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by lubaba mukhtar (soon to be 2nd year inshAllah!) chottay... 2 chaae... This was the common phrase my brother used whenever he wanted me to get him a cup of tea, this obviously irritated me, and he didn’t get his tea for at least an hour until he had groveled for it; but I guess that’s the thing about brothers…they can wait for tea but they cannot stop themselves from being irritating. He picked this phrase from all the chaae dhabaas where usually a little boy runs back and forth serving tea to the customers and, his name, no matter what it is; he is normally and popularly called: “chottay” Now a sensible question arises: why am I writing a blog about “tea”? The simple answer is, I have a tea lover friend who thinks it is my responsibility to tell the world; to tell everyone I possibly can that life without tea is colorless, dreary, useless and purposeless!! I don’t obviously believe the whole statement but it is partly true. Have you seen a chaae lover when h...

By Aimen Saeed Ex 1st Year The clocks ticking fast..... Tick tock.. tick tock. tick tock. The countdown has begun: [robotic style] This article will self-destruct in: 5 . . 4 . . 3 . . 2 . . . 1.------------------------- Wait a second..... The situation here is even scarier than ""self-destruction"".... If you think that this countdown is to welcome the year 2015 then I must tell you k “”aap sara sar mughaltay par hay”’ because this countdown is not just an ordinary countdown but the countdown to the Dooms-day (ya Allah reham) or rather I should say ""THE PRAAAF RESULT"" The tormenting view of dreadful WALK to PATIALLA makes your hackles rise whenever appearing in your mind The clamorous corridors, humungous crowd in front of the Patiala notice board, surfeit of triumphs or failures, GOD knows.

-Unsa Athar (Hopefully, 3rd year MBBS) To whom it may concern  Winters.  Holidays.  Razai. I should write something. It’s about time you know. Let’s break the block. Meh.  What should I write about? *racks the brain* *nothing* Meh.Again. It’s been two years Alhamdulilah. Two well spent years. Oh man, It was one not-so- smoooooooooooth journey.  The academic session lasted for six months and the remaining six months were ruled by prof season.                                    *this is how I feel at the end of sophomore year!* Let’s not get into the details of this year because frankly I do not remember half of the stuff that happened:P I think I am just going to write down some of the random lessons I learnt this year which might help my juniors.

(Musings of a Firstula) - Ayesha Mushtaq 1st Year MBBS (Class of 2014-2019) Episode 2:  Click Here (By Hajra Saeed) Episode 3:  Click Here Episode 4:  Click Here So, it has been one month at King Edward Medical University (okay, slightly over a month). One month at the oldest medical school of Pakistan; one month of being a medical student. Oh, and a month of being a hostellite. Which means no more homely comforts, no more doing as I please. No more having the whole bedroom to myself. No more steaming hot lunch and dinner, lovingly cooked by mother dearest and waiting on the dining table only to be consumed :’) No more breakfast in the mornings and no more ironed clothes. Becoming a hostellite also meant spending only one day per week at home, and the frenzy every Monday morning, leaving home while it would it still be dark… That said, it also marked a transition from being a protected child to a responsible adult. This month had its various shades,...

Ahmad Jalil  (1st year) Sometimes in life you come across some moments which mean a lot to you but they seem meaningless to the others. They leave an everlasting impression on your mind. I'm very fortunate to have quite some moments of my own. Then there are those days that create a 'deja vu' like feeling, when you get to relive some of your best memories and this experience takes you back to the first time you ever felt like that. I recently had the pleasure of going through something like that and the way things are, I think it's going to stay with me for quite a while. Actually it all started about a couple of years ago when I first boarded the GC University bus. They say you can actually feel if your day's going to be good or bad, the moment you wake up in the morning. If it's a good one, you will find humor and bliss even in the taste of your burnt toast. It was one of those fine mornings, when even the death of your pet cat can't bring you down fr...

