The CBM Society of Health Managers (CSHM), Institute of Business Management (IoBM), organised its Annual Health and Business Psychology Conference (Health PsyCon) followed by a two-day health assessment camp titled: “My health matters” at the campus of the institute, the IoBM Public Affairs Section said in a statement issued on Monday. Speaking at the conference, Sindh Youth Affairs Minister Faisal Ali Subzwari appreciated the efforts of the IoBM Health and Hospital Management students for planning and organising an exemplary and purposeful event. The health camp focused on delivery of awareness and consultation to the youth and executives, upon multiple aspects of their health related issues, through a mixture of fun and activity.
It also aimed providing recruitment and selection opportunities of the shining health managers to the corporate world. It was well-attended by CEOs, directors, managers, doctors and health care professionals from hospitals, pharmaceutical companies, NGOs, private and the public sector. A large number of regular and weekend students, regular and visiting faculty and administrative staff of the IoBM attended the camp for information and for health assessment. The stall genre of this camp comprised CNS, health care consumer products, fitness, dermatology, female health, dental, ophthalmology, musculoskeletal, liver health, screening, blood screening, hospital care, oncology etc.
What made the health camp different was that it was a harmonious blend of both medical assessment at these facilities and medical advice or counseling in a congenial manner. Health PsyCon, which was organised at the Management Excellence Centre of the institute, was attended by health and hospital management students and faculty, participated by academicians, doctors, psychologists, health managers. Sindh Health Secretary Hashim Raza Zaidi addressed the audience on the occasion.
Raza said besides medicine, aspects of health including those pertaining to psychology and the social sector and the need for continuous learning and training remain of paramount significance.
“The Sindh Health Department is actively pursuing 17 projects for which we need refresher programmes for doctors and training in management and look forward to the support of IoBM in this regard,” he added. IoBM Rector Talib Karim, while briefing about the institute, especially its specialised, market-focused and accredited Health and Hospital Management Programme, said the IoBM would extend full support and cooperation as regards training of its doctors and management.
Presentations at the conference were made on “Coping with Traumatic Experiences by Dr Ursala Christiansen, Health Management Consultant, Ex Commissioner of the City of Cologne, Germany; Personal Resilience in Oral Cancer Patients by Dr Asima Zahid Faisal, convener of the conference and HoD, Health and Hospital Management, IoBM; Balanced Workplace Relationships Entail Ratio Divulging their Respective Attitudes by Dr Linah Askari, Asst Prof, Dept of Business Psychology, IoBM; Motivation and Non-Monetary Incentives: Study On The Sales Force of Soft Drink Industry by Muhammad Fahim, Asst Prof, Defence Authority College of Business; Performance Appraisal of Pharmaceutical Sales Person: Performance of its Antecedents and their Impact on Job Satisfaction by Abdul Qadir Molvi, Associate Prof, Dept of Management, IoBM; Perceived Work and Family Demands among Pakistani Physicians by Dr Sehar Hassan, Asst Prof Dept of Business Psychology, IoBM; Timely Medication can Diminish Mother’s Depression: a Contributing Factor of Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder in Children by Dr Asma Parveen, Senior Clinical Psychologist, Kazim Anwer ADHD Trust; Electromagnetic Radiations: Environmental and Psychological Environmental Impact, by Dr Shahid Amjad, HoD Environment and Energy Management, IoBM; Influence of Classical Music on Working Memory and Processing Speed by Sonia Mairaj Malik and Sidrah Nayyer, Asst Prof, Institute of Professional Psychology, Bahria University and Medication of Children Having Attention Deficit and Hyperactive Disorder has Positive Influence upon their Social Skills by Saima Abdul Shakoor, Clinical Psychologist, Kazim Anwer ADHD Trust.
