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Fellow Innovation Projects

As part of the Fellowship, each FAIMER Fellow conducts an education innovation project at his or her home institution.

2011 Projects

Samar Ahmed, MSc, PhD, MHPE, Ain Shams University, Egypt Overcoming faculty resistance to development programs: A new approach

Rachmad Sarwo Bekti, MBBS, MD, Universitas Brawijaya, Indonesia The early clinical elective program that improve student professionalism and institution development

Champica Bodinayake, MBBS, MD, University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka Impact of short EBM training for final year Sri Lankan medical students

Josaphat Byamugisha, MBChB, MMed, PhD, Makerere University, Uganda Graduate supervision at Makerere University College of Health Sciences

Anuj Chawla, MBBS, MD, Armed Forces Medical College, India Basic life support training for first year medical students: Too much too soon?

Omayma Hamed, MBChB, MSc, ScD, King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia Comprehensive curriculum evaluation through partnership and interactive tool development

Abid Jameel, MBBS, PhD, Postgraduate Medical Institute, Pakistan Teaching and assessment of “patient centered professionalism” for residents at Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Natasha Kunakov, MBBS, MD, Universidad de Chile, Chile Introducing a new test in medical school

Aminkeng Leke, BSc, MSc, St. Francis School of Nursing and Midwifery, Cameroon Breaking barriers to diabetes management in rural communities: Student nurses make a difference through the use of point-of-care testing

Shailesh Lele, MDS, Singhad Dental College & Hospital, India Project-based learning for understanding oral precancer

Lili Moraga, MD, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile Development of a medical certification for foreign doctors in the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile

Pitiyage Perera, MSc, PhD, University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka What makes behavioral science stuff interesting and appreciative?

Ileogben Sunday-Adeoye, MBBS, MSc, Ebonyi State University, Nigeria Understanding the barriers to utilization of maternal health services in a community in southeastern Nigeria

Bineyam Taye, BCs, MPH, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia Introducing standardized practical learning guide and assessment check lists at School of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Medical Faculty, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia

Zhang Yang, MS, China Medical University, China Assessment of communication skills of medical students by standardized patients with CIS instrument in China

Tianming Zuo, MD, PhD, China Medical University, China Sustaining use of computer-based case simulations in China Medical University

2010 Projects

Bipin Batra, MBBS, National Board of Examinations, INDIA OSCE and assessment of clinical skills

Solomon Worku Beza, MD, MPH, Jimma University, ETHIOPIA Defining competencies and objectives of student research program in undergraduate medical program, Jimma University

Sucheta Dandekar, PhD, Seth G.S. Medical College, INDIA Appraisal of the practical curriculum of medical biochemistry for undergraduate medical students

Dina El-Metwally, MBChB, MSc, PhD, Suez Canal University, EGYPT Medical professionalism adapted to faith and cultural beliefs in Saudi Arabia

Teresa Fortoul, MD, MSc, PhD, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, MÉXICO Evaluating the “Basic Science and Clinical Medicine Integration Course” from the new undergraduate medical curriculum at the National University of Mexico (UNAM)

Abdul Hanif, MBBS, MS, Dhaka Medical College, BANGLADESH Introduction of structured oral examination in master of surgery (pediatric surgery) final examination

Zhimin Jia, MD, Southern Medical University, CHINA How prepared are the medical educators internationally in China?

Ciraj Ali Mohammed, MSc, PhD, Melaka Manipal Medical College, Manipal, INDIA Introduction of peer assisted learning scheme (PALS) in microbiology

Pitiyage Perera, MSc, PhD, University of Ruhuna, SRI LANKA What makes behavioral science stuff interesting and appreciative?

Bo Qu, MD, MSc, China Medical University, CHINA Assessment of residents for professionalism and communication skills in China

Elango Sambandam, MBBS, MS, International Medical University, MALAYSIA Reflective learning of ethics using case studies

Riffat Shafi, MBBS, Shifa College of Medicine, PAKISTAN Refining undergraduate performance assessment through competency based integrated practical examination

Marco Sosa, MD, Fundación Universitaria San Martín, COLOMBIA Integrating essential public health functions (EPHF) in the curriculum of medicine

Vadlamannati Srinivas, MBBS, MD, Armed Forces Medical College, INDIA Effect of case based learning on undergraduate medical students in pathology

Sevgi Timbil, MD, Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi, Turkey Development and evaluation of a medical ethics program for first-year students

2009 Projects

Dr. Anshu, MD, MBBS, Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, INDIA Expectations of Indian applicants from an educational fellowship

