Teaching Experience

Undergraduate

  • Senior Lecturer/Professor in the Paediatric course – since 1991 to date
  • Examiner – Final MBBS examination of the University of Colombo – 1992 to date
  • External clinical examiner for the Final MBBS examinations of the Universities of Ruhuna, Peradeniya, Sri Jayawardenapura, Kelaniya and General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University
  • Facilitator and examiner in Streams, Modules and Elective appointment (Clinical Sciences Stream, Community Stream and Behaviour Sciences Stream and Modules on Growth, Development and Nutrition, Endocrine and Metabolism, Cardiovascular Medicine, Respiratory Medicine, Gastroenterology, Reproductive Medicine and Neurology)
  • Examiner to the SLMC – Act 16 and ERPM examinations
  • Visiting Lecturer, Faculty of Medicine, General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University – 2013, 2014, 2015

Postgraduate

  • Clinical supervision of the Residents in General Paediatrics at the Professorial Paediatric Unit, Lady Ridgeway Hospital, Colombo since 1991 to date
  • Examiner at the Diploma in Child Health examination – December 1998 to date
  • Examiner at the MD Paediatrics examination – August 2002 to date
  • Examiner at the MSc (Community Medicine)
  • Examiner at the Diploma in Family Medicine (DFM)
  • Resource person – MCQ Course, MD Part 1 (Paediatrics)
  • Member of the MCQ core group in Paediatrics appointed by the Board of Study in Paediatrics of the PGIM since 2003 to date
  • Chairperson of the MCQ core group/ Scrutiny expert to postgraduate examinations on several occasions
  • Chairperson of the subcommittee appointed by the Board of Study in Paediatrics of the PGIM to design a project proposal for subspecialty training in Paediatric Endocrinology – September 2007
  • Coordinator of the subcommittee to develop the training programme in Paediatric Cardiology – September 2003
  • Resource person – MSc in Human Nutrition Training programme – 2013 to 2017