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DISCOVERY COURSES IN MEDICAL EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE

ASSESSMENT BEYOND THE BASICS

APRIL 21 to 25, 2008

Email: c.m.e.courses@dundee.ac.uk
www.dundee.ac.uk/meded

5th Asia Pacific Medical Education Conference ( APMEC )

to learn about

“Medical Education in the Flat World”

24 - 25 January 2008 Pre-Conference Workshops
26 - 27 January 2008 Main Conference
28 January 2008 Post-Conference Workshop

Some of our workshops are filling up fast, register now to secure a seat !
Register now to enjoy the early bird discount !
Early Bird Registration Closes in 10 days’ time (15 October 2007)!

Recent globalisation has influenced medical education on several fronts: knowledge
beyond borders, patients beyond borders, doctors beyond borders, and diseases
beyond borders. As in our past four APMEC s, several world renowned medical
educators have been invited and already accepted our invitation to address these
challenges, review major issues relating to globalisation of medical education and to run
workshops at the conference. Do register early to avoid disappointment. Please apply
for visa early if you need one.

Information on visa application can be found
here:

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

Conference Secretariat
All correspondence should be addressed to:
Ms Emily Loo/ Mr Nicholas Wong/ Ms Esther Tan/ Ms Lee Su Mei

Address:       
Medical Education Unit
Dean's Office
Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine
National University of Singapore
Block MD11, #01-08, Clinical Research Centre
10 Medical Drive, Singapore 117597
E-mail:
medbox10@nus.edu.sg
Tel:    (65) 6516-1048 / (65) 6516-8107 / (65) 6516-2332 / (65) 6516-3732
Fax:   (65) 6872-1454


“Status of Educational Reform in Developing Countries”

We are pleased to inform you that the Aga Khan University - Institute for Educational
Development (AKU-IED) is organizing a three day international conference on the
“Status of Educational Reform in Developing Countries” from February 19-21, 2008 in
Karachi, Pakistan. A brief description of the conference themes and objectives,
submission guidelines and registration form are enclosed for your reference.

During this conference, AKU-IED aims to disseminate educational research and
learning from the field experience of practitioners; debate issues pertaining to
educational reform; and identify the key factors in the provision of educational reform
in developing countries. To provide focus to the conference deliberations the following
conference themes are proposed:  

•        Comparative Perspective in Educational Reform
•        Impact of Educational Reform
•        Politics of Educational Reform

We would like to take this opportunity to invite abstracts from your institution.
Abstracts of about 300 words related to the conference themes should be submitted by
Monday, October 1, 2007.

For submission of abstracts and inquiries please contact:

AKU-IED Conference Secretariat
Aga Khan University,
Institute for Educational Development
IED-PDC,1-5/B-VII,F.B.Area, Karimabad
P.O. Box 13688, Karachi – 75950
Phone: (92-21) 6347611-4 Ext.3914/3453
Fax: (92-21) 6347616 Email:
iedconf.sect@aku.edu

20th European Conference on Modern South Asian
Studies (ECMSAS)
8-11 July 2008
At
The University of Manchester
Oxford Road Manchester, England.
Conference Organization
The European Conference on Modern South Asian Studies (ECMSAS) is held every two
years. The last conference was held in June 2006 in Leiden and upcoming conference
details can be seen at

http://www.arts.manchester.ac.uk/ecmsas/conferenceorganisation/

During the July 2008 Conference, one of the panels will be organized and headed by
Professor Dr. Azhar Mansur Khan who is an adjunct faculty member at ESC School of
Management Sciences Lille France and a faculty member at CASE (Center for Advanced
Studies in Engineering) . Limited funding for paper presenters will also be available.  
Panel Details are appended below:
Panel In-charge: Professor Dr. Azhar Mansur Khan PhD(USA), PE, PMP

Panel Title: Management of Development Projects in South Asian Countries
Details: Projects are the building blocks of any investment or development plan. Many
South Asian countries development has been impeded by the enormous expenditure
incurred on the failed projects. Projects cover both social sector as well as
infrastructure sectors. There are countries like Pakistan, India, Bangladesh and Sri
Lanka, which could offset their external loans, had they not wasted resources on failed
projects. Many South Asian countries had been borrowing resources to undertake
development projects and instead of developing they would lag behind and go further
under the debt. Therefore the aspect of better project management, involvement of
communities and transparency has been an important factor in the development of
South Asian countries.
This will indeed be an excellent topic for a panel and will attract several very interesting
papers, discussions and novel ideas from the presenters as well as the audience.
Email: azharmak@yahoo.com, azhar@bmc-online.com

Interested authors, students and faculty members are requested to submit brief paper
abstracts to Dr. Azhar Mansur Khan on the email addresses mentioned above by 31st
August 2007.
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