Rukhsana Aslam, MBBS, Lahore Medical and Dental College, PAKISTAN Increasing civic responsibility in college students: Service learning in Pakistan

Dinesh Badyal, MBBS, MD, Christian Medical College, Ludhiana, INDIA Computer based immediate feedback and learning in pharmacology

Janet Bloomfield, MD, Universidad del Desarrollo, CHILE Improving the feedback skills of clinical tutors

Andrea Dávila-Cervantes, MD, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, MEXICO Simulation program for family practice residents

Martha Delgado, MSc, MD, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, COLOMBIA Lessons learned from a pilot course in emergency medicine

Rosiane Diniz, MD, PhD, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, BRAZIL Improving cardiovascular clinical skills in undergraduate students

Yasser El-Wazir, MBChB, PhD, Suez Canal University, EGYPT Revitalizing students’ motivation in PBL with computer enhancement

Tesfaye Gebremedhin, MD, MPH, Jimma University, ETHIOPIA Establishing medical education unit under the medical faculty of Jimma University, Ethiopia

Mahinda Kommalage, MBBS, PhD, University of Ruhuna, SRI LANKA Videos to introduce clinical materials to preclinical students

Abdel-Karim Koumare, MD, MPH, Université de Bamako, MALI Strategy of introducing teachers’ evaluation by students in Mali’s medical school

Francisco Lamus, MD, MPH, Universidad de la Sabana, COLOMBIA Action research outcomes at a community health education program

Marykutty Mammen, BSc, PhD, Walter Sisulu University, SOUTH AFRICA Valuing African traditional health practices by medical students

Ramalingam Sankaran, MD, PSG Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, INDIA Appreciative inquiry: A tool to encourage communication in developing academic leadership curriculum

Tegbar Sendekie, MD, MPH, Gondar College of Medical Sciences, ETHIOPIA Designing dialogue and outcomes-based MPH curriculum

Muhammad Tariq, MBBS, Aga Khan Medical College, PAKISTAN Impact of structured verbal feedback: Gathering baseline data

2008 Projects

Mercedes Bernadá, MD, Universidad de la República, URUGUAY Introducing “medical humanism” in a school of medicine curriculum

Elaine Bezerra, MD, PhD, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, BRAZIL Elective rheumatology program with a primary health care focus

Ricardo Borda, MD, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, COLOMBIA Distance learning in rural areas for students during their internship

Ayhan Caliskan, PhD, MD, Ege Universitesi, TURKEY Developing a web-based item bank

An Dao, PhD, MPH, MD, Hanoi Medical University, VIET NAM Epidemiological training need assessment for a national preventive medicine curriculum

Sari Dewi, MD, MHPE, Universitas Padjadjaran, INDONESIA Optimizing feedback using Mini CEX during final semester program in Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Padjadjaran

Coralie Therese Dimacali, MD, University of the Philippines College of Medicine, PHILIPPINES Community immersion and graduates’ perceptions towards career choice

Irene Durante-Montiel, MD, MBA, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, MEXICO State of ethical education in UNAM medical residencies

Jorge Garcia, MSh, Universidad Nacional del Comahue, ARGENTINA Improving teacher skills of clinical hospital-based tutors and faculty through a blended training course in teaching (BTCT)

Harpreet Kapoor, MS, MBBS, Christian Medical College, Ludhiana, INDIA Competency based structured internship program for enhanced clinical skills in managing common primary eye care disorders

Michan Malca, MD, Universidad Científica del Sur, PERU Generation of healthy behavior to prevent influenza AH1N1 infection and complications in people through the use of significant learning

Dianne Manning, PhD, MEd, University of the Witwatersrand, SOUTH AFRICA Students’ learning experience in a diversified academic environment

Henal Shah, MBBS, DPM, MD, Topiwala National Medical College, INDIA Training interns in group patient education in an urban Indian setting

John Tumbo, MBChB, MMed, MCFP, University of Limpopo, SOUTH AFRICA Improving evidence based medicine assessment of medical students

Eskinder Weldetensaye, MD, Addis Ababa University, ETHIOPIA Improving clinical competencies by using OSCE

Zareen Zaidi, MBBS, MD, Foundation University Medical College, PAKISTAN Using positive deviance to improve student performance

2007 Projects

Payal Bansal, MBBS, MS (Surgery), PG Dip (Health Education), Bharati Vidyapeeth Medical College, INDIA Determining curriculum priorities for a health-sciences university’s faculty development programme

Mary Bermudez, MD, MSc, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, COLOMBIA The curricular reform at Javeriana University School of Medicine Program

Jugesh Chhatwal, MBBS, MD, Christian Medical College, Ludhiana, INDIA Creating demand for communication skills training in India

Venkatesh Doreswamy, MBBS, MD (Physiology), M.S. Ramaiah Medical College, INDIA Responding to a precipitous decline in medical professionalism

Yucel Gursel, MD, Dokuz Eylul Universitesi, TURKEY Evaluating student clinical reasoning skills using a computer-based case simulation

Enoch Kwizera, MBChB, MSc, PhD, Walter Sisulu University, SOUTH AFRICA Are nurses in South Africa prescribing medicines judiciously?

