December 5, 2018 Professor Dr Er Hui Meng

Professor Dr Er Hui Meng

Qualification
BSc (Hons) (Sydney)
PGCertMedEd (Dundee)
PhD (Sydney)

Designation 
Pro Vice Chancellor, Education
Director, IMU Centre of Education

Areas of Expertise

  • Curriculum design and development
  • Assessment
  • Teaching and Learning
  • Quality Assurance

Email
[email protected]

Orcid ID

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9835-4840

Involvement in Conference/Symposium/Faculty Development Activities

  1. Facilitator for IMU Faculty Development Workshops:
  • Fundamentals of Teaching and Learning
  • Aligning and Contextualising Programme Educational Objectives and Programme Learning Outcomes
  • Flipped Classroom
  • Assessment blueprinting
  • Setting higher order thinking questions
  • Item analysis
  • Assessment rubric design
  • Open book assessments
  • Effective feedback
  • Peer Observation of Teaching
  1. Speaker (symposium on “Learning and Data Analytics”) on the topic “ Personalised Learning from Learning Analytics, Getting the People, Process and Systems Aligned” at APMEC Virtual Conference, 14 Jan 2022.
  2. Facilitator for Pre-Conference Workshop on “ Peer Observation of Teaching: Providing a Safe and Supportive Environment for Faculty” at 15th Asia Pacific Medical Education Conference (APMEC), National University of Singapore, 13 Jan 2022.
  3. Speaker on the topic “Enhancing student engagement in undergraduate medical education during the COVID 19 pandemic” at ASEAN Medical Education Alliance Webinar organized by University of Chulalongkorn, 7 Jan 2021.
  4. Speaker (panel discussion) on the topic “New Norm in Education” at IMU Learning Resources Festival 27 Oct 2021.
  5. Co-facilitator for Pre-Conference Workshop on “Adapting to changes in assessments and moving towards equivalence” at the 5th International Conference on Health Professions Education organized by the University of Lahore, 29 Oct 2021.
  6. Facilitator for Pre-Conference Workshop on “Development of Institutional Assessment Framework for Improving Assessment Quality and Efficiency” at the Ottawa Conference, Kuala Lumpur, 2 Mar 2020.
  7. Facilitator for Conference Workshop on “Development of Institutional Assessment Framework: Practical Approaches for Postgraduate Education” at the AMEE Conference, Vienna, 27 August 2019.
  8. International Medical Education Conference (2016: Secretary for Scientific Committee; 2017: Chair of Scientific Committee; 2018: Chair of Organising Committee).
  9. Facilitator for Pre-Conference Workshop on “Development And Implementation Of Online Assessment Systems (OAS) For Health Professions Education Based On Educational Frameworks: Practical Tips For Success” at the Ottawa Conference, Abu Dhabi, 10-14 Mar 2018.
  10. Facilitator for Pre-Conference Workshop on “From Conceptualisation to Implementation: Development of an Online Assessment System” at the 15th Asia Pacific Medical Education Conference (APMEC), National University of Singapore, 10-14 Jan 2018.
  11. Speaker for Plenary on “Principles of Adult Learning and Roles of the Preceptor” at the Preceptorship for Health Care Professionals and Nurses Workshop, IMU, 13 Sep 2017.
  12. Facilitator for Workshop on “How to Provide Effective Feedback on Reflective Writing”, IMU, 27 Nov 2017.
  13. Facilitator for Effective Feedback for Clinical Teaching Workshop, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 24 Aug 2017.
  14. Facilitator for Assessment Workshop, School of Pharmacy, Taylor’s University, Malaysia, 22 Sep 2016.

Publications in Health Professions Education

Kok, Y. Y., Er, H. M., & Nadarajah, V. D. (2021). An Analysis of Health Science Students’ Preparedness and Perception of Interactive Virtual Laboratory Simulation. Medical Science Educator, 31(6), 1919–1929. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40670-021-01364-1

Nadarajah, V. D., Sow, C. F., Aznal, S. S. S., Montagu, A., Boursicot, K., & Er, H. M. (2021). EASI Framework: Implementation of an Online Clinical and Communication Skills Teaching. South-East Asian Journal of Medical Education, 42. https://doi.org/10.4038/seajme.v15i0.340

