Professor Asela Olupeliyawa

Professor Asela Olupeliyawa has over 15 years of experience in curriculum and assessment development in medical education. He graduated from the Faculty of Medicine, Colombo in 2005 and joined MEDARC as a Lecturer in Medical Education in 2008. He completed his Postgraduate Certificate in Medical Education at the University of Dundee, UK in 2010 and his PhD at the University of New South Wales, Australia in 2012. His PhD thesis is on how workplace-based assessment among medical students facilitates the learning of collaborative competencies for internship.

He has over 20 peer reviewed publications and over 50 international presentations including first author, original research publications in high impact medical education journals such as ‘Academic Medicine’, ‘Medical Education’ and ‘Medical Teacher’. He has extensive experience in faculty development of medical teachers, postgraduate clinical educators, and teachers in other health professions.