List of medical schools in Pakistan

Theoretical, practical and clinical knowledge is assessed by one or more of the following methods; multiple choice questions (MCQs), short essay questions (SEQs), short answer questions (SAQs), laboratory skills, viva voce, and objective structured clinical examination (OSCE). Required laboratory training is provided in biochemistry, histology, physiology, pharmacology, toxicology, pathology including hematology, immunology and microbiology. Teaching in gross anatomy is assisted by exploratory dissection of cadavers. A mandatory group research project is also to be submitted by the students before the fourth professional examination in the community medicine department. Students are also taught diagnostic imaging and technical report writing in the radiology department.

Clinical training and evaluation sessions (or clerkship) at the affiliated teaching hospitals is also compulsory for all medical students, especially in their second, third and fourth (final) professional years. These include observation, assisting and practice in various emergency, outpatient, inpatient and operative settings in the following rotating disciplines: anesthesiology, cardiology, dermatology, general surgery, gynaecology, internal medicine, obstetrics, ophthalmology, orthoptics, orthopedics, otorhinolaryngology, acoustics, pediatrics, psychiatry, radiology and urology.

Visits to various locations for the purposes of training and understanding of social, legal, communal and preventive aspects of health are also conducted if possible, such as:

Once the student has graduated after passing his or her final (fourth professional) examination, he or she is eligible to apply for a seat as a house officer in either the attached hospital of the college (usually as a paid employee) or in any other tertiary health care hospital (usually as an unpaid employee or "honorary"). The graduate has to first register (provisional) with and acquire a certificate from PMDC. The house officer has to serve for 12 months (foundation year) at one or more hospitals in four modules; 3 months in internal medicine, 3 months in general surgery, 3 months in medicine allied and 3 months in surgery allied in any order.[3] The graduate can then apply for a medical practice license from PMDC which will allow the medical graduate to work as a registered medical professional anywhere in the country and study for higher specialties/qualifications.

All medical students are taught various aspects of public health such as:

• Auxology
• Biological Weaponry and Hazards
• Biostatistics
• Case Reporting
• Child and Maternal Healthcare
• Community Dentistry
• Community Genetics and Genomics
• Community Ophthalmology
• Community Psychiatry
• Data Collection and Archiving
• Disaster Management
• Environmental Medicine (including Sanitation and Hospital Waste Management)
• Epidemiology and Epidemic Control
• Euthenics
• Family Planning and Birth Control
• Food, Nutrition and Hygiene
• Global Health and Organizations
• Health Economics
• Health Education
• Health Surveillance
• Healthcare Systems
• Healthcare Infrastructure and Ergonomics
• Labor Health
• Occupational Safety and Medicine
• Outreach Methods
• Population Demographics
• Preventive Medicine (including vaccines)
• Rehabilitative Care
• Research Methods
• Resource Allocation
• Pharmaceutical Policy and Drug Trials
• Public Health Law and Reforms
• Social Health Determinants
• Tropical Medicine and Vector Control
• Telemedicine
• Venereal Disease Control and HIV/AIDS