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| Motto | To Serve The Ailing Humanity بیمار انسانیت کی خدمت کرنا |
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| Established | 1979 |
| Dean | Prof Dr Muhammad Asif Karim |
Academic staff | 212 |
| Students | 1500 |
| Undergraduates | 1350 |
| Postgraduates | 150 |
| Location | 34°12′17″N73°14′00″E / 34.2046°N 73.2332°E /34.2046; 73.2332 |
| Campus | 54 hectares (130 acres)Urban |
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| Affiliations | KMU,PMDC,CPSP, PNC,HEC |
| Website | www |
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Ayub Medical College (Urdu,Hindko:ایوب طبی کالج,Pashto:د ايوب طب پوهنځی, orAMC) is a public medical education institute located inAbbottabad, Pakistan.[1] It is one of the medical colleges affiliated toKhyber Medical University. AMC is the second oldest medical college ofKhyber Pakhtunkhwa.[2][3]
In the late 1960s, agovernment study concluded that more medical colleges were needed in Pakistan to improve medical education, research, and healthcare in the country. In particular, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province was in dire need of health reforms - a decision was thus made in 1972 to construct another medical college outside of thePeshawar region.
In 1975, four cities in the province were shortlisted for the site of the new college;Abbottabad,Dera Ismail Khan,Mingora andChitral. A decision was made in 1978 to build the new college in Abbottabad and on 9 May 1979, classes started at Ayub Medical College.
The first batch consisting of 100 students (class of 1984) was accommodated at the Education Extension Centre, while the present college campus andteaching hospital were later on constructed north of the town. On 30 December 1990, the new campus opened its doors to students and faculty. Abbottabad District Headquarters Hospital remained affiliated to Ayub Medical College upon opening of Ayub Teaching Hospital in 1998. AMC was named after former PresidentAyub Khan, who hailed from nearbyHaripur. The first Principal of AMC wasDr. Abdul Jamil Khan. Today AMC hosts one of the largest medical college campuses in Pakistan.[1]
On 20 December 2023, Prime MinisterAnwaar ul Haq Kakar, during a speech to the 46th annual meeting ofAssociation of Physicians of Pakistani Descent of North America (APPNA), announced that AMC would be upgraded to a medical university.[4]
TheBachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery is awarded to students after five professional years of theoretical and clinical training. AMC features most of the clinical and basic science departments. Annually, AMC educates and trains approximately 1000 medical students along with 200 resident physicians and fellows. In 2010, AMC introduced Community Oriented Medical Education (COME), a form of problem-based learning in a bid to convert from the annual system to a semester system. However, the transition has been slow and faced a lot of problems regarding its acceptance.
AMC is fully recognized by thePakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC). TheCollege of Physicians and Surgeons of Pakistan has recognized many of its departments forpost-graduatetraining inMedicine,Surgery,Obstetrics &Gynaecology andPathology. TheRoyal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists ofBritain has granted recognition to the Department ofObstetrics andGynaecology at AMC for clinical training of MRCOG candidates.[1]
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The 133-acre (54 ha) Ayub Medical Complex campus consists of a medical school, teaching hospital, nursing school, dental school and paramedical institute with supporting amenities for students and staff. The campus is also home to theAbbottabad CPSP Regional Centre and theInstitute of Nuclear Medicine, Oncology and Radiotherapy (INOR).[1]
The medical school building has four air-conditioned, spacious lecture halls with sophisticated audiovisual teaching aids, well-equippedlaboratories andmuseums.
The Ayub School of Nursing is the nursing education unit at AMC. However, most teaching and training occurs atAyub Teaching Hospital.
The library provides various learning resources for both students and faculty. There are three main sections of the library - the main hall, a reading room, and a self-learning resource center. The main hall houses over 10,000 medical books along with various medical journals. The self-learning resource center consists of 20 computers with access to the digital library ofHigher Education Commission.
The campus also provides hostel accommodation for up to 500 medical students, 300 internees, 100 nurses, and a colony comprising 10 flats for non-teaching staff. The hostels are named after famous Pakistani personalities and regions.
A sports complex including the PCB-AMC stadium for cricket and hockey ground has also been built on the campus.
TheJournal of Ayub Medical College has been published by the Faculty of Ayub Medical College since January 1988. It is apeer-reviewed journal and the first medical journal available with illustrations free online.[5]
Former Principals/Deans
Students and alumni of the college are referred to asAyubians. Students actively partake in clubs and societies within the college. Some societies which are medical-oriented are governed by professors along with an associate society master who serves as "academic advisers" to students. Other societies are strictly governed by students. Due to its unique "crossroad" location, Ayub Medical College has one of the most ethnically diverse campuses in Pakistan with students from various backgrounds including,Balochs,Pashtuns,Hindkowans,Chitralis,Punjabis,Saraikis,Kashmiris,Kalash,Burusho,Shina andBaltis.
Karakoram is the annual college magazine published at Ayub Medical College and maintained by the Ayubian Literary Society.
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