Asela Olupeliyawa

Director of Assessment / Assessment Track Chair · The University of Melbourne · company speakers →

Dr Asela Olupeliyawa is the Director of Assessment in the Department of Medical Education at The University of Melbourne. His role includes oversight of assessment practices in the Melbourne MD program and delivery of assessment related subjects in the Clinical Education graduate programs. Asela is medically qualified and has expertise in curriculum and assessment development. Asela’s PhD focussed on the development of a workplace-based assessment on teamwork and intern preparedness. Subsequently over the past 15 years he has worked as a medical educator at several Sri Lankan and Australian universities. Asela has conducted workshops and symposia in several international medical education conferences including OTTAWA, APMEC and ANZAHPE. His primary research interests are related to assessment for learning, feedback and preparation for practice; while he also engages in research on clinical reasoning, educational environment, faculty development, and professionalization of medical education. Asela has published in high impact medical education journals including Academic Medicine, Medical Education and Medical Teacher.

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