Working Group on Medical Students
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About
The World Psychiatric Association (WPA) WPA Working Group (WG) on Medical Students has been tasked with the following:
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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.
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To identify organizations, centres and individuals interested and willing to participate in and promote WPA’s action plan in promoting psychiatry among medical students.
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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.
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To support medical students around the world.
Members
Working Group Leadership Team
Chair - Professor Muhammad Waqar Azeem
MD, DFAACAP, DFAPA
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Chair and Professor, Department of Psychiatry Sidra Medicine/Weill Cornell Medical College
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Read Professor Muhammad Waqar Azeem's biography here.
Co-Chair - Professor Howard Liu
Chair, Department of Psychiatry, University of Nebraska Medical Center
Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Nebraska Medical Center
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Read Professor Howard Liu's biography here.
Professor Dr Nazish Imran
MBBS, FRCPsych (London), MRCPsych (London), MHPE
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Professor, Department of Child and Family Psychiatry, King Edward Medical University/Mayo Hospital, Lahore, Pakistan
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Read Professor Dr Nazish Imran's biography here.
Professor Bernardo Ng
MD, DFAPA
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Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego
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Read Professor Bernardo Ng's biography here.
Dr. Khalid Bazaid
MD, FRCPC
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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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Read Dr Khalid Bazaid's biography here.
Professor Mohan Isaac
Clinical Professor, Psychiatry, University of Western Australia Medical School
Consultant Psychiatrist, Fremantle Hospital, Perth, Australia
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Read Professor Mohan Issac's biography here.
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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Read Professor P.K. Dalal's biography here.
Working Group activities and news
The below highlights some of the recent activities the Working Group on Medical Student has been doing this triennium:
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News from our Working Groups
