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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.

FAIMER Institute Fellows: 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001

2009 Fellows and Education Innovation Projects
Dr. Anshu, MD, MBBS, Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, INDIA
Evaluation of faculty development by FAIMER Regional Institutes in India
Rukhsana Aslam, MBBS, Lahore Medical and Dental College, PAKISTAN
A community project by students to improve health outcomes – A pilot project
Dinesh Badyal, MBBS, MD, Christian Medical College, Ludhiana, INDIA
Impact of immediate feedback on the learning of medical students
Janet Bloomfield, MD, Universidad del Desarrollo, CHILE
Improving feedback-giving skills in clinical tutors
Andrea Dávila-Cervantes, MD, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, MEXICO
Development of a postgraduate medical education simulation program
Martha Delgado, MSc, MD, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, COLOMBIA
Integration of distance learning with clinical simulation for training
Rosiane Diniz, MD, PhD, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, BRAZIL
Interactive spaced-education to improve cardiac semiology in undergraduate education
Yasser El-Wazir, MBChB, PhD, Suez Canal University, EGYPT
Computer-assisted problem-based learning in FOMSCU
Tesfaye Gebremedhin, MD, MPH, Jimma University, ETHIOPIA
Establishment of medical education unit at three medical schools
Mahinda Kommalage, MBBS, PhD, University of Ruhuna, SRI LANKA
Converting a medical doctor to a life-long learner
Abdel-Karim Koumare, MD, MPH, Ecole Nacional de Medecine, MALI
Improving educational strategies in health sciences universities in Africa
Francisco Lamus, MD, MPH, Universidad de la Sabana, COLOMBIA
Tutorial materials for health profession students in community health
Marykutty Mammen, BSc, PhD, Walter Sisulu University, SOUTH AFRICA
Importance of medicinal plants in the life of medical students
Ramalingam Sankaran, MD, PSG Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, INDIA
Academic Leadership Learning Initiative (ALLI) for faculty heads and deans
Tegbar Sendekie, MD, MPH, Gondar College of Medical Sciences, ETHIOPIA
Dialogue education in postgraduate public health education
Muhammad Tariq, MBBS, Aga Khan Medical College, PAKISTAN
Evaluating the impact of verbal feedback on residents’ performance
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2008 Fellows and Education Innovation Projects
Mercedes Bernadá, MD, Universidad de la República, URUGUAY
Elaine Bezerra, MD, PhD, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, BRAZIL
Ricardo Borda, MD, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, COLOMBIA
Ayhan Caliskan, PhD, MD, Ege Universitesi, TURKEY
An Dao, PhD, MPH, MD, Hanoi Medical University, VIET NAM
Sari Dewi, MD, MHPE, Universitas Padjadjaran, INDONESIA
Coralie Therese Dimacali, MD, University of the Philippines College of Medicine, PHILIPPINES
Irene Durante-Montiel, MD, MBA, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, MEXICO
Jorge Garcia, MSh, Universidad Nacional del Comahue, ARGENTINA
Harpreet Kapoor, MS, MBBS, Christian Medical College, Ludhiana, INDIA
Michan Malca, MD, Universidad Científica del Sur, PERU
Dianne Manning, PhD, MEd, University of the Witwatersrand, SOUTH AFRICA
Henal Shah, MBBS, DPM, MD, Topiwala National Medical College, INDIA
John Tumbo, MBChB, MMed, MCFP, University of Limpopo, SOUTH AFRICA
Eskinder Weldetensaye, MD, Addis Ababa University, ETHIOPIA
Zareen Zaidi, MBBS, MD, Foundation University Medical College, PAKISTAN
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2007 Fellows and Education Innovation Projects
Payal Bansal, MBBS, MS (Surgery), PG Dip (Health Education), Bharati Vidyapeeth Medical College, INDIA
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
Venkatesh Doreswamy, MBBS, MD (Physiology), M.S. Ramaiah Medical College, INDIA
Yucel Gursel, MD, Dokuz Eylul Universitesi, TURKEY
Enoch Kwizera, MBChB, MSc, PhD, Walter Sisulu University, SOUTH AFRICA
Zahra Ladhani, RN, RM, BScN, MPH, Shifa College of Medicine, PAKISTAN
Amam Mbakwem, MBBS, FWACP, University of Lagos, NIGERIA
Leilanie Nicodemus, MD, University of the Philippines College of Medicine, PHILIPPINES
Gboyega Ogunbanjo, MBBS, MFamMed, FCFP (SA), FACTM, FACRRM, University of Limpopo, SOUTH AFRICA
Bishnu Hari Paudel, MD, DGO, FCCP, PhD, B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, NEPAL
