Ahsan Sethi (Qatar)

Dr. Ahsan Sethi, PhD in Medical Education is working as an Associate Professor and Program Coordinator for Certificate/Masters’ in Health Professions Education under QU Health, Qatar University. Dr. Sethi obtained his Bachelor of Dental Surgery (2007) and Master of Public Health (2011) from Pakistan. He completed his Master of Medical Education (2013) and PhD in Medical Education (2016) from the University of Dundee, United Kingdom. He has also completed a Two-Year Post-Doc Fellowship in Health Professions Education Leadership (2020-22) from FAIMER Institute, Philadelphia, USA. Over the years, He has also been awarded a Fellowship of Faculty of Dental Trainers (FDTFEd – 2020), Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh, Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA – 2013), Membership of the Academy of Medical Educators (MAcadMEd – 2014) and Honorary Fellowship of School of Medicine, University of Dundee (FUoD – 2023) in recognition of his commitment towards professionalism in teaching and learning in higher education.

Dr. Sethi is currently involved in teaching of postgraduate Health Professions Education courses at Qatar University. He has led the curricular design and development of these programs. Previously, he led the undergraduate curriculum reforms, faculty development and teaching/supervision of postgraduate students in Medical Education at the Khyber Medical University, Pakistan. He was also a member of medical education committee at Pakistan Medical & Dental Council developing national regulations on undergraduate, postgraduate and continuing medical education. Dr. Sethi also remained a visiting faculty to several institutions including University of Dundee, University of Lahore, Baqai Medical University, University of Health Sciences and RIPHAH International University. He maintains an active research profile, focusing on curriculum, assessment, faculty development and professional identity. Dr Sethi has supervised over 45 MSc students and has over 50 publications in various national and international (IF WoS and Scopus) journals. He is also an associate editor of Frontiers in Medicine (Health Professions Education) and Education in Medicine Journals. His presence strengthened the research supervision capacity to initiate Masters’ and PhD programmes in Medical Education in Pakistan, and he aspires to achieve the same in Qatar.