Zubair Amin
Deputy Head, Medical Education Unit
Assistant Professor, Department of Paediatrics
Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine
National University of Singapore &
Consultant Neonatologist
National University Hospital, Singapore

Dr Amin is an Assistant Professor in Dept of Paediatrics in Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore and a Consultant Neonatologist in National University Hospital. He is also the Deputy Head of Medical Education Unit. Dr Amin has Master in Health Profession Education (MHPE) from University of Illinois at Chicago, USA.  His interests in medical education are in faculty development, assessment, and international medical education.  He is the lead author of three books: Basics in Medical Education, Profiles of Asian Medical Schools: Part I Southeast Asia, and A Practical Guide on Student Assessment. He is one of the editors of Medical Education Online. 

H. Thomas Aretz
Vice President for Global Programs, Harvard Medical International;
Associate Pathologist, Massachusetts General Hospital; and
Associate Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School, USA

Dr. Aretz joined Harvard Medical International in 1999. He has oversight responsibility for the education programs and alliances around the world, and he is part of the senior management group. Dr. Aretz was the course director of a major integrated medical school course at Harvard from 1992 to 2005. He is a planner for the Harvard Macy Institute, and has been involved in international programs since 1996. Dr. Aretz is a native of Germany, and was in the academic practice of cardiovascular pathology from 1981 until 2005, and his clinical appointment is at the Massachusetts General Hospital. He has served on many academic and hospital (IRB chairman) committees and industrial boards. He is the cofounder of three medical technology companies. Dr. Aretz received his M.D. degree from Harvard Medical School, and completed his post-doctoral training in pathology and cardiovascular pathology at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. He is certified in anatomic and clinical pathology by the American Board of Pathology. He has lectured and published extensively and has received multiple teaching awards at Harvard Medical School and the Massachusetts General Hospital, and he has recently been named an “Ehrenbürger” (honorary citizen) of the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich. Dr. Aretz has programmatic experience in the following countries: Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Croatia, Dominican Republic, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Korea, Lebanon, Malaysia, Netherlands, Pakistan, Philippines, Portugal, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, UAE, and United Kingdom.

Alastair V Campbell
Director, Centre for Biomedical Ethics
Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine
National University of Singapore, Singapore

Professor Alastair V Campbell is the Chen Su Lan Centennial Professor of Medical Ethics and the Director, of the Centre for Biomedical Ethics in the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine of the National University of Singapore.  Prior to this he was Professor of Ethics in Medicine in the Medical School of the University of Bristol and Director of its Centre for Ethics in Medicine. He is a former President of the International Association of Bioethics.  Recent publications include Health as Liberation (Pilgrim Press, 1995) and Medical Ethics, 4th Edition, co-authored with Grant Gillett and Gareth Jones (Oxford University Press, 2005).   Professor Campbell is a member of the Bioethics Advisory Committee to the Singapore Government, of the National Medical Ethics Committee of the Ministry of Health and he is a Board Member of the Health Sciences Authority of Singapore.

Chan Yiong Huak
Head, Biostatistics Unit
Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine
National University of Singapore, Singapore

Yiong Huak received his PhD in Mathematics from University of Newcastle, Australia and is currently the head of the Biostatistics Unit in the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine. He is actively involved in conducting research and statistical courses to help researchers in their aims of publication and to enhance their understanding of reading published articles. He is also the associate editor for the Singapore Medical Journal and serves as the research/biostatistical consultant for the various hospitals in Singapore.

David A. Cook
Associate Professor of Medicine;
Chair, Medical Education Research Group
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, USA

David Cook received a B.S. in chemistry from Utah State University and M.D. from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine before coming to the Mayo Clinic, where he completed residency in Internal Medicine, a fellowship in General Internal Medicine, and joined the staff in 2004.  He subsequently completed a Masters degree in Health Professions Education through the University of Illinois at Chicago - Department of Medical Education. He is currently an Associate Professor of Medicine in the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Chair of the Mayo Clinic Medical Education Research Group. Dr. Cook's research interests include the theory and design of Web-based learning, learning theory and instructional design, the quality of reporting of research in medical education, and assessment of clinical performance and clinical teaching.

