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Workshop on counseling and
guidance for PAF personnel
The Department of Clinical Psychology held a three
day workshop on counseling and guidance for the personnel
of the Pakistan Air Force on Dec 26-28 2012. Dr
Zahid Mahmood was the resource person. The participants
were PAF officers including three psychologists.
The group was also joined by two PhD scholars
and the main faculty of the Department including Dr
Sadia Saleem, Sara Subhan, Anam Bashir and Officer
Academics Sana Daud. Basic counseling techniques,
interview, personality assessment, assessment and
management of post traumatic stress disorder were
covered in the workshop in a discursive and interactive
manner.
Prof Dr Abdul Hameed, Dean, SSS&H, concluded the
workshop and appreciated the fact the PAF Training
Headquarters have sent their personnel for training a
UMT Department of Clinical Psychology. Such links,
he said, are valuable for everyone concerned. He offered
a number of ways to foster links between PAF
and UMT in the near future. Group Captain Imran
Ehsan, in-charge of training PAF, found the workshop
very helpful and welcomed suggestions for continuing
future contacts. He agreed to support the possibilities
of mutual cooperation between PAF training and
the Department of Clinical Psychology and UMT in
the future. At the end, Dr Hameed distributed certificates
to the participants. The attendees of the workshop
suggested that there should be more workshops
like in areas like behavior modifications, counseling/therapeutic
skills, personal assessment and personal
effectiveness.
Workshop on developing
research proposal –
from inception to delivery
Prof Dr Zahid Mahmood, Head, Department of
Clinical Psychology, and Dr Sadia Saleem, Assistant
Professor, Department of Clinical Psychology, were
the resource persons for an interactive workshop on
'developing doctoral research proposal- from inception
to delivery' held on November 16, 2012. The workshop
was chaired by Dr Abdul Hameed, Dean, School
of Social Sciences and Humanities (SSS&H). It was attended
by 31participants including MS, MPhil and
PhD scholars from UMT.
This workshop was designed to clarify some of the
key concepts and illustrate essential steps in developing
and producing what is called a proposed plan of research
that would be whetted for the highest and most
prestigious academic degree. The main areas that
were covered in the workshop included introduction
of the topic, writing style, literature search and review,
current knowledge, gaps, contradictions and
confusions, developing statement of aims and objectives-the
UFO, hypotheses- mini monsters, design and
method-casting the net, analyzing results-examining
the catch, discussion and presentation.
At the end, Dr Hameed addressed the participants
and emphasized the importance of developing a research
proposal. The participants highlighted the
need for more workshops on specific areas of research.
Certificates were also distributed among the participants.
Attendees of the workshop on counseling and guidance for
PAF personnel snapped with Dean SSS&H Dr Abdul Hameed
Prof Dr Zahid Mahmood conducts interactive
workshop on developing doctoral research proposal
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