a meeting of the Guidelines and Publications Committee of
the World Gastroenterology Organization in New Orleans, USA,
in May. |
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