Denise M Dupras
Assistant Professor of Medicine; and
Associate Director of Internal Medicine Residency Training Program
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, USA

Denise Dupras received her B.S. in pharmacy from Ferris State College in Big Rapids, Michigan in 1983. She completed her M.D. and Ph.D. in biomedical sciences, pharmacology at the Mayo Medical School, and went on to complete a residency in Internal Medicine followed by a General Internal Medicine fellowship. She joined the staff of the Mayo Clinic Rochester in 1993. She currently chairs the Competency Committee for the Internal Medicine training program. Dr. Dupras’ research interests include Web-based learning, peer evaluation, and assessment of physical examination skills.

Matthew C E Gwee
Professorial Fellow, Department of Pharmacology ;
Chairman of International & Education Programmes,
Medical Education Unit, Dean’s Office,
Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine and
Associate Director,
Centre for Development of Teaching and LearningNational University of Singapore, Singapore

Professor Gwee also serves as a Member of the University Committee on Educational Policy. Professor Gwee also served as:  Chairman of the Nursing Curriculum Committee, Alice Lee Centre for Nursing Studies, National University of Singapore; Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Medicine (1980-1992) and Head of the Department of Pharmacology (1987-1997) in the Faculty of Medicine, National University of Singapore. Professor Gwee also sits on numerous local, regional and international committees, Advisory Boards as well as Editorial Boards. He was recently appointed as a Member of the International Editorial Board of Medical Education.  Professor Gwee has been invited to speak at several educational conferences in the Asia-Pacific region. He has also been invited as speaker/panelist for several gold standard meetings in medical education. Professor Gwee is a pioneer in the field of medical education in Singapore. He was recently awarded the prestigious MILES Award in the 3rd Asia Pacific Medical Education Conference 2006 in recognition of his many contributions to Mentoring, Innovation and Leadership in Educational Scholarship.

Ronald M Harden
Director of Education
International Virtual Medical School (IVIMEDS)
Scotland, United Kingdom

Brian Hodges graduated from Queen’s University Medical School in 1989 and completed psychiatry residency training at the University of Toronto earning certification from both the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada and the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. He undertook a Fellowship in Medical Education at the University of Toronto, earning a Master's of Higher Education in 1995. He was appointed Assistant Professor and Director of Undergraduate Education in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto in 1996 and Vice-Chair for Education 1998. He was promoted to Associate Professor in 2002. He has held leadership roles as the Director of the Clinical Skills Assessment Unit of the International Medical Graduate Program, the University of Toronto Psychiatric Outreach Program and the Ontario Psychiatry Psychiatric Outreach Program. In 2003 Dr. Hodges became the Director of the University of Toronto Donald R. Wilson Centre for Research in Education, one of the largest centres for health professional education research in the world. In this role he consultants to the Medical Council of Canada, the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and the Institute for International Medical Education. He is Chair of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons Evaluation Committee which oversees the examinations and in-training evaluation residents in all 62 Royal College specialty programs in Canada. Internationally he has worked with medical schools and licensure organizations in New Zealand, Switzerland, Poland, Japan, Jordan, Israel, France, China and Ethiopia. In 2003 he spent a year at the University of Paris where he earned a diploma in Health Economics and Social Sciences and established collaborations with Faculty members in Paris that continues at the Wilson Centre. Dr. Hodges completed a PhD in Higher Education at the University of Toronto in 2007.  His current areas of research and publication include performance-based assessment, self-assessment of competence and the sociology of the health professions.

Hans Karle
President, World Federation for Medical Education (WFME)
The Panum Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark

Dr Hans Karle obtained his M.D. in 1962 and DM.Sc. (Thesis) in 1972 from the University of Copenhagen.  He pursued his postgraduate training in Denmark and has a specialist diploma in Internal Medicine in 1974 and specialist diploma in Haematology in 1983. Dr Karle plays a pivotal role in improving the process of medical education, and is looking closely at the standards used to accredit programs and institutions.  He is also actively looking at the issue of globalisation at the institutional and programmatic level. WFME’s international task force on global standards began work in 1997 to design quality improvement tools to help medical schools raise the level of education. Thirty-six medical schools in 24 countries were involved in piloting these standards, which are meant to provide a framework for institutional self-evaluation, external evaluation and counselling by peer review committees, and recognition and accreditation of institutions or programs.  Dr. Karle is also always eager to involve students in international activities in the field of medical education.  His enthusiasm and activities to lobby students’ view, to involve students on international activities and his support of the International Federation of Medical Students’ Association (IFMSA) projects for many years has helped IFMSA, immensely. Dr Karle served as a member of several Boards and Medical Societies including the Danish Society of Internal Medicine, Danish Society of Haematology and Danish Medical Society and was a Board Member and President of the Medical Society of Copenhagen. Dr Karle’s other professional positions included External Examiner, Universities in Denmark; Chairman, Danish Board of Medical Specialities; Member of the Board and President of the Nordic Federation for Medical Education; Member and President of the Advisory Committee on Medical Training, European Commission; Advisor to the Minister of Education and Minister of Health; Member of the Faculty Council, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen. He was chairman of the Curriculum Planning Committee, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, and is now President, World Federation for Medical Education (WFME). Dr Karle has taken part in extensive research activities and has published many articles.

