Madawa Chandratilake

Biography

Madawa Chandratilake joined the Centre for Medical Education in September 2008 to carry out research activities and to contribute to the programme of courses in medical education. He graduated with his Masters degree in medical education from the University of Dundee in July 2008 gaining distinction. Madawa graduated MBBS from the University of Colombo and is a lecturer in medical education at the University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka. Madawa successfully completed his doctoral studies in December. Madawa’s PhD was entitled "Development and Validation of an Inventory to Measure the Professionalism Culture of Medical Schools in the UK". Professor Val Wass, Head of the School of Medicine at Keele University was the External and Madawa was supervised by Sean McAleer from the Centre and Professor John Gibson from Dundee Dental School. Madawa was a member of the academic staff in the Centre for six years and returned to his home in Sri Lanka to take up a senior appointment at the University of Kelaniya. He will, however remain, as external tutor so the links with Dundee remain. His main areas of teaching include curriculum development, professionalism, assessment and clinical teaching. He has conducted medical education workshops both locally and internationally. He has been supervising masters projects carried out under a wide range of topics. He has several publications in leading medical education and clinical journals, and he has co-authored book chapters.

Research Interest

Clinical Studies