Health Professions Education (HPE) Research
Our focus in health professions education (HPE) research is on teaching and learning in health professions programmes including medicine, dentistry, pharmacy and nursing. Research findings will contribute to better understanding of issues related to learning and teaching and the learning environment. Many of these have been presented in international conferences and published educational journals.
Focus Areas in IMU HPE Research
- Learning: Inter-professional learning, Total experience (learning styles).
- CCCS (Constructive, Contextual, Collaborative and Self Directed Learning): Learning and teaching activities that perpetuate these principles.
- Traditional and new functions: E-learning and Workplace Learning.
- Assessments: portfolios, skills – based, personal professional development.
- Teaching excellence and scholarship: Innovative training programmes, learner-centred teaching scholarship.
- The “Less emphasised HPE research in literature”: Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chiropractic, Dietetics and Nutrition.
Interested health professionals in these areas are invited to collaborate through research. Please contact Professor Vishna Devi via email
Health Professions Education Research
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Faculty & Role |
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2022 |
The Moderating Role of Emotional Intelligence between Coping Strategies and Academic Stress among Undergraduate Students in a Health Science University Bachelor of Sciences (Hons) Psychology |
Norul Hidayah binti Mamat @ Muhammad (PI) Co-Investigator: |
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2022 |
Covid-19 Crisis and Beyond: Faculty Preferences of Teaching – Learning and Assessment Modes at a Health Science University IMU Internal Research Grant |
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar (PI) Co-Investigator: |
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2022 |
Students’ perception of role-plays in teaching stress and anger management skills IMU Internal Research Grants |
Chye Soi Moi (PI) Co-Investigator: |
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2021 |
Development and evaluation of an educational tool for microbiology skills training using augmented reality/virtual reality applications |
Fabian Davamani Amalraj (PI) Co-Investigator: |
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2021 |
Differential progression of medical students in a competency/ outcomes-based curriculum: Is it now feasible? IMU Internal Research Grants |
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar (PI) Co-Investigator: |
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2021 |
Diversity, Inclusivity and Equity in Medical Education in Asian Countries: A Systematic Scoping Review Bachelor in Medical Sciences (Hons) |
Vishna Devi Nadarajah (PI) Co-Investigator: |
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2021 |
To measure the outcomes of Virtual Reality in learning Basic Life Support (BLS) skills using the CIPP evaluation model |
Sow Chew Fei (PI) Co-Investigator: |
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2020 |
Transformation of educational methodology through Service-Learning Immunization Projects for faculty and community: Lessons learned in a Refugee project |
Sow Chew Fei (PI) Co-Investigator: |
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2020 |
Transfer of training and retention of learning with virtual reality: a mixed study on BLS training |
Sow Chew Fei (PI) Co-Investigator: |
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Title of Project |
Faculty |
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Identifying the gaps in mentoring skills and the training needs |
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Curriculum Database |
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Factors Contributing to Response Rates in Online Student Evaluation of Teaching and Learning Activities among Students in a Health Science University |
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Evaluating the Impact of Faculty Development Activities (FDA) on Faculties’ Professional Development |
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Exploring knowledge, skills and attitudes of students towards co-created micro-learning nuggets |
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Developing an evaluation protocol to assess the examinees’ performance in key concept-intense open-ended questions. |
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Students’ Perceptions of Collaborative Learning, Social Presence and Satisfaction in a Didactic Learning Environment among Entry Level and Advanced Level Learners of the Nutrition and Dietetics Programme. |
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Evaluation of eLearning Tool in Learning Process in Practical Session of Anatomy among Chinese Medicine and Chiropractic Students in IMU |
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Appraisal of Clinical Communication Skills in Phase II IMU Students |
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Exploring the Barriers and Drivers of Flipped Classroom in a Big Classroom Setting |
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Development and Evaluation of a Peer Observation of Teaching (PoT) Programme for Large Group and Small Group Learning Sessions in Undergraduate Health Professions Programmes |
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Emergent data include beliefs about teaching. To what extent do pharmacy skills tutors use teaching approaches consistent with those espoused in the concept of cognitive apprenticeship |
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Measurement of orientation and correlates of IMU Medical, Dental and Pharmacy students and graduates toward lifelong learning |
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Decline in Professional Attributes in Medical Education: The Urge for New Concepts of Scoring Rubric at Workplace Utilizing 360-degree Feedback Assessment Model. |
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Influence of assessment measures on students’ adopting different learning approaches at International Medical University Malaysia |
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Metacognitive awareness and its relation to students’ academic achievement: Time to ponder implication of curriculum delivery |
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Using script concordance test (SCT) to evaluate the clinical reasoning skills of dental students |
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Effectiveness of a Two-phase International Approach to Teaching Nutrition Focused Physical Examination to dietitians and dietetics educators in Malaysia |
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Students’ self-assessment accuracy on core competencies in SOHS programmes |
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Evaluation of eLearning tool in learning process in practical session of anatomy among Chiropractic students of IMU (IMU-JC Approved) |
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Journal Club as Community of Practice |
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Effectiveness of Team-Based Learning (TBL) as a teaching/learning method for medical students. (IMU-JC approved) |
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