Zahra Ladhani, RN, RM, BScN, MPH, Shifa College of Medicine, PAKISTAN Developing competencies for community based health curriculum

Amam Mbakwem, MBBS, FWACP, University of Lagos, NIGERIA Improving medical students’ skills to counsel hypertensive patients

Leilanie Nicodemus, MD, University of the Philippines College of Medicine, PHILIPPINES Revitalizing a novel residency program in family medicine

Gboyega Ogunbanjo, MBBS, MFamMed, FCFP (SA), FACTM, FACRRM, University of Limpopo, SOUTH AFRICA Improving the reliability of standardized patient OSCE stations used during the Family Medicine MBChB6 end-of-block exams at the University of Limpopo (Medunsa Campus), Pretoria

Bishnu Hari Paudel, MD, DGO, FCCP, PhD, B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, NEPAL Effect of community hospital posting of interns on their clinical decision-making skill development

Yinusa Raji, PhD, MSc, BSc, University of Ibadan, NIGERIA Concurrent teaching of reproductive science by three disciplines

Si Mui (Debra) Sim, BSc, PhD, Universiti Malaya, MALAYSIA How prepared are our medical students to take on prescribing responsibilities upon graduation?

Ivan Solarte, MD, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, COLOMBIA Curriculum change implementation in a Colombian school of medicine

Astrid Valenzuela, MD, Universidad del Desarrollo, CHILE Preventing accidents in children using community based experience

Wagdy Talaat, MD, PhD, Suez Canal University, EGYPT A new opportunity for Egyptian health professions educators

2006 Projects

Richard Adome, BPharm, MSc, PhD, Makerere University, UGANDA The introduction of Objective Structured Clinical/Practical Examination (OSCE/OSPE) in the Undergraduate Bachelor of Pharmacy Student Assessment in Makerere University

Noor Ahsen, MBBS, F.M.H. College of Medicine and Dentistry, PAKISTAN Does role-playing build counseling competency? A pre & post-test comparison among fourth year medical students

Shyamal Bhattacharya, MBBS, MD, B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, NEPAL Curricular alignment, assessments and students' progress are interlinked- An evidence based study

Valdes Bollela, PhD, MD, Universidade de Ribeirão Preto, BRAZIL Internship assessment: Understanding to change

Paulo Carvalho, PhD, MD, MHPE, Faculdade de Medicina de Marília, BRAZIL Establishing a unit for development of online education at a medical school in a developing country

Vimal Govindan, MBBS, MS, PSG Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, INDIA Enhancing Communication Skills of Interns training in Surgery, using OSCE as a formative assessment tool

Mobeen Iqbal, MD, Shifa College of Medicine, PAKISTAN Teaching EBM skills at undergraduate level in a Pakistani medical school

Efosa Oviasu, MBBS, University of Benin, NIGERIA A more objective assessment of medical students' clinical skills: A pilot project

Imran Shaikh, MBBS, MPH, Ziauddin Medical College, PAKISTAN To improve health status of assigned families through student intervention

Naranchimeg Sodovsuren, MD, PhD, Health Sciences University of Mongolia, MONGOLIA Developing a model for the teaching and assessment of professional attitudes in undergraduate medical education

Kofoworola Soyebi, BSc, MBChB, FWACS, FAMCR, University of Lagos, NIGERIA How change in training method is improving undergraduate students' perception and performance in radiodiagnosis in College of Medicine, University of Lagos, Idi-Araba, Lagos, Nigeria

Jamuna Vadivelu, BSc, MSc, PhD, Universiti Malaya, MALAYSIA Basic sciences at the bedside: Evaluation of basic sciences recall in clinical teaching

Ben van Heerden, MBChB, MSc, MMed, Stellenbosch University, SOUTH AFRICA Identifying the entry level predictors of student performance in a medical curriculum

Marietjie van Rooyen, MBChB, MMed, University of Pretoria, SOUTH AFRICA The Prevalence and perceived reasons for burnout and depression amongst students.

