Fostering the next generation of educational scholars 

I have supervised five PhD students to completion. The work of these students led to tangible contributions to educational scholarship (through the development of educational instruments and through the development of tailored educational solutions to context-specific educational problems). The work also resulted in capacity of building in the area of medical education, as these PhD graduates are now in key positions across medical education, with three of them in Professorial / A/Professorial positions across international contexts.  

1. Primary supervisor: PhD in Medical Education – Prof. Asela Olupeliyawa (Identification of collaborative competencies for internship and the development of an assessment strategy that facilitates learning – completed 2012 - Outstanding performance as evidenced by the ANZAHPE PG Award (National Level), UNSW Medicine Innovation Award, Four peer reviewed Publications including two in top tier MedEd journals, Six conference publications
2. Joint-primary supervisor: Professional Doctorate – A/Prof Michael Wang (Prevention of burnout in postgraduate medical students) – completed 2017
3. Primary supervisor: PhD in Medical Education – Dr Maha Iqbal (Design and evaluation of an educational instrument to promote collaborative learning competencies) – completed 2018
4. Primary supervisor: PhD in Medical Education – Prof Shahid Shamim (Development and evaluation of an Innovative learning strategy for Ethics in Medical Education) – completed 2021
5. Joint-primary Supervisor: PhD in Medical Education: Dr Farhan Vakani (Developing a CME model for developing country contexts): completed 2021

I was also invited to co-supervise the research thesis of postgraduate trainee overseas: MD in Medical Education, PGIM, Sri Lanka – Dr Sisira Dharmaratne (Developing and evaluating a vignette-based educational module to improve clinical decision making of medical officers in rural primary care settings) – completed 2016