Behavioural Sciences & Psychiatry Department
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At RLKU Medical College’s attached hospitals—HLTH and HLH—the Psychiatry service provides consultant-led assessment and management of mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders for adolescents and adults across OPD, emergency liaison, day-care, and inpatient settings. Care emphasizes timely triage, evidence-based treatment plans, family engagement, coordinated follow-up, and collaboration with Clinical Psychology, Medicine, Neurology, and Community Medicine. Service scope includes diagnosis, treatment, and prevention, ensuring comprehensive, patient-centered care within a multidisciplinary hospital network.
As an academic unit, the department teaches Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences within the UHS-aligned MBBS curriculum. Core domains: mental-health awareness and counselling fundamentals; clinical interviewing and mental-status examination; risk assessment and safeguarding; diagnostic formulation using standard classifications; principles of pharmacotherapy and psychotherapeutic approaches; liaison psychiatry; and community mental health. Delivery includes bedside teaching, case-based discussions, CPCs/MDTs, simulation/role-play, and supervised OPD/ward exposure. Assessment uses OSCEs, workplace-based tools (DOPS/mini-CEX), case write-ups, and reflective logs, with structured feedback and remediation. The unit promotes student wellbeing, research/audit participation, and ethical practice, aligning with RLKU’s stated focus on mental-health education within Behavioral Sciences.
Faculty Profile:
Dr. Shafqat Huma
- Name:Dr. Shafqat Huma
- Designation:Assistant Professor & HoD
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Qualifications:
Humphrey Fellowship, Virginia Commonwealth University-2014
FCPS, College of Physicians & Surgeons Pakistan - 2013
MBBS, Khyber Medical College Peshawar - 2005 - E-mail:shafqat.huma@rlkumc.edu.pk