AKU centre becomes SA's first to receive prestigious accreditation.

KARACHI -- Aga Khan University's (AKU) Centre for Innovation in Medical Education, CIME, has become South Asia's first simulation-based educational institution to be accredited by the US-based Society for Simulation in Healthcare, SSIH.

According to an announcement Monday, the University's CIME was judged to meet the highest standards in simulation-based education by the SSIH which has accredited over 170 centres in 19 countries around the world.

The accreditation was said to mean that CIME will join a global community of practice bringing the latest advances in the field to Pakistan.

Simulation-based education represents a significant advance on traditional classroom and theory-based instruction.

Designed to be...