By~ Romesa Qaiser Khan | Muhammad Mohsin Ali | Hatib Zia - KEMU '18. Guest Bloggers~ Hamza Khan | Zainab Ahmed | Iqraa Arshad Credits: Hadia Tahir As 25th December, the birthday of our beloved Quaid dawns, we take out time to bring you a glimpse of Jinnah's true Pakistan. To remember those of our brothers and sisters who have been victims of the monsters amongst us. The extremists who are at this very moment, the biggest threat to the integrity of our nation. Today we have brave this tragedy. Today we swear to never forget the blow they have dealt us. Today we show that we are resilient. Today we stand united in our hatred against the enemy within us. Today we honour the martyrs of 16-12-14.

by maham waqar (ex 1st-year) Pakistani nation- a nation which emerged after facing the most tiring hardships, after fighting the deadliest of wars, after offering the most difficult of sacrifices; was wandering in the gloomy valley of hopelessness, fear and ignorance for the past few years, trying to find a way out of darkness, darkness that filled the minds, souls and hearts of the nation, darkness that never let us see the light of truth. But when I say that a new nation was born on 16-12-14 I am not wrong .There are incidents that instill life in dead people ,that awaken the sleeping hearts ,that infuse courage in  the falling nations to stand up, face the world and reach the heights of glory.....yes the incident of 16-12-14 is such an incident because                             “MARTYRS ARE NEEDED TO CREATE INCIDENTS.   ...

My class helped me collect all of these. Kudos Batch 18! VIVA QUESTIONS

By Aimen Saeed (Ex-1st year) They said speed of light Is 3×10^8 m/s I asked how do we get to that speed of light........?? No answer I asked what's the speed of DARKNESS that prevails.........?? No answer. I asked why is it penetrating our hearts.....??   No answer Why this silence? why this deafening silence?? We need to break this silence. Is this what we have to bear for the rest of our lives being Muslims, being Pakistani?? Just another sunny day. You send your child in uniform and he returns in coffin.?? Leaving mothers in deep thoughts that " kash aj meray bachay nai school na jaanay ka koi bahana kr lia hota" No doubt: "The smallest coffins are the heaviest to bear" In peace sons bury their fathers..... But in WAR fathers bury their sons. No doubt this is an irremovable Blood-stain in the history of massacre..... No doubt a big loss for the nation No doubt that this has given birth to much fear in our minds and more in our parents mi...

By- Romesa Qaiser Khan. I'm well aware of the plethora of platitudes and sympathies and condemnations circulating around the internet at this very moment. Everything that could be said, has been. I'm also aware of how inadequate words are, how pseudo it seems to claim that we feel the pain of Peshawar victims when in reality we can't even imagine their state at this time because no one can claim to have experienced a tragedy of this magnitude. Yet, for the very same reason that Facebook is cluttered with black displays and statuses full of anger and empathy, that people are lighting candles at vigils all over the world, we too need to at least say something to alleviate the helplessness and hopelessness that this incident has brought on and to glean whatever we can to make sure history doesn't repeat itself. The Peshawar attack was senseless, inhumane, it goes without saying. But at the same time, there are lessons from this we need to learn. If God forbid, ...

Setting Up the Stage Orientation Guide for Firstullas (2014-19) By: Muhammad Mohsin Ali Dynamo [currently standing on the bridge between first and second year] There are people who get into KEMU. And then there are people who don’t. No one resents it, except perhaps your great-grand-khala whose daughter hasn’t made it. And you can count on her to come up with something like this *add acrimonious voice*: “It’s just a milestone, not the ultimate goal.”

By~ Romesa Qaiser Khan , that intermediate year between 1st and 2nd. (All opinions expressed therein belong to the author and do not reflect on the University in any way neither is the University responsible for them.) This cringe-worthy line of a title is exactly what it sounds like. One of the countless catcalls we've all heard at one point or another in time. Old/young, short/tall, conservative/modern, it makes no difference. Whether in an abaya or jeans, we're all part of the faceless to the layman out to vent his frustration. Merely "The Objects". hear, hear.

First Year EMBRYOLOGY HANDMADE DIAGRAMS By Hadia Tahir and Bilal Rehman Batch 2013-18 These handmade diagrams serve as templates on which you can base your drawings. They simplified and easy-to-draw representations of various processes during the course of embryology.