Athol Kent
Medical Education Coordinator
University of Cape Town
South Africa

Dr Athol Kent studied at the University of Cape Town and completed his specialist training in Oxford, United Kingdom, in Obstetrics & Gynaecology.  He was later awarded an MPhil in Medical Education. At present he is CEO of the Journal Article Summary Service which is an international continuing professional development initiative on the internet.  He is Editor-in-Chief of the South African Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology. His present post is coordinator of curriculum development in the Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology at the University of Cape Town. He is co-convenor of a joint venture with the University of Bristol and medical schools in Southern Africa to develop a Multiple Choice Question bank for international use.

Gerald Choon-Huat KOH
Assistant Professor
Community, Occupational and Family Medicine Department
Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine
National University of Singapore, Singapore

Gerald Koh graduated from the National University of Singapore (NUS) with MBBS in 1996, Masters in Medicine in Family Medicine (MMed FM) in 2000 and Graduate Diploma in Geriatric Medicine (GDGM) in 2002.  He was entered into the College of Family Physicians of Singapore (CFPS) as a Fellow in 2003.  He is currently both trainer and examiner for GDFM and GDGM, and Deputy Chief Examiner for the MMed FM exams.  Dr Koh was awarded the Teacher's Award from CFPS in 2005 for post-graduate teaching of family physicians.  He was also awarded an international Merck fellowship to read for a Postgraduate Diploma in Gerontology and Geriatrics under the auspices of the United Nations International Institute on Ageing (UN-INIA) at the European Institute of Gerontology and has lectured regionally and internationally on geriatrics and gerontology for UN-INIA, including gerontological education.  Although he joined NUS in 2005, he has been an Adjunct Undergraduate Teaching Fellow since 2002.  He has presented on systematic reviews on problem-based learning at Asia Pacific Medical Education Conference (APMEC) and International Conference on Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (TLHE).  He obtained in Essential Skills in Medical Education (ESME) Certification in 2007 and is a recipient of NUS Centre for the Development and Learning (CDTL) Teaching Enhance Grant to study the barriers to acceptability of medical student presence during consultations in the ambulatory setting.  He has published on gerontological medical education in Annals of Academy of Medicine Singapore and on large group pedagogy in CDTL publications.

Chi-Wan Lai
Executive Secretary, Medical Education Committee, Ministry of Education in Taiwan and CEO, Taiwan Medical Accreditation Council, Taiwan

Dr Chi-Wan Lai graduated from the Medical College of National Taiwan University in 1969.  He completed his neurology and psychiatry residency training at National Taiwan University Hospital (1970-1974) and neurology residency/epilepsy fellowship at the University of Minnesota Hospitals (1975-1979). Before his return to Taiwan in 1998, he was a Professor of Neurology with the University of Kansas School of Medicine. He then served as the Dean of the College of Medicine and Vice President of Tzu Chi University in Taiwan until 2001. He is currently the Executive Secretary of the Medical Education Committee, Ministry of Education in Taiwan.

