Teaching Experience

Undergraduate

  • Teaching and assessment of medicine, allied health (BSc Physiotherapy) and pharmacy undergraduates

    • Conducting lectures, tutorials, small group discussions, problem based learning sessions in Applied Sciences Stream, Humanities Society and Professionalism Stream (previously Behavioural Sciences Stream), Community Medicine Stream and Clinical Sciences Stream
    • Supervisor and examiner for medical and allied health undergraduate research projects and family and community attachments for the Community Medicine Stream
    • Supervisor and examiner for elective projects of medical undergraduates for the Clinical Sciences Stream
    • Clinical teaching for medical undergraduates attending the Professorial Appointment in Psychiatry in the final year of training
    • Examiner and scrutiny expert in MCQ, SEQ, essay, viva, OSCE and clinical examinations

Postgraduate

  • Postgraduate trainer in Psychiatry in the Postgraduate Institute of Medicine, University of Colombo

    • Trainer for the MD (Psychiatry) and Postgraduate Diploma in Psychiatry Training Programmes
    • Trainer in Psychiatry for postgraduate trainees in Clinical Medicine, Emergency Medicine, Nutrition, Family Medicine, Community Medicine, Sports Medicine and Venereology
    • Member of the Board of Study in Psychiatry from June 2018 to June 2021 and June 2021 to date
    • Course Coordinator for the MD (Psychiatry) Training Programme from June 2019 to July 2021
    • Course Coordinator for the Postgraduate Diploma in Psychiatry Training Programme from May 2020 to May 2021
    • Lecturer for the MD Psychiatry and Postgraduate Diploma in Psychiatry Training Programmes
    • Member of the Curriculum Development Committee for the Postgraduate Diploma in Psychiatry Training Programme 2020
    • Member of Academic Sub-committee of the Board of Study in Psychiatry since June 2021 to date
    • MCQ Core Group Coordinator for the MD Psychiatry examinations since 2021 June to date
    • Examiner for the Selection Examination in MD (Psychiatry), MD (Psychiatry) Examination, Postgraduate Diploma in Psychiatry, MD (Psychiatry) end of Year 1 OSCE
    • Examiner for Post MD programme for assessment of dissertations, research protocols and portfolio viva