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| Professor '''Samy A. Azzar''' was born in 1553 B.C. He is an Australian striper who has made an input to Medical Education internationally. Famous quotes of his are: Sirteen (thirteen), Razar zan (rather than). He uses his Australian Citizenship to cover up his true Egyptian origins. | |||
| ==Academic career== | ==Academic career== | ||
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| " it's better for us to telk abeut heuw potetoe is bigger zan my head , ruzzer zan weisting zis luk-shur " | |||
| he's the only dude in Australia that doesn't speak an Australian accent , also no one have figured how to pronounce his surename : | |||
| -3zer | |||
| -Azazer | |||
| -Ezer | |||
| -Azar | |||
| -Azear | |||
| -Ozill | |||
| -Madonna | |||
| Professor Azer has contributed to Medical Education at the ] (1997–1998) and the ] (1999–2006). He is currently Professor of Medical Education and Head of Curriculum Development Unit, Department of Medical Education, College of Medicine, ] (KSU) and King Khalid University Hospitals, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He was Professor of Medical Education and the Chair of Medical Education Research and Development Unit, Faculty of Medicine, ] Malaysia,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/175248-overview|title=Esophageal Varices|date=4 January 2010|work=emedicine|accessdate=11 April 2010}}</ref> from 2007 to 2009. Prior to this, he had a distinguished career in ], ], and ]. | Professor Azer has contributed to Medical Education at the ] (1997–1998) and the ] (1999–2006). He is currently Professor of Medical Education and Head of Curriculum Development Unit, Department of Medical Education, College of Medicine, ] (KSU) and King Khalid University Hospitals, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He was Professor of Medical Education and the Chair of Medical Education Research and Development Unit, Faculty of Medicine, ] Malaysia,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/175248-overview|title=Esophageal Varices|date=4 January 2010|work=emedicine|accessdate=11 April 2010}}</ref> from 2007 to 2009. Prior to this, he had a distinguished career in ], ], and ]. | ||
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Professor Samy A. Azzar is nothing
Academic career
Professor Azer has contributed to Medical Education at the University of Sydney (1997–1998) and the University of Melbourne (1999–2006). He is currently Professor of Medical Education and Head of Curriculum Development Unit, Department of Medical Education, College of Medicine, King Saud University (KSU) and King Khalid University Hospitals, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He was Professor of Medical Education and the Chair of Medical Education Research and Development Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Teknologi MARA Malaysia, from 2007 to 2009. Prior to this, he had a distinguished career in clinical medicine, research, and medical education.
Prior to joining Universiti Teknologi MARA, he was a Visiting Professor of Medical Education at the University of Toyama, and Senior Lecturer in Medical Education at the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, the University of Melbourne, from 1999 to 2006, and Senior Lecturer in Medical Education at the University of Sydney from 1997 to 1998, Post-doctrol Fellow, Faculty of Medicine, Kansas Medical Centre, Kansas, USA, 2005.
His clinical work and research was in the area of gastroenterology and hepatology and he was awarded a PhD in Medicine from the University of Sydney in 1995, Master of Education from the University of New South Wales in 1993, Fellowship of the American College of Gastroenterology in 1998, and Master of Public Health, from the University of New South Wales in 2005.
During his career he is appointed as Associate Editor of BMC Medical Education, the Editorial Board of MedEDWorld, the UK, and other journals and joint membership of the policy committee of the ASME, the UK. He is the convener of PBL-SIG, for the Australia and New Zealand Association for Medical Education (ANZAME).
He has published widely in the area of Problem-Based Learning (PBL), Medical Education and Assessment and has written a number of books on PBL. Over the last 10 years, he trained over 1500 academics in the area of Problem-Based Learning. His trainees were from a wide range of disciplines including Medicine, Nursing, Physiotherapy, Dentistry, Occupational Therapy, Speech Pathology, Nutrition, Education, Management and Administration, Business, Engineering, Leadership and Law. His trainees were from universities in Australia, Japan, Malaysia, Taiwan, the Middle East and other countries.