Electives in USA - 2014 list By Farkhanda Qaiser Final Year MBBS Before you begin reading this blog, let me warn you that applying for electives is no piece of cake. Gone are the days when electives were easy to get. Now rejections are given out routinely and acceptances are painfully rare...!  Confused about Electives? So you have got to be persistent all the way through. As you apply roughly 8-10 months in advance of your planned elective date so it is nearly 10 months of persistence…! I know many people who gave up halfway through because all the efforts seemed so much in vain. BUT there is light at the end of tunnel. Quite a few students have received acceptance for the coming spring semester in 2015 and that too in renowned and affordable universities (including myself). Thus, if you stay persistent and apply in the right places then you can be successful.             I have compile...

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Tips for survival for freshmen Aimen Saeed (ex-1st year) So you guys made it to the Den of Kings and Queens The cream of the cream of the cream, fudge brownie, ice cream sundae with cherry on the top (and whatever mouthwatering praises u wanna add in)  =P But let me tell, you reaching here is not the big IT, because now begins the life that’s  going to mark your world. You've been studying your entire life and now starts the life that's going to make memories that you'll cherish forever.... So fasten your seat belts, juniors, as it's gonna be a bumpy ride but it depends on u how u take it. Here are some  survival tips for so called "Cool" University-life!

Amsha Ilyas (ex first year) So fina-a-a-aly, after what seemed like ages, the sea is once again calm, quiet and peaceful at the end fo the worst storms of all time. No...a hurricane actually.  Umm… but a tornado would sound more legit…… anyhoo YES PEOPLE! The horrifying-four monthed-skull throbbing-eye soring-hair falling-acne growing-fat gaining-puking-hibernating-gumshuda Prof season is finally over! Phew! Yay, hurray…we made it alive…celebrations  ( lets just neglect the dreaded walk to Patiala almost a month from now, shall we) . And now, many of us these days are trying to rediscover whatever little remained of our non-medical life. *sighs* Battered and drenched completely by this nightmare of a storm, I think back to how I steered my way out of it. Mates, the journey has been quite ugly! January 2014. Aah! We are all young, naïve, innocent and harmless little creatures, (think first year), absolutely in complete awe of the “keeemuu royalty” that surrounded...

By Lubaba Mukhtar “not yet in 2 nd year” For the 1 st year hosteller girls out there, it’s time to decide whether your hostel is going to become an abode of happiness for you or just a two to three week punishment from which you crave to run away. By God’s grace and I’m very happy to acknowledge that you are being kept in a separate hostel quite away from KEMU old girls hostel and its regular boarders (your seniors, rats, cats and some other wild life). Although you are at a disadvantage in many ways but you do have one benefit (no ragging!!) Don’t gloat too much, I’ve heard some of my own friends and some seniors bragging that soon enough (as soon as they can make full recovery from the proff fever), they’re coming your way packed in rickshaws and fully loaded with new and old ideas to rag you. And as a dear friend of mine said and I quote that only if the seniors come to rag you, will you be able to come to Old Girls’ hostel to study the famous clavicle (obviously the toughe...

By~ Romesa Qaiser Khan, ex-first year. (Will-be grammar nazis, I do know how to spell freshies but one beloved sir christened us froshies and now we pass the honour to you.)      So. The new sacrificial lambs are here at last. You have studied and worked hard and given up all of life's joys to win the rat race that is MCAT. Congratulations! (You could've done better though, our-merit-art-higher-than-thous, juzsayin') They tell you this is the big IT. THE milestone you've been waiting to reach. Life will be a piece of cake from now on. In fact, I overheard one of you saying "MCAT ke waqt jo feeling thi man. Ab to life asaan hogi."   which made me mentally go... Not that I intend to be a killjoy. But we were where you are not so long ago and we feel like someone should've forewarned us so we're doing the same for you. Here's a leeetle view of what's going to happen (which they never show you in all those college movies): 1. The enthu...

