My work in Medical Education has a wide ranging impact on the medical education community. 

Leadership at International Level

I serve on the ASPIRE Board of the Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE), and as the Chair of the International Collaborations Panel of the AMEE ASPIRE Awards.  

I regularly receive invitations to speak at International conferences

• Balasooriya, C. (2024, January). Plenary 1 - AI in education: A futuristic vision and a pragmatic approach. Asia Pacific Medical Education Conference (APMEC 2024), Singapore.
• Harden, R. M., Balasooriya, C., Ramani, S., & Pathirana, A. (2024, January). Symposium 6 - Enhancing education through the use of AI. Asia Pacific Medical Education Conference (APMEC 2024), Singapore.
• Bishop, J., Gibbs, T., McKimm, J., & Balasooriya, C. (2022, July). Effective leadership-effective collaboration: Critical elements for successful educational endeavours. Symposium conducted at ANZAHPE 2022, Australia.
• ANZAHPE 2021 conference: Invited conference workshop on Educational Scholarship ‘Advocating for recognition of scholarship in healthcare professions educators’ (Jennifer Cleland, Chinthaka Balasooriya, Trevor Gibbs, Tim Wilkinson).
• AMEE 2021 conference: Invited follow up conference workshop on Educational Scholarship (Jennifer Cleland, Chinthaka Balasooriya, Trevor Gibbs, Tim Wilkinson).
• Colombo Conference on Medical Education 2021: invited workshop ‘The expanding role of Health Professions Educators: effective feedback in the clinical workplace’ (Chinthaka Balasooriya, Asela Olupeliyawa, Deepthi Edussuriya, Umanga Sooriyaarachchi, Kosala Marambe)
• Colombo Conference on Medical Education 2021: Invited Plenary ‘The Future of Health Professional Education’
• Asian Medical Education Conference (AMEA) 2019: invited presentation on Quality Assurance in Health Professions Education: the role of peer-review of teaching (symposium: ‘New Developments in Quality Assurance to the Benefit of Medical Education Worldwide’ Michèle P. Wera, Chinthaka Balasooriya, Er Hui Meng)
• Colombo Conference on Medical Education 2019: invited plenary ‘Quality of Medical Education: its time for a closer look’
• Colombo Conference on Medical Education 2019: invited workshop ‘Formative Peer Review of Teaching’ (Chinthaka Balasooriya and Barbara-Ann Adelstein)
• Asia pacific medical education conference 2019: workshop ‘Culture and Teamwork’
• Asia pacific medical education conference 2018:  Invited symposium ‘Mentoring Millennials’
• SEARAME Conference 2014: Seminar titled “Assessment and Feedback” (Chinthaka Balasooriya, Tony O'Sullivan, Gominda Ponnamperuma)
• SEARAME Conference 2014: Invited workshop “Scenario based learning: design and implementation” (Chinthaka Balasooriya, Tony O’Sullivan, Sisira Dharmaratne, Amaya Ellawela)

I am regularly invited to conduct staff development workshops at overseas universities. Examples of these include:

1. Workshops on Scenario-based learning:

•   Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China (2016)
•   University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka (2015)
•   Marmara University, Turkey 

2. Workshops on Portfolio Assessment:

•   Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China (2015)
•   University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka (2016)

3. Workshop on Formative Peer Review of Teaching: University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka (January 2019)

4. Pre-conference workshop on Formative Peer Review of Teaching: University of Colombo, Sri Lanka (November 2019)

5. Webinar for the University of Peradeniya (2020): Broadening the scope of assessments: role of assignments

I have been invited / nominated to provide medical education expertise to overseas medical schools, in their quality assurance processes and curricular reform processes:

1. I am the UNSW representative on the Academic Council of the International Medical University, Malaysia 

2. I have been invited to advise medical educators at the Medical University (UM2) in Myanmar, on curricular revision and staff development activities