Keng, P. S., Er, H. M., & Nadarajah, V. D. (2021). Qualitative Study on the Lifelong Learning Orientation of Pharmacy Graduates. South-East Asian Journal of Medical Education, 34. https://doi.org/10.4038/seajme.v15i0.332

Er, H. M., Nadarajah, V. D., Wong, P. S., Mitra, N. K., & Ibrahim, Z. (2020). Practical Considerations for Online Open Book Examinations in Remote Settings [Version 2]. MedEdPublish, 9(1). https://doi.org/10.15694/mep.2020.000153.2

Nadarajah, V. D., Sow, C. F., Aznal, S. S. S., Montagu, A., Boursicot, K., & Er, H. M. (2020). Development of and First Experiences with a Framework (EASI) for Options and Implementation Opportunities for Online Clinical and Communication Skills Learning. Journal of Medical Education and Curricular Development, 7, 238212052097089. https://doi.org/10.1177/2382120520970894

Er, H. M., Nadarajah, V. D., Ng, S. H., & Wong, A. N. (2020). Quality Assurance in Education: Perception of Undergraduate Health Professions Students in a Malaysian University. Korean Journal of Medical Education, 32(3), 185–195. https://doi.org/10.3946/kjme.2020.166

Nadarajah, V. D., Er, H. M., & Lilley, P. (2020). Turning Around a Medical Education Conference: Ottawa 2020 in the Time of COVID‐19. Medical Education, 54(8), 760–761. https://doi.org/10.1111/medu.14197

Er, H. M., Nadarajah, V. D., Chen, Y. S., Misra, S., Perera, J., Ravindranath, S., & Hla, Y. Y. (2019). Twelve Tips for Institutional Approach to Outcome-based Education in Health Professions Programmes. Medical Teacher, 43(sup1), S12–S17. https://doi.org/10.1080/0142159x.2019.1659942

Mamat, N. H., Nadarajah, V. D., Er, H. M., Ramamurthy, S., & Pook, P. C. (2019). Student Evaluation of the Learning Environment in an Undergraduate Pharmacy Programme: Lessons for Educators. Medical Teacher, 43(sup1), S25–S32. https://doi.org/10.1080/0142159x.2019.1654089

Ramamurthy, S., Er, H. M., Nadarajah, V. D., & Radhakrishnan, A. K. (2019). Medical Students’ Orientation Toward Lifelong Learning in an Outcome-based Curriculum and the Lessons Learnt. Medical Teacher, 43(sup1), S6–S11. https://doi.org/10.1080/0142159x.2019.1646894

Er, H. M., Nadarajah, V. D., Hays, R., Yusoff, N., & Loh, K. L. Y. (2019). Lessons Learnt from the Development and Implementation of an Online Assessment System for Medical Science Programmes. Medical Science Educator, 29(4), 1103–1108. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40670-019-00802-5

Wu, C., Lee, E., Wong, P., & Er, H. M. (2019). Evaluation of Computer-based Simulation Learning on Knowledge, Learning Approaches and Motivation among Pharmacy Students. Indian Journal of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, 53(4), 595–602. https://doi.org/10.5530/ijper.53.4.120

Er, H. M., Ming, M. K. J., Keng, P. S., & Nadarajah, V. D. (2019). Pharmacy Students’ Perceptions of Reflective Portfolios and their Effect on Students’ Deep Information-Processing Skills. American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, 83(6), 6851. https://doi.org/10.5688/ajpe6851

Er, H. M., Radhakrishnan, A. K., & Nadarajah, V. D. (2018). Development of an Institutional Assessment Framework. Medical Education, 52(5), 572–573. https://doi.org/10.1111/medu.13568

Hashim, H., Wk, C. D., Er, H. M., Deb, P. K., Pei, W., Sun, L. M., Maharajan, M. K., Lyn, L. E., & Baloch, H. Z. (2017). Students’ Perceptions of Live Online Virtual e-Problem Based Learning (LOVE-PBL) using Google Hangouts. Education in Medicine Journal, 9(4), 31–39. https://doi.org/10.21315/eimj2017.9.4.4

Ramamurthy, S., Er, H. M., Nadarajah, V. D., & Pook, P. C. (2016). Study on the Impact of Open and Closed Book Formative Examinations on Pharmacy Students’ Performance, Perception, and Learning Approach. Currents in Pharmacy Teaching and Learning, 8(3), 364–374. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cptl.2016.02.017