Research & Scholarship

Research Committee Background

The RLKU Medical College Research Advisory Committee came into being in September 2022 and is providing a platform for helping students and faculty in designing and evaluating proposals and research papers. An intensive effort is being made to promote high quality research in the institution, and to promote the quality of research publications in the Journal of the college (JRLKU) The departments cannot implement all these activities alone, and thus need collaboration and participation of faculty members, Dean and other administrative staff of the college, and also require help from other agencies outside, to accomplish the stated goals and objectives. These reforms will go a long way in improving teaching, learning and patient care in future.

Research Activities

Faculty members and students at Rashid Latif Khan University (RLKU) Medical College and its constituents’ colleges are expected to undertake research, leading to quality publications, presentations in National/International conferences of repute, generation of Intellectual property with potential for commercialization, socially useful outcome, and other similar research activity. This is in accordance with the directions of PMC and UHS who have incorporated research in the integrated curriculum of medical colleges.

Obligations of faculty and researchers:

Research output is considered one of the criteria for faculty recruitment and promotion along with other academic responsibilities.

Recruitment and Promotion:

RLKU Medical College shall recruit such faculty members and researchers who have demonstrable capability in research. Faculty promotion may significantly depend on research work undertaken. The quality of research output, especially research publications, may be assessed on the established yardsticks, such as Impact Factor (IF), which will be revised from time-to-time as appropriate.

Research Management:

Overall management of research activities may be coordinated by Directorate of Research Cell headed by the Convenor/Director, Research Advisory Committee, under the administrative supervision of the Principal. Research advisory body shall be responsible for the overall functioning of research activities within the college, and affiliated hospital(s).