2005 Projects

Juanita Bezuidenhout, MBChB, MMed (Anatomical Pathology), PhD, Stellenbosch University, SOUTH AFRICA CANMeds – a suitable framework for post-graduate pathology training in South Africa

Soumya Bhattacharya, MBBS, MS, B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, NEPAL Bridging the gap: Implementation of an integrated assessment in a problem-based curriculum at B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal

David Cameron, MBChB, MPraxMed, MPhil (Palliative Medicine), University of Pretoria, SOUTH AFRICA Are we training our medical students to solve problems and think critically?

Tara Jaffery, MBBS, MD, Shifa College of Medicine, PAKISTAN Achieving early clinical exposure in a traditional curriculum

Elsie Kiguli-Malwadde, MBChB, MMed, Makerere University, UGANDA Problem Based Learning: A place in the sun for radiology

Esther Ofoegbu, MBChB, MSc, FWACP, University of Nigeria, NIGERIA Strategic process for establishing one of the first offices of medical education in Nigeria

Milagros Rabe, MD, MS, PhD, University of the East/Ramon Magsaysay Memorial Medical Center, PHILIPPINES Hyperlinked case presentation to promote self-directed learning

Ricardo Ronco, MD, Universidad del Desarrollo, CHILE A pilot project: PBL for tiny tots and mothers-to-be

Rita Sood, MBBS, MD, All-India Institute of Medical Sciences, INDIA Critical appraisal of assessment practices in undergraduate medical education in a developing country

Christina Tan, MBBS, MRCGP (UK), FRCGP (UK), Universiti Malaya, MALAYSIA Improving the reliability and accuracy of the Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) at final MBBS level

2004 Projects

Luis Baricco, MD, Universidad Nacional de Tucumán, ARGENTINA Increasing student motivation in Argentinean students through early clinical experience

Thomas Chacko, MBBS, MD, PSG Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, INDIA The "Competent Intern" program: use of peer feedback to improve competency at primary care settings

Francois Cilliers, MBChB, MPhil, Stellenbosch University, SOUTH AFRICA Identification of health-delivery functions of interns in resource-constrained settings

Roy Cuison, MD, MBA, University of Santo Tomas, PHILIPPINES Developing a double-degree program for the University of Santo Tomas, Philippines

Arun Jamkar, MBBS, MS, PhD, B.J. Medical College, Pune, INDIA Integrated teaching programme with student centered case based learning for undergraduates at B J Medical College Pune

Sarah Kiguli, MBChB, MMed, Makerere University, UGANDA Introducing clinical skills training to pre-clerkship medical students in a resource constrained medical school

Rosemary (Waithira) Mirie, BSc, MSc, University of Nairobi, KENYA First use of student feedback in evaluation of the medical curriculum at the University of Nairobi – application to the nutrition component

Edwin Nwobodo, PhD, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, NIGERIA Development of an integrated curriculum for basic medical sciences

Christy A.N. Okoromah, MBBS, University of Lagos, NIGERIA Impact of evidence based medicine curriculum on medical students during paediatrics clerkship

Ayodele B. Omotoso, MBBS, University of Ilorin, NIGERIA Improving the quality and efficiency of medical student assessment using objective structured clinical examination: A pilot study

Daljit Singh, MD, Dayanand Medical College, INDIA Increasing the acceptability of student feedback for curriculum revision

Jacqueline van Wyk, BSc, MEd, University of Kwazulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA Establishing the efficacy of program evaluation for a new problem-based learning (PBL) curriculum in a medical school in a developing country

2003 Projects

Eliana Amaral, MD, PhD, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, BRAZIL Enhancing clinical skills through experience at the primary health unit during the pre-rotation year in Brazil

Sekelani Banda, MBChB, MMed, PhD, University of Zambia, ZAMBIA Self-evaluation on WFME Basic Standards in Medical Education

Elena Barragán, MD, PhD, Universidad Nacional del Comahue, ARGENTINA First steps towards horizontal integration in teaching within a biomedical department

Solomon Genet, PhD, Jimma University, ETHIOPIA Evaluation of team training program as one of the strategies of community based medical education of Jimma University

Muhammad Z. Khan, MD, Baqai Medical College, PAKISTAN Integrating the first year curriculum of Baqai Medical College amongst the basic and clinical sciences, through a parallel problem-based learning (PBL) track

Ahuka Ona Longombe, MD, PhD, Universite de Kisangani, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO Introduction of rural medicine to medical schools in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC): Pilot experiment to attract future physicians to rural areas

Samuel Luboga, MBChB, MMed, PhD, Makerere University, UGANDA Developing a student assessment plan appropriate for problem-based learning (PBL) and community-based education and service (COBES) curriculum

Charles Mkony, MD, MMed, Muhimbili University College of Health Sciences, TANZANIA Regular formative assessment for students in clinical rotation at School of Medicine, Muhimbili, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: Does it improve learning?

