Boards for medical education established

LAHORE: The inter-university boards have been established at the national and provincial levels to standardise medical education especially at the postgraduate level, and to hold a single uniform entrance test for admission to various programmes.

Consisting of the vice-chancellors of medical universities of respective provinces/regions, the boards would formulate and implement policies for development of a standardised curriculum and examination system for various medical programmes. The announcement came at a convention on MS, MD, MDS reforms organised at the University of Health Sciences (UHS) on Wednesday.