Yinusa Raji, PhD, MSc, BSc, University of Ibadan, NIGERIA
Si Mui (Debra) Sim, BSc, PhD, Universiti Malaya, MALAYSIA
Ivan Solarte, MD, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, COLOMBIA
Astrid Valenzuela, MD, Universidad del Desarrollo, CHILE
Wagdy Talaat, MD, PhD, Suez Canal University, EGYPT
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2006 Fellows and Education Innovation Projects
Richard Adome, BPharm, MSc, PhD, Makerere University, UGANDA
Noor Ahsen, MBBS, F.M.H. College of Medicine and Dentistry, PAKISTAN
Shyamal Bhattacharya, MBBS, MD, B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, NEPAL
Valdes Bollela, PhD, MD, Universidade de Ribeirão Preto, BRAZIL
Paulo Carvalho, PhD, MD, MHPE, Faculdade de Medicina de Marília, BRAZIL
Vimal Govindan, MBBS, MS, PSG Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, INDIA
Mobeen Iqbal, MD, Shifa College of Medicine, PAKISTAN
Efosa Oviasu, MBBS, University of Benin, NIGERIA
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
Kofoworola Soyebi, BSc, MBChB, FWACS, FAMCR, University of Lagos, NIGERIA
Jamuna Vadivelu, BSc, MSc, PhD, Universiti Malaya, MALAYSIA
Ben van Heerden, MBChB, MSc, MMed, Stellenbosch University, SOUTH AFRICA
Marietjie van Rooyen, MBChB, MMed, University of Pretoria, SOUTH AFRICA
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2005 Fellows and Education Innovation Projects
Juanita Bezuidenhout, MBChB, MMed (Anatomical Pathology), PhD, Stellenbosch University, SOUTH AFRICA
Soumya Bhattacharya, MBBS, MS, B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, NEPAL
David Cameron, MBChB, MPraxMed, MPhil (Palliative Medicine), University of Pretoria, SOUTH AFRICA
Tara Jaffery, MBBS, MD, Shifa College of Medicine, PAKISTAN
Elsie Kiguli-Malwadde, MBChB, MMed, Makerere University, UGANDA
Esther Ofoegbu, MBChB, MSc, FWACP, University of Nigeria, NIGERIA
Milagros Rabe, MD, MS, PhD, University of the East/Ramon Magsaysay Memorial Medical Center, PHILIPPINES
Ricardo Ronco, MD, Universidad del Desarrollo, CHILE
Rita Sood, MBBS, MD, All-India Institute of Medical Sciences, INDIA
Christina Tan, MBBS, MRCGP (UK), FRCGP (UK), Universiti Malaya, MALAYSIA
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2004 Fellows and Education Innovation Projects
Luis Baricco, MD, Universidad Nacional de Tucumán, ARGENTINA
Thomas Chacko, MBBS, MD, PSG Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, INDIA
Francois Cilliers, MBChB, MPhil, Stellenbosch University, SOUTH AFRICA
Roy Cuison, MD, MBA, University of Santo Tomas, PHILIPPINES
Arun Jamkar, MBBS, MS, PhD, B.J. Medical College, Pune, INDIA
Sarah Kiguli, MBChB, MMed, Makerere University, UGANDA
Rosemary (Waithira) Mirie, BSc, MSc, University of Nairobi, KENYA
Edwin Nwobodo, PhD, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, NIGERIA
Christy A.N. Okoromah, MBBS, University of Lagos, NIGERIA
Ayodele B. Omotoso, MBBS, University of Ilorin, NIGERIA
Daljit Singh, MD, Dayanand Medical College, INDIA
Jacqueline van Wyk, BSc, MEd, University of Kwazulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA
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2003 Fellows and Education Innovation Projects
Eliana Amaral, MD, PhD, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, BRAZIL
Sekelani Banda, MBChB, MMed, PhD, University of Zambia, ZAMBIA
Elena Barragán, MD, PhD, Universidad Nacional del Comahue, ARGENTINA
Solomon Genet, PhD, Jimma University, ETHIOPIA
Muhammad Z. Khan, MD, Baqai Medical College, PAKISTAN
Ahuka Ona Longombe, MD, PhD, Universite de Kisangani, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
Samuel Luboga, MBChB, MMed, PhD, Makerere University, UGANDA
Charles Mkony, MD, MMed, Muhimbili University College of Health Sciences, TANZANIA
Vivek Saoji, MBBS, MS, Bharati Vidyapeeth Medical College, INDIA
Tejinder Singh, MD, DNB, FIAP, Masters Distance Education, Christian Medical College, Ludhiana, INDIA
Huseyin Cahit Taskiran, MD, Dokuz Eylul Universitesi, TURKEY
Rashmi Vyas, MBBS, MD, Christian Medical College, Vellore, INDIA
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2002 Fellows and Education Innovation 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
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2001 Fellows and Education Innovation 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
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[last update: June 17, 2010]