Vivek Saoji, MBBS, MS, Bharati Vidyapeeth Medical College, INDIA Computer-based self-learning packages (study modules) as a learning resource in an undergraduate surgery curriculum

Tejinder Singh, MD, DNB, FIAP, Masters Distance Education, Christian Medical College, Ludhiana, INDIA Integration of distance learning with conventional classroom teaching

Huseyin Cahit Taskiran, MD, Dokuz Eylul Universitesi, TURKEY A new competency level system for practical and procedural skills in an undergraduate curriculum

Rashmi Vyas, MBBS, MD, Christian Medical College, Vellore, INDIA Initiating an integrated learning program (I-ILP) in basic medical sciences

2002 Projects

Bosede Afolabi, MBChB, University of Lagos, NIGERIA Improving self-reliant learning of medical students by the use of information technology

Nor Azila Mohd Adnan, PhD, Universiti Malaya, MALAYSIA Enhancement of the present medical curriculum by increasing the use of patient oriented cases as learning triggers

Rima Beriashvili, MD, PhD, MScD, Tbilisi State Medical University, GEORGIA Institutional self-evaluation campaign: Initial stage to approach international standards

Henry Campos, MD, MSc, PhD, Universidade Federal do Ceará, BRAZIL Consolidation of a curriculum transformation process

Jose Cueto, MD, MHPEd, De La Salle Health Sciences Institute, PHILIPPINES Planning and implementing curricular integration at the DLSU College of Medicine

Zalina Ismail, MBBS, PhD, Universiti Sains Malaysia, MALAYSIA Implementation of the E-Nursing Initiative in collaboration with the Ministry of Health of Malaysia

S.M. Wasim Jafri, MBBS, MRCP, Aga Khan Medical College, PAKISTAN To improve the teaching skills of residents to act as tutors and facilitators in PBL blocks and to address the issue of shortage of facilitators in PBL blocks and to address the issue of shortage of facilitators at the AKG Khan University

E. Oluwabunmi Olapade-Olaopa, MBBS, MD, University of Ibadan, NIGERIA Introduction of year 3 medical students (Clinical Year 1) to molecular medicine

Avinash Supe, MBBS, MS, Seth G.S. Medical College, INDIA Developing modules for procedural skills training at undergraduate curriculum

Elizabeth Wasserman, MBChB, MMed, DPhil, Stellenbosch University, SOUTH AFRICA Evaluating the assessed curriculum: A pilot project focusing on the theoretical modules of a medical curriculum

Kristina Weil, MD, Universidad de los Andes, CHILE Evaluation of the medical interview by systematic videotaping of students

2001 Projects

Adebowale Adeyemo, MD, University of Lagos, NIGERIA Integrating IT into learning and teaching at the College of Medicine, University of Ibadan

Vanessa Burch, MBChB, MMed, PhD, University of Cape Town, SOUTH AFRICA The use of formative assessment to promote learning in undergraduate clinical clerkships in the MBChB programme at the University of Cape Town

Carlos Carvajal Hafemann, MD, Universidad de Chile, CHILE To evaluate clinical skills in medical education: a necessity

Maria Del Carmen Montbrun, MD, Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, ARGENTINA Portfolio development in a student-centered curriculum

Dan Mwesigwa-Kayongo, MD, Walter Sisulu University (formerly University of Transkei), SOUTH AFRICA Utilisation of information technology to enhance a problem-based learning curriculum at the University of Transkei Medical School

Boaz Otieno-Nyunya, MBChB, MMed, Moi University, KENYA Strengthening innovative education of health professionals in sub-Saharan Africa

Abdullah Sayiner, MD, Ege Universitesi, TURKEY Achieving vertical integration in a horizontally integrated, system-based curriculum

Togoo Altantsetseg, MD, PhD, Health Sciences University of Mongolia, MONGOLIA To develop OSCE at the National Medical University of Mongolia

Ana Lia Vargas, MD, Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, ARGENTINA Evaluation of clinical skills

Anand Zachariah, MD, Christian Medical College, Vellore, INDIA Introduce PBL in clerkship and community posting