Pakistan Medical and Dental Council

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Pakistan Medical and Dental Council
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Agency overview
Formed Established in 1962
Headquarters Islamabad, Pakistan
Website www.pmdc.org.pk

Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (abbreviated as PMDC), established in 1962, is a regulatory authority for practitioners and students of medicine and dentistry in Pakistan.

It was established under Pakistan Medical & Dental Council Ordinance 1962 as a body corporate. It is a long-standing member of the International Association of Medical Regulatory Authorities (IAMRA). It is responsible for developing of National Curriculum of MBBS & BDS and Postgraduate studies in collaboration with Higher Education Commission. It is recognised by the General Medical Council, while its quality standards are equivalent to those demanded by National Committee on Foreign Medical Education and Accreditation

No doctor can legally practice in Pakistan without being registered with PM&DC[1] or without being in good standing with it. Its elected President till August 2012 was Prof Syed Sibtul Hasnain and nowadays its Secretary is Brig (R) Dr.Imdad Ali Wagan and Registrar is Dr. Hafizuddin Ahmed Siddiqui. PMDC has its headquarters located in Islamabad and regional offices in Lahore, Karachi. Peshawar and Quetta.

Brief History

  • Established by adopting Indian Medical Council Act 1933 on the recommendation of Health Conference in 1947.(1948)
  • Re-organized under P.M.C. Act of 1951. (1951)
  • West Pakistan Medical Council was created on the formation of West Pakistan by merging Sindh & Punjab Medical Councils. (1957)
  • The Council was re-constituted under Medical & Dental Council Ordinance 1962,[2] and Provincial Medical Councils were dissolved. (1962)
  • The Medical & Dental Council (Amendment) Act. (1973)
  • The Medical & Dental Council (Amendment) Ordinance(lapsed on September 24, 1999). (25 May 1999)
  • The Medical and Dental Council (Amendment) Act, 2012 [3]

International Accreditation Of PM&DC Standards

United States Education Department (NCFMEA)

The system of recognition/accreditation through inspection by PM&DC had also been reviewed by the National Committee on Foreign Medical Education and Accreditation (NCFMEA) of U.S. Department of Education.[4] The standards used by PM&DC for accreditation and inspection of medical and dental colleges in Pakistan have been declared comparable to U.S standards.[5]

Recognition by General Medical Council U.K. IMED & FAIMER

The system of accreditation had also been approved by the General Medical Council U.K.[6] and all the colleges recognised under the PM&DC ordinance 1962 are also automatically recognised by the General Medical Council and the graduates of these colleges are eligible to sit in PLAB examination for the purpose of higher education in United Kingdom. Previously the General Medical Council used to conduct inspection of medical colleges in Pakistan through their own inspection team for the purpose of recognition of medical college. All the colleges recognised under the PM&DC ordinance 1962 are also automatically recognised by FAIMER[7] and IMEd in the world directory.

Medical Colleges Listed in International Directory

List of Medical Colleges Notified in International Directory of Medical Colleges:[8]