Davide LOMANTO
Senior Teaching Fellow :
Director Minimally Invasive Surgical Centre
National University Hospital
Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine
National University of Singapore, Singapore

He Graduated with distinction in Medicine & Surgery in 1983 at University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Italy. He completed his training in General Surgery in 1992 and his PhD in Gastrointestinal Surgery in 1990 at the University of Rome “La Sapienza”, Italy. Since 2000 he is an Associate Professor of Surgery at the University of Rome” La Sapienza” and since 2003, he is the Director of the Minimal Invasive Surgical Centre, National University Hospital and Director of the NUS - Tan Khoo Teck Puat Advanced Surgical Training Centre. He is Principal Investigator of several Research Projects and from 2002 he is the Financial Manager and Partner of the European Commission Programme: Medexis (MEdical EXpertise Dissemination over Satellite) in the EU Project Ten-Telecom and Partner of the Asia Pacific Advanced Network (APAN) for the use of high-speed broadband for live surgical broadcasting. His research interests are in: abdominal wall physiology and surgical techniques for defect repair, obesity surgery, neuroendocrine hormones, development of new technology for laparoscopic surgery and surgical education. He has more than 400 publications of which more than 100 are in international peer-review surgical journals and chapters in surgical books He is reviewer of various Surgical Journals and Fellows of the most important international Surgical Society such as SAGES, EAES, GREPA-EHS, ELSA, SIUCP, SASO and Founding Member of the Asia-Pacific Hernia Society and of the Asia Pacific Bariatric Surgery Society.

Alexander Nareyek
Director, interactive intelligence Labs &
Head, NUS Games Lab
National University of Singapore, Singapore

Dr. Alexander Nareyek directs the interactive intelligence Labs (ii Labs) and the multi-disciplinary Games Lab at the National University of Singapore, where he also holds an assistant professorship. He received his diploma and Ph.D. from the TU Berlin/Germany, held positions at GMD-FIRST/Germany, Carnegie Mellon University/USA, and the Cork Constraint Computation Centre/Ireland, and served as CEO and CTO for Digital Drama Studios/Czech Republic. He is one of the leading figures in the field of game AI and serves on numerous academic and industrial committees. For the International Game Developers Association (IGDA), he is responsible for matters regarding artificial intelligence, and serves as chairperson of the IGDA's Artificial Intelligence Interface Standards Committee.

John J. Norcini, Ph.D.
President and CEO
Foundation for Advancement of International Medical   Education and Research (FAIMER®), USA

Dr John Norcini obtained his B.A. in Psychology from LaSalle University and Ph.D. in Child Development from Bryn Mawr College. He is American Board certified in Internal Medicine (1977-2002). Dr Norcini held numerous key positions, including Director of Psychometrics (1985-1988), Executive Vice President for Evaluation and Research (1988-1997) and Executive Vice President of the Institute for Clinical Evaluation (1997-2002). He is currently the President and CEO, Foundation for Advancement of International Medical Education and Research, positions which he has held since 2002. He is the Deputy Editor of Medical Education and serves on several Editorial Boards, among them are Evaluation and the Health Professions, Teaching and Learning in Medicine, Advances in Health Sciences Education, Applied Measurement in Education, Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions, and Simulation in Healthcare.

NGUYEN Tien Binh
Major General, Associate Professor, Vice-Director
Vietnam Military Medical University, Vietnam

General NGUYEN Tien Binh graduated from Hanoi Medical University in 1978. He specializes in Orthopedic and has been a practicing surgeon for more than 30 years. He is a Member of the Asia-Pacific Society of Orthopedic, Vice-president of Vietnamese Orthopedic Association, a renowned scientist in Trauma and Orthopedic and Chairman of Surgery Committee in Military Medicine. Before assuming the post as Vice-Director of Vietnam Military Medical University in 2005, Major General NGUYEN has held the following positions including Director of Military Centre for Trauma and Orthopedic and Vice-Director of Central Military Hospital 108. He was promoted to Major General in 2006. He has published many papers, several book chapters, supervised many Master and PhD students and is the principle investigator of several research projects at ministerial and national levels.

Dujeepa D. Samarasekera
Medical Educationalist
Medical Education Unit
Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine
National University of Singapore, Singapore

Dujeepa Samarasekera MBBS MHPE is a Medical Educationalist attached to the
Medical Education Unit, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore. He has a Master in Health Profession Education from University of Maastricht, Netherlands. Dr Samarasekera has been involved in curriculum planning, evaluation and student assessment at both undergraduate and postgraduate health professional level courses. Dr Samarasekera provides educational expertise and staff development to the medical faculties and other health professional institutions. His main research interests are in teaching/learning behaviours and in assessment.

