working-group-on-medical-students • WPA

Working Group on
Medical Students

About

The World Psychiatric Association (WPA) WPA Working Group (WG) on Medical Students has been tasked with the following:

To identify various areas of promoting psychiatry as a career among medical students and develop recommendations for WPA’s involvement in research, education and service development relevant to medical students.
To identify organizations, centres and individuals interested and willing to participate in and promote WPA’s action plan in promoting psychiatry among medical students.
To liaise with other WPA Action Plan Working Groups with a view to ensure that the action plan regarding medical students is considered in the work of this group
To support medical students around the world.

Working Group Leadership Team

Chair - Professor Muhammad Waqar Azeem

MD, DFAACAP, DFAPA, Chair and Professor, Department of Psychiatry Sidra Medicine/Weill Cornell Medical College.

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Co-Chair - Professor Howard Liu

Department of Psychiatry, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Nebraska Medical Center

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Professor Dr Nazish Imran

MBBS, FRCPsych (London), MRCPsych (London), MHPE, Professor, Department of Child and Family Psychiatry, King Edward Medical University/Mayo Hospital, Lahore,

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Professor Bernardo Ng

MD, DFAPA, Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego.

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Dr. Khalid Bazaid, MD, FRCPC

Director, Undergraduate Education Program, Department of Psychiatry, University of Ottawa, Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, Outpatient Youth Psychiatry Program, Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Ottawa.

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Professor Mohan Isaac

Clinical Professor, Psychiatry, University of Western Australia Medical School, Consultant Psychiatrist, Fremantle Hospital, Perth, Australia

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Professor P.K. Dalal

Former Head of the Department of Psychiatry, King George’s Medical University and Consultant Psychiatrist, Gandhi Memorial and Associated Hospitals, Lucknow, India.

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Working Group activities and news

The below documents highlight some of the recent activities the Working Group on Medical Student has been doing this triennium:

Capacity Building Session with Medical Students in Lahore, Pakistan