Enhancing Empathy in Medical Students by Focused Learner Centered Activities.

Objectives: To determine the change in empathy levels of medical students during their progress in professional years internship, and to examine change in empathy after targeted empathy enhancing activities during the course of medical school.

Study Design: Longitudinal Study.

Place And Duration Of Study: Shifa College of Medicine/ Shifa Tameer-e-Millat University, Islamabad, from January 2015 to December 2019.

Association of Severity of Allergic Conjunctivitis with Skin Prick Test.

Objective: To investigate the association between skin prick test and severity of allergic conjunctivitis.

Study Design: Cross sectional observational study. Study Place and Duration of Study: Akbar Niazi Teaching Hospital, Bara Kahu, Islamabad, between March and September 2019.

Relationship between Student Performances in Non-Cognitive Skills in Multiple Mini Interview and Integrated Practical Examination.

Objective: To investigate the relationship between the performances of students in non-cognitive skills in Multiple Mini Interview (MMI) and Integrated Practical Examination (IPE) of the first year of medical school.

Study Design: Cross-sectional observation study with statistical support.

Place And Duration Of Study: Shifa College of Medicine/Shifa Tameer-e-Millat University, Islamabad between December 2015 and March 2016.

Central Corneal Thickness and its Relationship to Intra-Ocular and Epidmiological Determinants.

Objective: To measure central corneal thickness in Pakistani population and determine its relationship to intra-ocular pressure, age, gender and ethnicity.

Study Design: Cross-sectional observation study.

Place And Duration Of Study: Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences, Islamabad, Pakistan, between December 2013 and February 2015.

Effect Of Intra Vitreal Injection Of Bevacizumab On Intra-Ocular Pressure.

Backround: Bevacizumab has been in use as a therapeutic agent for macular oedema for several years. While its efficacy has been well documented, its use has been shown to cause a transient rise in the intra-ocular pressure. The aim of this study was to evaluate the long term effect of intravitreal injection of Bevacizumab on Intra-ocular pressure.

Reducing postoperative pterygium recurrence: comparison of free conjunctival auto-graft and conjunctival rotation flap techniques.

Objective: To compare the recurrence of pterygium between free conjunctival auto-graft and conjunctival rotation flap following simple surgical excision of pterygium.

Study Design: Quasi-experimental study.

Place And Duration Of Study: Shifa Foundation Community Health Clinic, Shifa College of Medicine, Islamabad, from January to November 2012.

Analysis of retinal nerve fibre layer changes in anisometropic amblyopia by Heidelberg retina tomograph.

Objective: To identify if anisometropic amblyopia is associated with changes in optic disk morphology.

Methods: The study comprised a total of 80 eyes recruited from Shifa Foundation Community Health Centre and the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences, Islamabad between May and October 2012. Anisometropic amblyopia was the only cause of disability (visual acuity > or = 6/12) in amblyopic eyes whereas normal eyes had a best corrected visual acuity of 6/6 and no morbidities.

Management of anisometropic abmlyopia in adults.

Amblyopia is characterised by decrease in vision in one or both eyes as a result of processing defect in the visual pathways of the brain. It is considered an irreversible process if detected in the adult age group. This study was conducted from July 1 to December 31, 2010, at Shifa Foundation Community Health Centre, Islamabad, to determine if anisometropic amblyopia detected in adults can be reversed.