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= NIDPC - National Intensive Dermatology Preparatory Course =

National Intensive Dermatology Preparatory Courses for MCPS & FCPS candidates were initiated at PNS Shifa Karachi in April, 2005. Their main objective was to apprise the candidates of their shortcomings and guide them accordingly for the preparation of examination. The idea was cherished by the dermatology community as being a unique, much demanded and required activity for post graduate trainees of Dermatology at national level.

The first course was conducted at PNS Shifa in collaboration with CPSP from 25th to 30th April, 2005.Twelve candidates (preparing for FCPS and DCPS examination in Dermatology) from Lahore, Islamabad, Faisalabad and Karachi attended. The organizers and coordinators of the course ensured to involve all available post graduate teachers of both Dermatology and Dermatopathology in Karachi and the program was an immediate success. Since then it is regularly conducted twice a years and so far 26 courses have been conducted successfully.

The importance of these courses can easily be judged by the growing participation from all over the country. It reflects the validity as well as quality of the course but also stands as a proof of its standard achieved over such a short time period.

Initial 10 courses were held at PNS Shifa Karachi and the rest were conducted at CMH Lahore Medical College. The bi-annual routine remained uninterrupted. After the 19th Course conducted in November 2015, the course was accredited by UHS Lahore initially and thereafter with NUMS, Rawalpindi. TOACS (Task Oriented Assessment of Clinical Skills) Mock examinations was also included since 19th course. The TOACS requires extensive resources, as organizers have to arrange for 19 supervisors of training to act as Mock Examiners. This unique activity is a source of learning for not only students but for future examiners as well. The mock TOACS examination provides practical forum to handle on ground inherent intricate problems of execution of TOACS examination.

The 25th Silver Jubilee Course was conducted & celebrated in April 2019. However 27th  course, was interrupted die to COVID-19 pandemic on its 4th day.

Brig Rehan Uddin Alvi
Brig Rehan Uddin Alvi graduated from Army Medical College in December 1983 and acquired his fellowship in Dermatology in 1994. He has been regular paper setter, paper assessor and clinical Examiner of the subject by CPSP since 1998 and remained a member of the faculty of Dermatology of CPSP from 2007 to 2011. Presently he is working as Professor and Head of Dermatology Department in addition to being Director Faculty Development, in CMH Lahore Medical College & IOD.

He along with Brig Syed Dilawar Abbas Rizvi has the honor of taking the initiative of planning and organizing the first ever National Intensive Dermatology Preparatory Course for Candidates appearing in MCPS, MD and FCPS Examination in April 2005. The course is being run twice yearly and till date 25 courses have been conducted. More than 800 candidates from all over the country have benefited from this unique course. In Dec 2018 he took another initiative of organizing and conducting first ever Basic Concept Course of Dermatology designed for those students who have joined Dermatology as trainees. The purpose is to guide and train them to make their training process easy and interesting.

Brig Rehan has special interest in innovative teaching techniques which forced him to acquire Master’s degree in Medical Education by CPSP in 2012. This helped him to plan and start faculty development programs in CMH Lahore Medical College in collaboration with his colleague Brig Aqeel Safdar in 2012. Since then he has conducted more than 100 workshops on different aspects of Medical Education including:


 * 1) How do we learn? (Learning Strategies)
 * 2) How should we teach? (Teaching Methods)
 * 3) How should we assess the learned competence (Assessment)?
 * 4) How should we plan this program?  (Curriculum)
 * 5) How to get extra time?  (Time Management)

All these workshops were conducted  for Faculty Development of different Medical Colleges & Institutes all over the country including essential CPSP Supervisory skills Workshops. He also holds the honor of introducing and conducting first ever Faculty Development Workshops for CSS Academy and Naval War College in Lahore. He is pioneer educationist in Pakistan to utilize Learning Response System.

He has also created and organized a public awareness program about skin patients with the name of “EDUTAINMENT” initially at PNS Shifa in March, 2011 and then at CMH Lahore Medical College Auditorium in December, 2014. The theme of the program was “Society’s role for skin patients” .

The program was designed to convey 3 points / messages for the society:

1.    There is no Institute of Dermatology in the country and it’s a dire need to develop them in each major city as skin diseases are the 3rd most common problem in any OPD.

2.    The common and treatable skin diseases remain undiagnosed and keep on flourishing because doctors do not have adequate training in skin departments and this problem can be solved if PMDC includes Dermatology as a separate subject in MBBS Curriculum.

3.    In other countries there are help group organizations to take care of patients of specific diseases. The audience was motivated to organize and develop such social groups.

During Corona pandemic 27th NIDPC was interrupted on its 4th day and he immediately diverted all academic activities on line. He started taking free online class from 4th April 2020 in which more than 500 post graduated from all over Pakistan gathered and so far 10  free online classes on the topics:

1.      How to interpret the mode of inheritance while interviewing patient, applying the principles of genetics. 4th ( 80), 5th(70)   6th (30), 7th(80)  and  18th (40)  April   undefined

2.      Essential knowledge required about steroids by a Dermatologist”   on  11th(100), 12th(100)  , 16th (72) 19th  (100)April

3.      Forgotten Essential Basic Concepts”  on Sunday 26th  April Morning  ( 70 )  Night (100)

Brig (R) Syed Dilawar Abbas Rizvi
Brig (R) Syed Dilawar Abbas Rizvi graduated from Army Medical College in December 1983 and got commissioned in Armed forces. He is included in the five pioneer fellows (FCPS 1992) of Dermatology in Pakistan. He is a regularly a paper setter, paper assessor and clinical examiner of the subject by CPSP and remained Dean of the faculty of Dermatology of CPSP from 2011 to 2015. He was retired from MH Rawalpindi in 2016 and now spending his time in providing state of the Art clinical and surgical services to patients of Rawalpindi and rural areas.

He jointly holds the honor of taking the initiative of planning and organizing the first ever National Intensive preparatory course for Dermatology Candidates appearing in MCPS, MD and FCPS Examination in April 2005 with Brig Rehan Uddin. Since then, despite his postings in other cities, he always spared his time and traveled to the course venue at Karachi and then at Lahore from his city of posting. He is the only one among the facilitators of this Course, who had been contributing consistently in all Courses other than Brig Rehan Uddin consistently. His altruism about the course is commendable.

Brig Dilawar has special interest in cutaneous surgical techniques and Mohs micrographic surgery of Basal Cell carcinoma. He is a very sharp clinician who enjoys dealing difficult and undiagnosed Dermatological patients and all major Institutions in his city rely on him for management of difficult patients.