Publications by authors named "Mehboob Bushra"
Article Synopsis
- - The study examines the gender distribution of academic leaders in 28 medical and dental colleges in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, revealing a significant under-representation of women, particularly at top leadership levels where 84.5% of positions are held by men.
- - Utilizing a mixed-method approach, qualitative interviews with 10 academic leaders highlighted their experiences, revealing challenges, support systems, and differing leadership journeys based on gender.
- - The results indicate a pressing need for policies and regulations to address gender disparities and support women in achieving leadership roles in education, emphasizing the importance of creating a more equitable environment.
Objective: Dental institutes continue to face challenges in making the transition from a discipline-based to an integrated curriculum. The need analysis is often the first step in the development and implementation of any curriculum. This study intends to carry out a needs analysis for a contemporary dental curriculum in private and public sector dental colleges of Peshawar, KPK, Pakistan.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Medical education requires innovative strategies to enhance empathic skills and the formation of professional identities among students. However, evidence-based teaching of empathy and professional identity formation is inadequately represented, particularly in medical curricula. This study investigated the effectiveness of empathy portfolios in developing Professional Identity Formation (PIF) among medical students and the correlation between empathy and PIF.
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