Hardyanto Soebono
Dean Medical Faculty Gadjah Mada University Yogyakarta, Indonesia
& Past Chairman Association of Indonesian Medical Schools, Indonesia

Dr Soebono graduated from Gadjah Mada University Medical Faculty in 1976. He has been the dedicating his life as lecturer at his almamater. In 1982 he finished his training in Dermatology/ Venereology, and since that he has been actively involved Curriculum Committee. In 1995 he got his PhD after defend his thesis on immunoepidemiology on leprosy. Since 2000 Dr Soebono has been the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine Gadjah Mada University in which he is involved the development of national medical education in Indonesia. He has been Chairman of the Association of Indonesian Medical Schools from 2003 until 2007. Dr Soebono is also active in developing standard on national medical education under the Indonesian Medical Council and now involved in accreditation system of medical education in Indonesia.

Professor Avinash N Supe set up and developed the Department of Surgical Gastroenterology and established the Postgraduate course in Surgical Gastroenterology. He was a member of the WHO Consortium to develop a need-based curriculum for the undergraduates. He also developed the clinical skills laboratory.  He has planned and conducted more than 150 workshops for teachers all over India and has developed many faculty development courses for training teachers in Medical Education Technology, scientific communication and Ethics. Professor Supe sits on the International Scientific Committee of International Hepatobiliary Pancreatic Association (Washington, USA).  He is also the Faculty theme coordinator for ECFMG- FAIMER, USA. He is director of GSMC-FAIMER Regional Institute.  He also co-chairs the Department of Medical Education, Maharashtra University of Health Sciences. He has received more than 20 awards and medals.  Among them is the Silver medal at MS, Surgery Examination, University of Mumbai  (1982), First best teacher award, Maharashtra University of Health Sciences (2002),  First Class First with distinction at University of Mumbai, Postgraduate Diploma in Educational Management and First Class First with distinction at Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Diploma in Hospital Administration. He has also published extensively in local and regional scientific journals.

Professor Emeritus Charas Suwanwela is Chairman of the Chulalongkorn University Council, Bangkok, Thailand. He was Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, President of the Chulalongkorn University, President of the Asian Institute of Technology, Chair of the Council on Health Research for Development, Member of the National Legislative Assembly and Senator.  He also served as a member of the Thai Medical Council, the WHO Southeast Asia Regional and global Advisory Committee for Health Research, UNESCO Advisory Committee on Higher Education and the World Conference on Higher Education Preparatory Committee.  He served on the Board of the International Association of Universities and of the Network of Community Oriented Educational Institutions for Health Sciences. He is now a member of the Scientific Advisory Committee for Asia and the Pacific of the UNESCO Global Forum on Higher Education, Research and Knowledge. During his deanship at the Faculty of Medicine, a new track, the Community-Targeted Problem-Based Medical Curriculum was initiated. His interests are higher education, research and health care. His publications include books on “New Trends for Health in Thailand”, “Sufficient Health”, “Higher Education in Thailand”, “Re-engineering of Higher Education: The Case of Chulalongkorn University” and “Pitfalls on the Road to Good Governance”. 

Tim Swanwick
Director of Postgraduate General Practice Education and Faculty Development
London Deanery
United Kingdom

Tim Swanwick is the Director of Postgraduate General Practice Education in the London Deanery. He is responsible for an educational network of Associate Directors, programme directors and trainers in London.  He has numerous central roles in determining Deanery policy and strategic direction notably around specialty training, faculty development and assessment.  Tim is also engaged in strengthening links with undergraduate departments and in developing research within the department but in addition to educational management he spends a proportion of his time in teaching. In conjunction with the University of Westminster, he has designed an inter-professional postgraduate certificate in educational leadership and in collaboration with the Institute of Education, a Master of Arts programme in Clinical Education. Nationally, Tim has been involved in the development and evaluation of a new assessment package for general practice and in the authorship and delivery of the Royal College of General Practitioner’s curriculum and electronic portfolio.  He has previously been a tutor and trainer in general practice (both undergraduate and postgraduate), and an examiner for the RCGP.   In 2005 Tim was appointed editor of the ASME series Understanding Medical Education.  Recent books include The Study Guide for GP Training (2003), and editor of The General Practice Journey (2003) and The Management Handbook for Primary Care (2004).

