CPD Activity at RYK Medical College, Rahim Yar Khan-Pakistan

All institutions arrange seminars, conferences and workshops for the continuous professional development (CPD) of its faculty and staff. A CPD
activity was arranged for junior and senior faculty in RYK Medical college, Rahim Yar Khan. Title of the seminar was “How to Read and Write a Medical
Research Paper.” Prof Dr Tehseen Iqbal was presentor this seminar. He highlighted different parts and importance of a medical research paper.
He said that the “Title” should be short, snappy and eye-catcher. It should contain “MeSH” terms to be indexed easily. He pointed out that although “Abstract” appears at the beginning of a paper, it is the part which is written at the end of the writing
process. The part “Introduction” contains the answer to the question “Why did we start?” It should mention “What is known about the topic?” and “What is not known about the topic?” and “What is the gap in present knowledge?” and “How this gap can be filled by this research project.?”
Materials and Methods portion answers the question “What did we do?” Results portion answers “What did we find?” A software called “SPSS” is very helpful in analyzing results. Discussion part describes “What is the importance of our findings as compared with the findings of other workers?” He mentioned that “References” can be properly arranged and written with the help of a software called “End Note”. In the question-answer session, participants asked questions about searching for
“topics” for research, calculating “sample size” and “Ghost Authorship” which was elaborated by giving examples. At the end, Prof Dr Tariq Mahmood Rehan, Principal RYK Medical College and
Chairman of the session, appreciated the organizers and participants for their keen interest and participation.