Country Medical School City
Pakistan Abbottabad International Medical College Abbottabad
Pakistan Aga Khan University Medical College Karachi
Pakistan Akhtar Saeed Medical & Dental College Lahore
Pakistan Al-Nafees Medical College Islamabad
Pakistan Al-Tibri Medical College Karachi
Pakistan Allama Iqbal Medical College Lahore
Pakistan Ameer-ud-Din Medical College Lahore
Pakistan Aminuddin Medical College Quetta
Pakistan Amna Inayat Medical College Sheikhupura
Pakistan Army Medical College Rawalpindi
Pakistan Avicenna Medical College Lahore
Pakistan Ayub Medical College Abbottabad
Pakistan Azad Jammu & Kashmir Medical College Muzaffarabad
Pakistan Aziz Fatimah Medical & Dental College Faisalabad
Pakistan Azra Naheed Medical College Lahore
Pakistan Bacha Khan Medical College Mardan
Pakistan Bahria University Medical & Dental College Karachi
Pakistan Bannu Medical College Bannu
Pakistan Baqai Medical College Karachi
Pakistan Bolan Medical College Quetta
Pakistan C.M.H. Lahore Medical College and Institute of Dentistry Lahore
Pakistan C.M.S. Medical College Hyderabad
Pakistan Central Park Medical College Lahore
Pakistan Chandka Medical College Larkana
Pakistan Continental Medical College Lahore
Pakistan Dow International Medical College (DIMC) Karachi
Pakistan Dow Medical College Karachi
Pakistan F.M.H. College of Medicine and Dentistry Lahore
Pakistan Fatima Jinnah Medical College for Women Lahore
Pakistan Federal Medical and Dental College Islamabad
Pakistan Foundation University Medical College (FUMC) Islamabad
Pakistan Frontier Medical & Dental College, Abbottabad Abbottabad
Pakistan Ghulam Mohammad Mahar Medical College Sukkur
Pakistan Gomal Medical College Dera Ismail Khan
Pakistan Gujranwala Medical College Gujranwala
Pakistan Hamdard College of Medicine & Dentistry Karachi
Pakistan Hashmat Medical & Dental College Gujrat
Pakistan Independent Medical College Faisalabad
Pakistan Islam Medical College Sialkot
Pakistan Islamabad Medical & Dental College Islamabad
Pakistan Islamic International Medical College Rawalpindi
Pakistan Isra University Faculty of Medicine and Allied Medical Sciences Hyderabad
Pakistan Jinnah Medical & Dental College Karachi
Pakistan Jinnah Medical College Peshawar
Pakistan Jinnah Sindh Medical University Karachi
Pakistan KMU Institute of Medical Sciences Kohat
Pakistan Kabir Medical College Peshawar
Pakistan Karachi Medical and Dental College Karachi
Pakistan Khawaja Muhammad Safdar Medical College Sialkot
Pakistan Khyber Girls Medical College Peshawar
Pakistan Khyber Medical College Peshawar
Pakistan King Edward Medical University Lahore
Pakistan Lahore Medical and Dental College Lahore
Pakistan Liaquat College of Medicine and Dentistry Karachi
Pakistan Liaquat National Medical College Karachi
Pakistan Liaquat University of Medical & Health Sciences Jamshoro Jamshoro
Pakistan Mohiuddin Islamic Medical College Mirpur
Pakistan Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Shaheed Medical College Mirpur
Pakistan Muhammad Medical College Mirpurkhas
Pakistan Multan Medical & Dental College Multan
Pakistan Nawaz Sharif Medical College Gujrat
Pakistan Nishtar Medical College Multan
Pakistan Pak International Medical College Peshawar
Pakistan Pak Red Crescent Medical & Dental College Lahore
Pakistan Peoples University of Medical & Health Sciences for Women Nawabshah
Pakistan Peshawar Medical College Peshawar
Pakistan Punjab Medical College Faisalabad
Pakistan Quaid-e-Azam Medical College Bahawalpur
Pakistan Quetta Institute of Medical Sciences Quetta
Pakistan Rashid Latif Medical College Lahore
Pakistan Rawal Institute of Medical Sciences Islamabad
Pakistan Rawalpindi Medical College Rawalpindi
Pakistan Rehman Medical College Peshawar
Pakistan Sahiwal Medical College Sahiwal
Pakistan Saidu Medical College Swat
Pakistan Sargodha Medical College Sargodha
Pakistan Services Institute of Medical Sciences Lahore
Pakistan Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Medical College Karachi
Pakistan Shalamar Medical & Dental College Lahore
Pakistan Sharif Medical & Dental College Lahore
Pakistan Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan Medical & Dental College Lahore
Pakistan Sheikh Zayed Medical College Rahim Yar Khan
Pakistan Shifa College of Medicine Islamabad
Pakistan Sir Syed College of Medical Sciences for Girls Karachi
Pakistan University College of Medicine & Dentistry Lahore Lahore
Pakistan University Medical & Dental College Faisalabad Faisalabad
Pakistan Wah Medical College Wah Cantt
Pakistan Women Medical College Abbottabad Abbottabad
Pakistan Yusra Medical & Dental College Islamabad
Pakistan Ziauddin Medical College Karachi

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