Pattern of neurological diseases in adult outpatient neurology clinics in tertiary care hospital.

Objectives: The burden of neurological diseases in developing countries is rising although little is known about the epidemiology and clinical pattern of neurological disorders. The objective of this study was to understand the burden of disease faced by neurologists a in tertiary care setting.

Results: A prospective observational study was conducted of all presentations to neurology clinics at Aga Khan University Hospital Karachi over a period of 2 years.

Task-based learning versus problem-oriented lecture in neurology continuing medical education.

Objective: To determine whether general practitioners learned better with task-based learning or problem-oriented lecture in a Continuing Medical Education (CME) set-up.

Study Design: Quasi-experimental study.

Place And Duration Of Study: The Aga Khan University, Karachi campus, from April to June 2012.

Evaluating neurology CME in two educational methods using Patton's utilization focused model.

Background: Generally in continuing education medical education (CME) the most time is consumed for in the planning and preparation of the event. This planning and preparation, however, needs recognition through an evaluative process. The purpose of this study was to evaluate neurology CME in two educational methods, lecture vs task-based learning, using Patton's utilisation focused model.

Classification and clinical features of headache disorders in Pakistan: a retrospective review of clinical data.

Background: Morbidity associated with primary headache disorders is a major public health problem with an overall prevalence of 46%. Tension-type headache and migraine are the two most prevalent causes. However, headache has not been sufficiently studied as a cause of morbidity in the developing world.

Predictors of ischemic versus hemorrhagic strokes in hypertensive patients.

Objective: To identify the factors that predispose to ischemic versus hemorrhagic stroke in hypertensive patients.

Design: Cohort study.

Place And Duration Of Study: The study was conducted at the Aga Khan University Hospital (AKUH), Karachi, from August 1999 to May 2001.