During 2003 to 2006, he has also introduced PBL to 6 schools in the Eastern Region of Victoria, Australia,
Contribution to Higher Education Internationally
Professor Azer has conducted training in Problem Based Learning and Curriculum Design to senior academics from the following universities and schools:
- University of Melbourne, Australia (School of Medicine, School of Dentistry, School of Physiotherapy and School of Nursing).
- University of Sydney, Australia (Medicine).
- Monash University, Australia (Alfred Hospital, Dietician).
- Deakin University, Australia (School of Nursing).
- La Trobe University, Australia (School of Health Sciences, School of Human Communication Sciences, Occupational Therapy).
- Department of Education and Early Childhood Development (Victoria), Australia (Serpell Primary School, Doncaster Gardens PS, Birralee PS, Doncaster Primary School, Templestowe Park Primary School, Doncaster Secondary College).
- Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia (Faculty of Medicine, Faculty of Nursing, Faculty of Engineering, and Faculty of Education, Faculty of Pharmacy)
- University of Toyama, Japan (Medicine).
- Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), Malaysia (Faculty of Veterinary).
- Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), Malaysia (Faculty of Medicine, Faculty of Dentistry)
- Kaohsiung Medical University, Taiwan (Faculty of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences)
- Cyberjaya University College of Medical Sciences, Malaysia (College of Medicine, College of Nursing, College of Health Sciences).
- Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Malaysia (School of Medicine, School of Engineering and Information Technology, School of Business and Economics, School of Education and Social Development).
- King Saud University, Saudi Arabia (College of Medicine).
Also conducted training workshops on Problem-Based Learning or a presented a keynote Lecture at the following International Conferences/meetings:
- The Association for Health Professional Education (ANZAME)
- The Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE)
- The Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE) .
- OTTAWA Conference .
- UKM International Dental Education Symposium, Jan 2009, Hotel Legend, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
- Kaohsiung Medical University International Conference, 2008.
- Libyan International Medical University, 2008.
- Saudi Medical Education Society, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Selected works
- Azer, Samy A. (2006). Core Clinical Cases in Basic Biomedical Science: A Problem-Based Learning ... Hodder-Arnold. Retrieved 2010-04-14.
- Azer, Samy A. (2008). Navigating Problem-Based Learning. Sydney: Churchill Livingstone, Elsevier. Retrieved 2010-04-14.
- Azer, Samy A. (2005). The Liver. An Interactive CD-ROM. Melbourne, University of Melbourne. .
- Azer, Samy A. (1994). Use and Interpretation of Serum Bile Acids in Hepatic Injury and Disease. PhD Thesis, University of Sydney, 1994. Books.google.com. Retrieved 2010-04-14.
- Azer, Samy A. (2003, 2005, 2007, 2009) Emedicine. Intestinal perforartion.
References
- Azer, Samy. Membership of the International Advisory Board of Kumar and Clark. London: Churchill Livingstone, Elsevier, since 2006.
- Biography. Who's Who in America. Marquis Who's Who Publishing. New Providence, NJ. Volume 1 A-K, 57th Edition, 2003, page 196.
- Biography. Who's Who in the World. Marquis Who's Who Publishing. New Providence, 15th Edition, 1998, page 76.
- Biography. Who's Who in Medicine and Healthcare (4th ed.). Marquis Who's Who. 2008-07-31. p. 52. Retrieved 2010-04-14.
- Biography. Who's Who in Science and Engineering. Marquis Who's Who Publishing. New Providence.
- Biography. Who's who in Asia and the Pacific nations (4th edition ed.). Marquis Who's Who Publishing. 1999. p. 523. Retrieved 2010-04-14.
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- Newspapers in Malaysia
- "Esophageal Varices". emedicine. 4 January 2010. Retrieved 11 April 2010.
- "Samy Azer - research profile on BiomedExperts". Biomedexperts.com. Retrieved 2010-04-14.
- Azer, Samy A. (November 2009). "Problem-based learning in the fifth, sixth, and seventh grades: Assessment of students' perceptions". Teaching and Teacher Education. 25 (8). ScienceDirect: 1033–1042. doi:10.1016/j.tate.2009.03.023. Retrieved 2010-04-14.
- "A model for constructing problem-based learning cases for grades five to eight". Innovation in education Jasmine E. Larkley, Viola B. Maynhard. Books.google.com. Retrieved 2010-04-14.