Dr Asela Olupeliyawa

Academic Lead, Years 3&4

Academy for Medical Education
Faculty of Medicine

Senior Lecturer -Medical Education

Academy for Medical Education
Faculty of Medicine

Overview

Asela is a medical educator with over 15 years of experience in curriculum and assessment development. Asela obtained his Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery from the University of Colombo, Sri Lanka and completed his PhD in Medical Education at the University of New South Wales in 2012. His PhD work on the development of a workplace-based assessment on teamwork and intern preparedness was awarded the ANZAME Postgraduate Prize. Asela has worked iat the medical schools at University of New South Wales and University of Colombo, as well as at the Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia. Asela has first author publications in many high impact medical education journals including Academic Medicine, Medical Education, Medical Teacher and The Clinical Teacher.

Research Impacts

Asela has first author publications in many high impact medical education journals including Academic Medicine, Medical Education, Medical Teacher and The Clinical Teacher, in diverse research areas including workplace based assessement of teamwork to support intern readiness and faculty development in resource constrained settings. He has over 25 peer reviewed publications with an H-Index of 9. He has secured several research awards and grants including the ANZAME (Australian and New Zealand Association for Medical Education) Postgraduate Student Prize in 2010 and the inaugural Faculty Development Research Grant awarded by AMEE (Association for Medical Education in Europe) in 2019.

Publications

  • Wozniak, Helen, Gibson, Justine, Noble, Christy, Claydon, Rachel, Bowker, Shari, Bakharia, Aneesha, Kull, Anna, Ward, Kym, Garrard, Robert, Olupeliyawa, Asela, Bird, Kathryn, Ochayi, Daniel, Kodiyattu, Zack and Low, Zachary (2023). Co-designing digital dashboards to enhance student engagement in work-integrated learning (WIL). ANZAHPE 2023: Turning tides: Navigating the Opportunities, Gold Coast, QLD Queensland, 26-29 July 2023.

  • Olupeliyawa, Asela, Tobin, Stephen, Kull, Anna, Wozniak, Helen, Gibson, Justine, Garrard, Robert, Monk, Samuel, Bailey, Chantal and Robinson, Kent (2023). Navigating ebbs and flows of digital dashboards used in medical student assessments during clinical placements. ANZAHPE 2023: Turning tides: Navigating the Opportunities, Gold Coast, QLD Queensland, 26-29 July.

  • Jansen, P.M. and Olupeliyawa, A. (2023). Final year medical students’ self-reported goals towards intern preparedness. Australian and New Zealand Association for Health Professional Educators, ANZAHPE 2023 - Turning Tides, Navigating the Opportunities, Gold Coast, QLD Australia, 26-29 June 2023.

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Publications

Book

Book Chapter

  • Ponnamperuma, Gominda, Olupeliyawa, Asela, Chandratilake, Madawa and Marambe, Kosala (2022). Sustainability of innovations in health professions education. The Wiley handbook of sustainability in higher education learning and teaching. (pp. 237-256) edited by Kelum Gamage and Nanda Gunawardhana. Hoboken, NJ, United States: John Wiley & Sons.

  • Olupeliyawa, A. and De Abrew, A. (2020). Developing teamwork skills. 14 Topics in health professions education: A guide to practical wisdom. (pp. 82-90) edited by Madawa Chandratilake and Asela Olupeliyawa. Colombo, Sri Lanka: College of Medical Educationists Sri Lanka.

  • Sanchayan, S., Sathaananthan, T. and Olupeliyawa, A. (2020). Feedback in health professions education. 14 Topics in health professions education: A guide to practical wisdom. (pp. 41-52) edited by Madawa Chandratilake and Asela Olupeliyawa. Colombo, Sri Lanka: College of Medical Educationists Sri Lanka.

  • Chandratilake, M. and Olupeliyawa, A. (2020). Reflection and reflective practice. 14 Topics in health professions education: A guide to practical wisdom. (pp. 30-40) edited by Madawa Chandratilake and Asela Olupeliyawa. Colombo, Sri Lanka: College of Medical Educationists Sri Lanka.

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