Jamsheer Jehangir Talati
Professor of Surgery
Aga Khan University, Pakistan

Dr. Talati has served in various administrative, educational, research and service capacities at the Aga Khan University (AKU) since 1984 where he was Associate Dean for Education (1997-2004). Educated in Pakistan (MBBS), and UK (FRCS) he returned to establish residency programs, a School of Nursing, and Pakistan’s first hospital based dialysis and lithotripsy services. Associated with AKU medical college curricula from 1985, he spearheaded the change to a problem based curriculum (started 2002). He received the University Award for Excellence in Teaching (1997). A past-member, Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (1997-2004); he is currently Director at Large of the Foundation for Advancement of International Medical Education and Research (FAIMER). As member of the World Bank Task Force on the Afghan University (in Pakistan) (2000) he examined viability and prospects for its medical college. Founder member of the Nephrourological and Urological Societies of Pakistan, he is the founding editor of the Pakistan Journal of Surgery. He has organized major international educational conferences—the Symposium on Health Sciences Education (2005), Physiology Teaching in the Developing World (2002), and Higher Education: A Pathway to Development (1998); and contributed significantly to the deliberations of the World Bank-UNESCO Task force on Higher Education and Society.  He has numerous publications and presentations, and has edited a number of books on stone disease and education. His current interests encompass the important link between education and service,  the role of the university in shaping the education of future physicians, and critical definition of the nature of required pre-professional and intra-professional broader education for physicians.

John Tam
Assistant Professor
Department of Surgery;
Member, Medical Education Unit
Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine
National University of Singapore, Singapore

John Tam is a Consultant Surgeon in Thoracic and Esophageal Surgery at the National University Hospital in Singapore.  He is a currently a member of the Medical Education Unit at the National University of Singapore.  He obtained his Master of Education degree in Canada.  He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada with Board Certification in Thoracic Surgery.  Prior to working in Singapore, he completed the Advanced Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery Fellowship at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Centre.  He was also a lecturer in the Department of Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh.

Dr Tan is an Associate Professor in Pharmacology, National University of Singapore (NUS) and Consultant Psychiatrist, National University Hospital. She serves on the Educational Task Force of Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, on Curriculum Review as well as Professional Development and coordinates the Mentoring Program. She is actively involved in students and faculty assessment, Objective-Structured-Clinical-Examination and Objective-Structured-Teacher and Examiner Evaluation. She is also a Member of the Medical Education Unit, and the Nursing School of NUS. She was an affiliate of the Centre for Development of Teaching and Learning, NUS where she contributed to faculty development of the university. She is on the editorial board of Medical Progress and International Journal of Mental Health and an invited manuscript reviewer for various International Neuroscience and Psychiatric Journals. Dr Tan has been active in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and has received the University Annual Teaching Excellence Awards in 2004/2005 and 2001/2002.

Toshimasa Yoshioka
Department of Medical Education
Tokyo Women’s Medical University, School of Medicine
Japan

Dr. Yoshioka is a professor of the Department of Medical Education and a trustee of the Tokyo Women’s Medical University.  He graduated from the Kitasato University (Japan) in 1979, and had residency in the Pediatrics.  He was appointed to a research assistant professor at the Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University (USA) in 1987, to an associate professor at the Pediatric Nephrology, Tokyo Women’s Medical University in 1997, and to the present position in 2003.  He is directing PBL course, curricular reform committee, and committee for the accreditation within the university.  He is a president of the Association for Medical Education in the Western Pacific Region and a chief editor of the Medical Education (Japan).

Young Mei Ling
Provost International Medical University,
Malaysia

Dr Mei Ling Young completed her undergraduate and postgraduate studies in the University of Auckland and the Australian National University respectively.  Her field of study in demography is migration, structural change, and the labour force. Dr Young joined Universiti Sains Malaysia in 1979 as lecturer in Development Studies and left in 1985 to set up Sesama Consulting Group Sdn. Bhd.  She was also an Associate Research Fellow with the Malaysia Institute of Economic Research where she wrote on regional development, manpower planning and private education.  In 1991, she established the IMC with Datuk Dr Kamal Salih and the late Dr Saidi Hashim.  She is responsible for developing partnerships with the Partner Medical Schools from Australasia, North America, United Kingdom and Ireland.  The consortium has grown from five to 26 partner schools including a twinned degree in pharmacy with the University of Strathclyde.  Dr Young played a major role in the growth and development of the IMU since its inception in 1992.  Her interest in medical education research is on longitudinal studies on IMU graduates. Dr Young is the Executive Director of IMU Education Sdn Bhd and the Deputy President of the Malaysian Association of Private Colleges & Universities (MAPCU).