Press Release Media Cell GKMC-MTI, 6th April 2023

Swabi: To enhance the quality of teaching and learning at Gajju Khan Medical College (GKMC) Swabi, the Quality Enhancement Cell (QEC) of GKMC Swabi planned a series of one-day seminars on Quality Enhancement for the faculty & students of the college. In this connection, two seminars were conducted, for Third and Fourth year MBBS students of the college.

Director QEC Dr. Mohammad Khalid and Assistant Manager Quality Assurance, Saeed Afsar were speakers of the seminars.

Director QEC explained Quality Assurance, its importance and need in medical education, the process of quality enhancement, and the function of QEC. He said that the main purpose of quality enhancement is to increase the quality of medical training and enhance students learning, besides self-assessment of the college, students’ feedback on the curriculum and teaching environment is also an essential tool to enhance and maintain the quality of medical education, He added.

To get feedback from students, Director QEC then shared the survey forms with teachers and course evaluations. He informed that these surveys will regularly be conducted at the end of each module or block examination, for each year of the MBBS program.

Director QEC encouraged all the students to participate in these surveys and provide their feedback, which will help identify areas for further improvement in medical education. On this occasion, Assistant Manager Quality Assurance informed the participants that these survey forms are available on the QEC website of the college and easily be accessed. He then explained and demonstrated how to access and fill out these online survey forms. Assistant Manager further added that to ensure fair and honest feedback, the student’s identity will be kept confidential.

At the end of their seminars, the speakers responded to the questions and concerns raised by the participants. Director QEC appreciated valuable feedback from students and urged them to spare some time for filling out these survey forms.