Dr. Zulfiqar Ali Shaikh

Qualifications

M.B.B.S,  M.P.H ,

Research

The Department of Community Medicine DIMC places a significant emphasis on multidisciplinary research with practical value.

Research focuses on the following major research themes:

• Bioethics.
• Chronic non communicable diseases (NCDs)
• Climate change.
• Global health security.
• Household air pollution.
• Mental Health
• Maternal and child Health
• Contribution to Research

   

• Quasi-experimental to investigate the CPR skills and knowledge in students.PJMD(Accepted).
• Frequency of Enuresis and the factors associated with it in School going Children of Karachi, Pakistan.JDUHS;2016,vol 10[1].
• Body mass index (BMI) of international medical students in ojha campus Karachi, Pakistan; Medical forum monthly July 2013.
• Stunting among children in district east Karachi Pakistan; Med. Forum, vol. 24,No.3 June 2013;11-14.
• Maternal and Neonatal outcome in mothers having GDM Karachi; Med.Forum,vol. 24,No.3 May 2013;11-14.
• Morbidity Pttern and Health Education for School age Children in Karachi: Med.Forum,vol. 24,No.3 March 2012;11-14.   
• Effect of heavy school bags on the of children in Karachi.Med.Forum,vol. 23,No.7 july 2012;18-22.
• Assessment of Midwifery Education Programs in Pakistan.A research project of PNFWH,UNFPA and AEIRC.
• Study on awareness on osteoporosis and its associated risk factors among working women and house wives at Karachi,JPMA,2017,Vinod Kumar.
• Awareness of the pandemic H1N1 global outbreak among medical students at karachi Pakistan Emerging problems in infectious diseases,2010,Vinod Kumar.
• Baig S, Arif MM, Obaid M, Rubab Z. Pattern of substance abuse in multi ethnic groups in different localities of Karachi. Pak J Med Dent. 2012;1(1):47-54.
• Fatima M, Zehra N, Ahmad F, Obaid MS. Awareness regarding research skills among clinical and academic post graduate doctors in teaching hospitals of Karachi. J Pak Med Assoc. 2014 Jun 1;64(6):624-28.
• Ahmed I S, Obaid M S, Qureshi S S, Khan S, Memon S A, Assessment Of Knowledge Of Medical Students On An Important Health Issue-Naegleria Fowleri At A Medical College Of Karachi. Universal Journal of Public Health 5(3): 93-96, 2017
• Shaikh S, Obaid M, Memon S, Shaikh K, Siddiqui H. Future priorities of interns in public and private tertiary care hospitals of a mega city in a developing country. JPMA. The Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association. 2017 Jan 1;67(1):100-4.(Poster presented in Health Services Academy Dec 2015)
• Sheikh S, Kumari B, Obaid M, Khalid N. Assessment of postgraduate educational environment in public and private hospitals of Karachi. J Pak Med Assoc. 2017 Feb 1;67(2):171-77.
• Zia S, Obaid MS, Ahmed J, Qazi S. Key-feature questions for assessment of clinical reasoning: Reliable and valid or not?. Rawal Medical Journal. 2019;44(1):189-
• Obaid MS, Minhas S, Effendi FN, Shaikh S, Abbas FF, Zehravi F, Tajuddin M, Ansari MB. Basic Life Support Training as Mandatory Training in Educational Institutions to Deal with Emergencies.
• Asif M, Obaid MS, Rafiq N, Naeem MI, Kapelmann N, Husain M, Malik A, Husain N. Cross-cultural variations of substance use disorder among people with schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disorders: a systematic review comparing south Asians living in home countries with those living in the UK.
• Kouser S, Abbas FF, Effendi FN , Huda N, Obaid MS,  Ali HA, Imran M, Salam AA, Ali AM, Suri MN, Munir SF .Assessment of the association of ABO blood group in dengue fever diagnosed patient in tertiary care hospital.