- Jawad Haider 1st Year, MBBS The result was announced and everywhere all sorts of people came to congratulate me in their own ways. Cheers! Bhai treat kab de rahay ho?! Beta ENT me jana. Pehla mareez aap ka me hu ga… Mehnat to kartay nai thay, K.E me kesay aa gaye? Bacha genius ha… 30 th October was the Day of Judgment – kind of an apocalypse we had all been preparing for almost 4 years. I just remember that I woke up at 8 in the morning and we had to go to my uncle’s place. As was my routine, I grabbed my mobile to check the unread messages. On the top of the list was my cousin’s message informing me that UHS merit list had been announced.

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-   Ayesha Mushtaq Class of 2014-2019 Nearly every pre-medical student in Punjab dreams of studying in King Edward Medical University one day. But making it to this institution, the ‘den of kings and queens’, is of course no mean feat, for it is the primary choice of all applicants and the bar is raised higher and higher each year. Since my childhood, I knew that I had to be a doctor in the future, for it was a direction mapped out by my mother; but I had never really thought about which place I wanted to go to for professional studies. Until F.Sc., that is. And when I gave the subject a thought or two, I just set my eyes on Army Medical College, Rawalpindi. I was no fan of KEMU back then, and the idea of ‘the nation’s premier medical school’ didn’t seem fascinating at all. Coming from a strongly military background, army is where my heart lies. Hence, AM College was a natural choice.

USMLE Step 1 (after Step 2 CK) Experience (Score: 268)  by Dr. Ansab Abbas Haider I began preparing for my step 1 after I got my step 2 result. I had about 3 to 4 months for the prep. I knew I could not spare time to go through all of Kaplan books and then do First Aid and UWorld all in the given time frame, so I jumped straight to First Aid. I had taken step 2 before so I was confident I could use First Aid right away. 

Coutesy:  Dr Attiya's Histology Notebook This is the best resolution I could manage to get my hands on.

3rd Year Pathology Practical Resource Bank  (2012) Microscopic slides,  Agars &  Models  for 3rd year pathology prof Courtesy: Muhammad Fahad SLIDES each slide is preceded by its label. Start viewing in a sequence. The label is followed by the slide described in the label.

- Ayesha Mushtaq. Class of 2014-2019 Congratulations all those who made it into public sector medical colleges of Punjab, specially to all the new fellow Kemcolians ! The merit for medical colleges witnessed a rare decline this year, in sharp contrast to the trend of steadily increasing merit witnessed over the past few years. This can be attributed of course to the slightly increased difficulty level of the Medical Colleges Admission Test (MCAT) this year, and the decrease in average marks scored by students in HSSC examinations. Below is a list of the closing merits for MBBS of all 17 public sector medical colleges in the province. KEMU stayed on top like always !

MBBS Selection List List of Candidates Selected on Open Merit Seats for King Edward Medical University, Lahore, for the session 2014-2015 displayed on 30 th October 2014. Merit for 2014 intake closed at 90.2926. Congratulations to all who made it ! Welcome to KEMU ! The list is displayed below:

F.C.P.S Part-I Preparation Guide for Ophthalmology by Dr Omar Ashraf F.C.P.S Resident Ophthalmology, KEMU Class of 2006-11 First and the foremost get a copy of syllabus from cpsp. The syllabus/course content for topics to be prepared before you appear for Part-I in Eye. Paper 1 is general (details below) and paper 2 eye-related. Books: 1) Most important chunk of the whole exam is Eye anatomy. That is to be done from Snell's eye

F.C.P.S Part-I in Pathology - The Preparation Guide Dr Remisha Zahid KEMU Class of 2006-11 F.C.P.S Resident Dept. Of Pathology , KEMU-MHL “Visual memory is very important in this field... There is no question that some people have a better ‘eye’ than others”.  - Juan Rosai I intend to give you a flavor of what pathology is about, before we reflect on the books that need to b crammed n jammed. Pathologists are medical scientists, and we do all the lab testing for doctors in the field. I am sure we all know the “importance” of urgent CBCs, RFTs, n LFTSs needed before the Professor’s morning round and the “Tissue Diagnosis” reports before “Adjuvant Therapies”. Well yes, a pathologist is not always the stool-urine guy, you can be the bacteria doc, the biochemical doc, the tissue diagnosis doc, or the blood n beyond doc, ie, a microbiologist, a chemical pathologist, a histopathologist or a haematologist respectively. N if you think you ve a ...

