The SZABIST Medical Technical Assistant's (MTA) Program for girls is based on a German model,  and consists of 16  months  of  training  in  subjects such as Pharmacy, Pathology/ Laboratory,  Radiology  and  Computer Typing/English.   The  program  aims  at  skills development of girls who can work as medical technician-cum-secretary in a health center/ hospital/doctor's clinic. The MTA Program at SZABIST has completed 3 batches and the model developed at SZABIST has been adopted by 24 hospitals in 17 districts of Pakistan. 117 girls have been issued certificates by SZABIST. The MTA Program has been accepted as a model by WHO though the "Global Commission on Women Health" and is also being conducted in Kenya and Ghana.