Health Professions Education
(PG Cert / PG Dip / Master)

BSc (Hons) (Mal), MHPE (Maastricht), PhD (Cambridge)Prof Vishna is the Pro Vice Chancellor (Education) at IMU and also the Director of IMU Centre for Education (ICE). She graduated with a First Class Honours degree in Biochemistry from the University of Malaya (1994) and obtained her PhD at the University of Cambridge in the field of microbial biochemistry (2000). Her career pathway takes a major turn after she pursue her study and graduated with Masters in Health Professionals Education from Maastricht University in 2014.

She has published and presented research papers in both biomedical sciences and medical education, supervises research students and reviews for indexed and international journals. She is currently on the international editorial board of Medical Education journal. Her areas of expertise in health professional education are in Faculty development, Assessment and Innovative Teaching Learning methods.

MBBS (Karachi), DLO ENT(Karachi), MCPS ENT (Pakistan), MHPE (Maastricht)

Prof Shahid is the Professor in ENT attached to both School of Medicine and ICE. He obtained Masters in Health Professionals Education from Maastricht University. He has been consulting various local institution in developing and reviewing the medical curriculum. He is also actively involved in providing faculty development workshop. His area of expertise in health professions education is Assessment.

BSc (Hons) (Calcutta), MSc (Calcutta), PhD (Calcutta), Cert. Med Educ (KEELE-FAIMER programme)

After several years working as a physiologist and involved in the curriculum development of health professionals programme, Dr Ghosh furthered her studies in health professions education and recently obtained a Certificate in Medical Education from Keele-Faimer. Her areas of expertise in health professional education are in Faculty development, Formative Assessment, Teaching and Learning and Curriculum Review. She is now the Programme Director of Postgraduate Certificate in Health Professions Education programme.

M.Ed in Educational Psychology (USM), BHumSc. in Psychology (IIUM)

Ms Norul is a lecturer and Evaluation Coordinator attached to ICE. She is in the midst of completing her PhD in Educational Psychology. She is a lifetime
member of Qualitative Research Association Malaysia and has received an appointment as MQA Panelist for Educational Psychology. Her area of expertise are educational psychology and qualitative research.

BHSc (Adelaide), MSc Medical Education (USM)

Ms Siti is a lecturer attached to ICE and the Programme Director for Postgraduate Diploma and Master in Health Professions Education programme. She graduated with Bachelor of Health Science from University of Adelaide, Australia in 2012 and since then has expressed interest in education. She continued her studies and graduated with Master of Science (Medical Education) from Universiti Sains Malaysia in 2016. Her area of expertise in health professions education are in Ethical Reasoning, Problem-based learning and qualitative research.

Professor of Medical Education, Rural Clinical School, School of Medicine, Faculty of Health, University of Tasmania

Prof Richard Hays was a rural procedural general practitioner in northern Australia before becoming a teacher and education researcher, with a career focus on developing new or change managing established programs and institutional structures in regional and rural communities. In addition to medical and clinical qualifications, he has a PhD in educational psychology and a higher MD in medical education. This combination of qualifications has helped him to lead the development or transformation of four medical programs in Australia and the United Kingdom, and to act as a consultant to other developments in Europe, South-East Asia, the Western Pacific region and Canada. He has contributed to international medical education quality assurance and accreditation processes, through the Australian Medical Council, the General Medical Council, the World Federation of Medical Education and regulators in Malaysia, Hong Kong, and China. He is also a Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and a Fellow of the Association of Medical Education Europe, the Australian and New Zealand Association of Health Professional Education, and the Association of Medical Educators.

Associate Professor in Education and Innovation, School of Medicine, University of Adelaide

A/Prof Peterson has a BSc(Hons) and DipEd from Flinders University, and PG DipScEd, MAppSc and PhD from Curtin University. He was the Director of the MBBS Programme and Head of the Discipline of Medical Education at the University of Queensland. As Director of the MBBS Programme, he has overall operational responsibility and quality assurance for the delivery of all four years of the Graduate Medical Programme. Part of his responsibility is to provide ongoing educational review and improvements in the design, delivery and assessment of the programme. He was also Chair of the MBBS Curriculum Committee and Head of Assessment.

As Head of Discipline of Medical Education, Prof Peterson is responsible for the scholarship of teaching, learning and assessment, and projects, which lead to better quality outcomes in program delivery. He has broad-ranging interests in teaching and learning and is supervising PhD students in medical, dental, health and physiotherapy education.

Associate Dean: Learning & Teaching, School of Medicine, University of Wollongong, Australia

Prof Ian Wilson graduated in medicine from the University of Adelaide and then became a general practitioner. He has practised in the armed services, inner-city, rural and suburban practice. During this time Ian became very interested in medical education and spent time with The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) training programs, initially as a medical educator and then as State Director for South Australia. While Ian’s research initially focussed on primary care mental health, his more recent research has focussed on medical education.

His current research interests are student selection and student development. He has had three Australian Research Council (ARC) research grants and a number of other competitive research grants. Ian’s educational interests are in curriculum development, quality assessment, and small group teaching.

Professor of Education at Maastricht University, The Netherlands Department of Educational Development and Research in the Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences

Prof Cees van der Vleuten has been at the University of Maastricht in The Netherlands since 1982. In 1996 he was appointed Professor of Education and chair of the Department of Educational Development and Research in the Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences (until 2014). Since 2005 he has been the Scientific Director of the School of Health Professions Education. This graduate school offers master and PhD degrees in health sciences education to a wide variety of international students. He mentors many researchers in medical education and has supervised more than 80 doctoral graduate students. His primary expertise lies in evaluation and assessment. He has published widely in this domain, holds numerous academic awards, including several career awards.