PROFESSIONAL PROFILE
Biography
A career spanning clinical medicine, medical education, public health and academic leadership.
ABOUT DR SALAM
Medicine, education and public health.
Dr Abdus Salam is a medical educationalist and public health specialist with more than four decades of experience in clinical service, medical and health professions education, research and academic administration.
His professional career has included medical education appointments in Malaysia at Widad University College, Asia Metropolitan University, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia and Universiti Sains Malaysia, following clinical and academic roles in Bangladesh.
His expertise includes curriculum development, problem-based learning, student assessment, community-based education, faculty development, academic quality assurance and educational research.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Academic & clinical appointments
Experience across medical education, community medicine and healthcare.
Associate Professor and Head, Medical Education Unit
Faculty of Medicine, Widad University College, Kuantan, Malaysia
Faculty development, question vetting, mentoring, quality assurance and educational research.Associate Professor and Head, Medical Education and Quality Assurance
Faculty of Medicine, Asia Metropolitan University, Malaysia
Educational leadership, faculty development, assessment and institutional quality assurance.Associate Professor, Medical Education
Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
Medical education programmes, postgraduate supervision, curriculum development and programme evaluation.Senior Lecturer, Medical Education
Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
Postgraduate programme coordination, teaching, supervision and faculty development.Lecturer, Medical Education
School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia
Teaching medical and dental students, assessment, community-based learning and faculty development.Assistant Professor and Head, Department of Community Medicine
Comilla Medical College, Bangladesh
Community medicine teaching, field training, faculty workshops and departmental leadership.Lecturer, Community Medicine
Chittagong, Sir Salimullah and Rangpur Medical Colleges, Bangladesh
Community medicine, field visits, health education, assessment and teaching.Medical Officer
Primary and tertiary healthcare services, Bangladesh
Clinical care, primary healthcare, maternal and child health, immunisation and community health services.ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
Education & training
Medical education, public health and clinical medicine.
Master of Medical Education
University of Dundee, Scotland
Diploma in Medical Education
University of Dundee, Scotland
Master of Public Health (Health Education)
NIPSOM, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh
Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery
Chittagong Medical College, University of Chittagong, Bangladesh
ACADEMIC WORK