Centre for Psycho-Social & Academic Wellbeing - LUMHS

08/06/2022

WORKSHOP ON “VISION-BASED LEADERSHIP”

A One-Day Workshop on Vision Based Leadership organized by the Centre for Psycho-Social & Academic Wellbeing – LUMHS. The workshop was conducted at the Department of Medical Education Hall of Liaquat University of Medical & Health Sciences, Jamshoro on May 12th, 2022, which lasted 4 hours (from 10:30 AM to 2:30 PM) and was attended by 20 participants.

The objectives of the workshop were:
• Discuss the Concept of Academic Leadership in Healthcare Education
• Distinguish between the Management & Leadership
• Enlist Different Leadership Styles
• Discuss the Concept of Vision Based Leadership
• Enlist the Characteristics of an Effective Leader
• Devise the Strategic Plan for an Effective Leadership
• Discuss the concepts of Team-Based Leadership
The workshop was facilitated by:
1. Meritorious Prof. Dr. Iqbal Afridi (Dean Faculty of Psychiatry, CPSP)
2. Prof. Dr. Moin Ahmed Ansari (Dean - Faculty of Medicine & Allied Sciences, & Director – Centre for Psycho-Social & Academic Wellbeing, LUMHS)
3. Dr. Aatir H. Rajput (Senior Registrar –Psychiatry & Deputy Director – Centre for Psycho-Social & Academic Wellbeing, LUMHS)
4. Dr. Muhammad Muneeb (Assistant Professor, Department of Medical Education & Program Director – Masters in Health Profession Education)

The specially crafted workshop on Vision-Based Leadership focused on the importance of transformational leadership along with other leadership styles, traits, skills, and competencies of effective leaders along with the concept of social accountability and pluralism and leadership and ethics. Various instructional strategies along with reading materials, self-assessment questionnaires, and role plays were used to train senior faculty members and executives in Strategic Framework Development for Change Management and Vision-Based Leadership in order to enable them with essential leadership skills.

08/06/2022

STUDENT MENTORSHIP PROGRAM
In the light of ever increasing academic and psychosocial stress among the medical students, specifically in first year (fresher) students (who found themselves unable to deal with the academic needs and stress and become lost in the midway) and to deal with the psychosocial dynamics of current era, the Liaquat University of Medical & Health Sciences is determined to guide, facilitate and help their students via establishing Student Mentorship Program.

This mentorship program is offered by the Centre for Psycho-Social & Academic Wellbeing and is aimed to accelerate the personal, professional and psychosocial development of mentees (students) via providing mentees with guidance, advice and feedback from mentors with more experience than themselves.

OBJECTIVES:

Objectives of mentorship program are:
• To train the mentors to deal with issues of students
• To promote the positive mental health among students
• To drive out the maximum potential of students
• To aid in development of conducive educational environment for students.

SHORT COURSE ON MENTORING SKILLS
In order to achieve the desired objectives and to develop mentoring skills among mentors, the Centre for Psycho-Social & Academic Wellbeing, has organized a Short Course on Mentoring Skills from March 28th to April 1st, 2022. Prof. Dr. Moin Ansari (Director – Centre for Psycho-Social & Academic Wellbeing) was Course Director and Dr. Aatir H. Rajput (Deputy Director – Centre for Psycho-Social & Academic Wellbeing), served as Course Coordinator.

Via this short course, initial training of mentors was done by a number of experts. The 5-day carefully crafted Short Course on Mentorship Skills, focused on a number of skills trainings via various instructional strategies and mentoring demonstrations along with reading materials, exercises and tools to train health professionals equipped with essential mentoring skills.

The course was successfully completed by 19 participants.

28/04/2022

Glimpses of Inauguration Ceremony of the Centre for Psycho-Social & Academic Wellbeing at Liaquat University of Medical & Health Sciences, Jamshoro

28/04/2022

Inauguration of the Centre for Psycho-Social & Academic Wellbeing - LUMHS by the Worthy Vice Chancellor - LUMHS; Prof. Dr. Ikram Din Ujjan & the Founding Director; Prof. Dr. Moin Ahmed Ansari on March 28th, 2022.

DADU Prof. Dr Ikram u Ddin Ujjan, the Vice Chancellor of LUMHS-Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences Jamshoro has emphasized to treat the patients and prevent the societies from the increasing ratio of psychological problems / mental health disorders in Pakistan. He stressed the alarming...

28/04/2022

Psychological well-being refers to inter- and intra-individual levels of positive functioning that can include one’s relatedness with others and self-referent attitudes that include one’s sense of mastery and personal growth. Subjective well-being reflects dimensions of affect judgments of life satisfaction.

28/04/2022

The Centre for Psycho-Social & Academic Wellbeing, is a novel, and first of its kind, initiative to cater to the ever increasing need of the students regarding Psychological Help, Career Counselling, Mentoring & Overall Wellbeing.

The Centre for Psycho-Social & Academic Wellbeing - LUMHS was inaugurated by the Worthy Vice Chancellor - LUMHS; Prof. Dr. Ikram Din Ujjan & the Founding Director; Prof. Dr. Moin Ahmed Ansari on March 28th, 2022

28/04/2022

The Centre for Psycho-Social & Academic Wellbeing, is a novel, and first of its kind, initiative led by the Worthy Vice Chancellor - LUMHS; Prof. Dr. Ikram Din Ujjan & Professor of Psychiatry; Prof. Dr. Moin Ahmed Ansari, to cater to the ever increasing need of the students regarding Psychological Help, Career Counselling, Mentoring & Overall Wellbeing.