Ambassadors Programme

Surgery is a passion for a lot of medical students, irrespective of the university they belong to. However, due to limited resources and guidance, even the most passionate students might not get a chance to showcase their knowledge and talent. In order for everyone to get equal opportunities and further explore the intricacies of a surgical career, the Surgery Interest Group (SIG) at the Aga Khan University formulated the “Ambassadors Programme”. The Ambassadors Programme aimed at bringing surgical enthusiasts from different universities to one platform, where they could share their resources with each other. Students from medical universities within Karachi were reached out and enrolled within the programme, based on their passion, commitment, and novel ideas. The roles played by these ambassadors ranged from publicizing various events held by SIG in their respective institutes to contributing their ideas for further igniting a spark within surgically inclined students. The programme aided surgical enthusiasts all over Karachi to attend various conferences and events based on alumni mentorship and the development of surgical skills. The events within the programme included the following:

  1. Cardiothoracic Surgery and Beyond 2020: Cardiothoracic Surgery Conference, December 6-8, 2019
  2. SIG Suturing and Knot Tying Workshop: Part of the CTS Conference, December 8, 2019
  3. Surgical Residency in the UK: Mentorship Talk by Dr. Arish Haider (AKU’018), January 3, 2020
  4. Trauma: Striving for Change: 5th AKU Annual Surgical Conference (AASC), February 14-16, 2020
  5. Surgery Olympics: 5th AASC Pre-Conference Workshop, February 14, 2020

The Ambassadors Programme allowed an increased number of medical students to attend these events at subsidized costs, allowing the propagation of our aim and promoting further skills in students within Karachi who are passionate to pursue surgery as their medical career. Currently, the programme encompasses 9 medical universities with 22 ambassadors working together towards achieving SIG’s objectives.​

Objectives:

  • To share resources within surgically-inclined medical students for equal learning and networking opportunities
  • To disseminate surgical skills (suturing, IV Cannulation etc.) to students from different universities for further ignition of their passion
  • To make surgery relevant events (surgical conferences, mentorship talks etc.) more accessible to interested students without any bias to their institution

Benefits for ambassadors:

  • Certification of their work with SIG Logo
  • Subsidized costs for surgical conferences and events
  • Exclusive events to meet surgery faculty and mentors
  • SIG Souvenirs

Application Procedure:​

Sign up to become a part of SIG’s ambassador program! Register through filling out a form here.​

Current Ambassadors:

DOW University of Health Sciences

  1. Tooba Shahab, 4th Year MBBS
  2. Aimen Yaqoob, 4th Year MBBS

Ziauddin University

  1. Hafsa Imtiaz, 4th Year MBBS
  2. Iman Zia, 4th Year MBBS
  3. Anshahrah Riaz, 3rd Year MBBS

Liaquat National Medical College (LNMC)

  1. Raima Hossain, 5th Year MBBS
  2. Areeba Abdullah, 4th Year MBBS
  3. Muhammad Farrukh Siddiqui, 3rd Year MBBS

Sir Syed College of Medical Sciences (SSCMS):

  1. Ramisha Zahid, 5th Year BDS

United Medical and Dental College (UMDC)

  1. Saad Tariq, 5th Year MBBS
  2. Ruhab Sohail, 5th Year MBBS

Fatima Jinnah Dental College (FJDC)

  1. Hafsa Azhar, 5th Year BDS

Liaquat College of Medicine and Dentistry (LCMD)

  1. Shazmeena Shams, 5th Year MBBS
  2. Myra Khalid, 5th Year MBBS

Jinnah Sindh Medical University (JSMU)

  1. Syed Shahzaib Shakeel, 4th Year MBBS

Bahria University

  1. Hibba Uzair, 4th Year MBBS
  2. Okasha Rajput, 4th Year MBBS

Karachi Medical and Dental College (KMDC)

  1. Tofique Asghar, 4th Year MBBS
  2. Safeer Ahmad Jazib, 3rd Year MBBS