A total of 12 specialists received certificates at the 5th Postgraduate Medical Education, PGME, graduation ceremony of the French Medical Institute for Mothers and Children, FMIC, on Saturday.
The FMIC has previously graduated Afghanistan’s first female specialists in pediatric surgery, pathology and radiology through its PGME programme. This year’s event saw students graduate in seven specialties: anesthesia, cardiology, radiology, orthopaedics, paediatric surgery, pathology and paediatric medicine.
In his speech at the event, Chief Guest Dr Ahmad Jan Naeem, adviser to Afghanistan’s minister of public health, praised the efforts of the graduating doctors and encouraged them to use their rare skills to serve the people of Afghanistan. He also appreciated the FMIC for its work to improve the country’s healthcare system.
During the year, FMIC’s PGME introduced a new programme in cardiovascular surgery, said Director of Academic Projects in Afghanistan Dr Shafiq Mirzazada in his welcome address. He also congratulated the graduating specialists on behalf of Dr Eric Cheysson, chairman of La Chaîne de L’Espoir, one of the four founding partners of the FMIC alongside the governments of Afghanistan and France as well as the Aga Khan Development Network.
AKDN Diplomatic Representative to Afghanistan Ambassador Her Excellency Sheherazade Hirji said: “[T]he PGME programme brings cutting-edge skills and knowledge in Afghanistan while training doctors in rare specialties, promoting clinical practices and evolving research-based inquiry in medicine."
FMIC initiated its PGME programme in partnership with the Aga Khan University and the PGME Directorate of the Ministry of Public Health in April 2012 with support from the Government of Canada as a way of building and strengthening Afghanistan's healthcare system.
A total of 12 specialists received certificates at the 5th Postgraduate Medical Education, PGME, graduation ceremony of the French Medical Institute for Mothers and Children, FMIC, on Saturday.
The FMIC has previously graduated Afghanistan’s first female specialists in pediatric surgery, pathology and radiology through its PGME programme. This year’s event saw students graduate in seven specialties: anesthesia, cardiology, radiology, orthopaedics, paediatric surgery, pathology and paediatric medicine.
In his speech at the event, Chief Guest Dr Ahmad Jan Naeem, adviser to Afghanistan’s minister of public health, praised the efforts of the graduating doctors and encouraged them to use their rare skills to serve the people of Afghanistan. He also appreciated the FMIC for its work to improve the country’s healthcare system.
During the year, FMIC’s PGME introduced a new programme in cardiovascular surgery, said Director of Academic Projects in Afghanistan Dr Shafiq Mirzazada in his welcome address. He also congratulated the graduating specialists on behalf of Dr Eric Cheysson, chairman of La Chaîne de L’Espoir, one of the four founding partners of the FMIC alongside the governments of Afghanistan and France as well as the Aga Khan Development Network.
AKDN Diplomatic Representative to Afghanistan Ambassador Her Excellency Sheherazade Hirji said: “[T]he PGME programme brings cutting-edge skills and knowledge in Afghanistan while training doctors in rare specialties, promoting clinical practices and evolving research-based inquiry in medicine."
FMIC initiated its PGME programme in partnership with the Aga Khan University and the PGME Directorate of the Ministry of Public Health in April 2012 with support from the Government of Canada as a way of building and strengthening Afghanistan's healthcare system.