FCPS- I  preparation for Radiology    by   Dr. Saba  (Kemu Class of 2006-11) F.C.P.S Resident Radiology. Anatomy is the key subject…paper two is whole anatomy.. ·          Grab netter page by page and word by word.. ·          Take help from snell’s review for gross anatomy.. ·          For neuro anatomy, portion of Kaplan anatomy can be used or a small book named high yield neuroanatomy is also good ·          Embryology is asked quite superficially but it is a part of paper,,it can be prepared from high yield embryology. Its an excellent book for it. ·          Histology is rarely asked.. take any local keybook and don’t waste more than 2 days on it.(Amir’s histology).DO NOTT FORGET TO DO ALL MCQS OF ANATOMY FROM MURAD ATLEAST THRIC...

Courtesy: Syed Ahmad Raza

-Via seniors. Past papers are a must. Some of the points jotted down during Pak Studies lectures. Just to give an idea about what can be expected in the exam. (As per the instructions of Sir Yahya)

Answer Key to the Entrance Test held on 31st August, 2014. For Admissions to Medical / Dental Institutions of Punjab. Released by University of Health Sciences, Lahore.

Legend of KE - Pride of Pakistan  Prof Dr. Imran Akram Sahaf  Awardee of the President of Pakistan  OSP Novel Christy  Gold Medal for the year 2014 Borne in 1955 in Lahore, Dr Imran Akram Sahaf, graduate of the King Edward Medical College, is a devoted, dedicated and a pious Pakistani Ophthalmologist. He is currently serving as the professor and head of Ophthalmology Department, Mayo Hospital/King Edward Medical University Lahore.  Keeping in view his keen interest for outstanding contributions to Eye Care in Pakistan, he is awarded the President of Pakistan OSP Novel Christy Gold Medal for year 2014.

 

KDS 2014 dance performance by Syed Ahmad Raza. from Syed Ahmad Raza on Vimeo . Official video credits:  Awais Raza Photo credits in video:  Ibrahim Raza Video editing credits:  Ahmed Rafay Afzal

Going Home on summer break be like:-  

SIT FOR STEP 1 WITH THE RIGHT MIND FEATURING usmlestrategy99.com Founded by Dr. Mobeen MD, brother of the famed and fabled Dr. Najeeb A usmle-website based purely on concept and driven purely by Dr. Mobeen’s dedication! “While studying for medicine I had two challenges similar to many other students: a) understanding the complex medical concepts for easy recall and application, b) studying medicine written and taught using what was second language for me (english).”

The Celebs of KE - Interviews 1.  Behind the Curtains Session 6 - Dr. Attya Mubarik Ex Prof Anatomy T he commander of the biggest fan following in KE and the most popular Professor of Anatomy to date, Dr. Attya Mubarik SPEAKS HER HEART OUT (Literally!)  2. Behind The Curtains Session 5 - Dr. M. Zahid Prof of Pharmacology The Gold Medalist of Pharma quietly talks about his life over a cup of tea. 3. Behind the Curtains Session 4 - Dr. Rafea Tafweez Prof of Anatomy The Ring Leader of the biggest Dept of KE, read here about her personal and professional journey. 4. Behind the Curtains Session 3 - Dr. Kamran Aziz Ex-Prof Biochemistry The elegant former Biochem Genius has alot to say on the current and past affairs. 5. Behind the Curtains Session 2 - The Legendary Anwar Kala Humble and blushing, Anwar Kala tells us the origin of "Daaksaab Chai Paani?!" 6. Behind the Curtains Session 1 - Pro VC & Prof Ophthalmology As lovable as he appears to be, see how the shy Dr. Asad giv...