Dr. Zarrin Seema Siddiqui

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University of Western Australia
Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry
Ed Centre/Assessment & Evaluation
Assistant ProfessorAppointed: 2005
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Mailing Address

Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry
University of Western Australia
Perth, Western Australia 6009
Australia

Contact Information

Fax: + 61 (8)9346 4864
zarrin.siddiqui@uwa.edu.au

Previous Positions

2003-2005, Director General, Higher Education Commission Pakistan, Learning Innovation
2002-2003, Senior Instructor, Aga Khan University, Aga Khan University Hospital, Educational Development, Health Sciences
2002-2003, Coordinator, Jame Kauser Welfare Trust Hospital, Mental Health Centre
2000-2001, Part Time Lecturer, Adelaide University, Medical Education, Medical School
1995-2000, Medical Educator, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Pakistan, Medical Education

Honors and Awards

2000-2001, AusAID Fellowship, Australian Government, Adelaide University, Medical Education
1999-1999, Charles Wallace Trust fellowship, British Council + CW Trust, UK Institutions, Medical education

Funding Received

  • Faculty Teaching and Learning Grant: Promoting Reliable Assessment in Student centred Environments (PRAiSE), 10,000 Aus$, 2008 to 2009.
  • Centre for Advancement of Teaching and Learning: Improving student learning, Aus$ 2,533, 2007 to 2008.
  • Higher Education Commission: National Academy of Higher Education (Pakistan), 30 million Pak Rs., 2004 to 2006.
  • Higher Education Commission Pakistan: Faculty Development Program (Phase two ), 16 million Pak Rs., 2003 to 2006.

Publications

  • Zarrin Seema Siddiqui (2009) Reviving Medical Education as Science and Art: the case of lost faces, Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences, 25 (5), 1-2
  • Siddiqui, ZS (2009) Medical Education in Pakistan, Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons--Pakistan, 19 (8), 536
  • Siddiqui, Zarrin Seema (2009) Faculty Development: A step towards quality and excellence, Journal of Quality and Technology Management, In Press
  • Zarrin Seema Siddiqui (2009) Quality Assurance in HIgher Education, Fostering Creativity: a road less travelled in higher education, Islamabad Pakistan, Higher Education Commission Pakistan, In Press (bookchapter)
  • Zarrin Seema Siddiqui (2008) Creativity in Higher Eduaction: Great Expectations, ICAQHE 2008, Higher Education Commission, Pakistan, Punjab University, 226 - 236 pages
  • Zarrin S Siddiqui (2008) Professional development of academics: a need assessment, Quality assurance in Higher Education: a global perspective, Islamabad, Pakistan, Higher Education Commission Pakistan, ISBN=978-969-417-1 (bookchapter)
  • Zarrin Seema Siddiqui (2007) Continuous Professional Development of Medical Doctors in Pakistan: Practices, Motivation and Barriers, Research Impacts: Proving or Improving?, The Australian Association for Research in Education, Fremantle, http://www.aare.edu.au/07pap/sid07623.pdf, 12 pages
  • Zarrin Seema Siddiqui (2007) Higher Education reforms in Pakistan: Issue of Access and Equity, Sufficiency and Sustainability in Higher Education - An Agenda, Thailand, SEAAIR and Assumption University, 112 - 121 pages
  • Zarrin Seema Siddiqui, Tayyaba Khalil Siddiqui, Mohammed Emran, Tayyaba Bashir (2007) Generic Attributes: the Case of Missed Perception and Links, Sufficiency and Sustainability in Higher Education - An Agenda, Thailand, SEAAIR and Assumption University, 50 - 55 pages
  • Siddiqui ZS, Jonas-Dwyer D, Carr SE (May 2007) Twelve tips for peer observation of teaching., Medical teacher, 29 (4), 297-300 Abstract
  • Siddiqui, Zarrin, Learning that counts, The daily Dawn, 4 Feb 2007
  • Playford D, Siddiqui ZS, Durey A, Supporting International Medical graduates in Western Australia: Training, assessment and mentoring, 2007
  • Siddiqui Zarrin Seema (2006) Professional Development of Academics: a need analysis, First International Conference on Assessing Quality in Higher Education, Lahore, Pakistan, Institute of Total Quality Management, 26-33 pages
  • Siddiqui Zarrin Seema (2006) Asian Student: Let me be lost if I may so, Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, Singapore, National University of Singapore, 159 - 163 pages
  • Siddiqui, Zarrin Seema, Study Approaches of Tertiary Students in Pakistan, Occassional Report No.1, Online, Islamabad, www.hec.gov.pk/StudyApproachesofStudentsinPakistan.pdf, Higher Education Commission Pakistan, 1 Dec 2006
  • Jonas - Dwyer, D, Siddiqui, ZS, Feedback in Higher Education: A literature review, http://cms.meddent.uwa.edu.au/download.cfm?DownloadFile=EF607E16-96BA-5DAE-B7F7C320EFBB996D, Online, Perth, Australia, Education Centre, Nov 2006
  • Jonas-Dwyer, D, Siddiqui, ZS, Quality Feedback, EdCent News, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, Sep 2006
  • Siddiqui ZS (Apr 2006) Evaluation paradigms in medical education., Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons--Pakistan : JCPSP, 16 (4), 291-3 Abstract
  • Siddiqui ZS, Optimising multiple choice questions for assessment, EdCent News, Australia, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, 2, Mar 2006
  • Siddiqui ZS, Global rating in performance based assessment, EdCent News, Australia, The Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, 3, Mar 2006
  • Siddiqui ZS, Higher education reforms, Education, Pakistan, The daily Dawn, Feb 2006
  • Siddiqui ZS, The importance of assessment, Education, Pakistan, The daily Dawn, Jan 2006
  • Siddiqui ZS, Assssment; the perspective from the Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, Issues of Teaching and Learning, Australia. available at http://www.catl.uwa.edu.au/publications/ITL/2005/7/fmd, The University Of Western Australia, 11(7), 2, Oct 2005
  • (2005) Unity through tolerance In Atta-ur-Rahman, Naqvi SSH, Siddiqui ZS (eds), Student Convention 2004, Pakistan, Higher Education Commission
  • Siddiqui ZS, Learning Innovation, HEC Annual Report 2003 - 2004, Pakistan, Higher Education Commission, Jan 2005
  • Siddiqui ZS, Learning Innovation, HEC Annual Report 2002 - 2003; promoting quality and creativity, Pakistan, Higher Education Commission, Oct 2004
  • Zarrin S Siddiqui, Learning Innovation 2004 - 2007: A roadmap, Occassional Report, Islamabad, Pakistan available at http://uwa.academia.edu/ZarrinSiddiqui, Department of Learning Innovation, Higher Education Commission, Sep 2004
  • Siddiqui ZS (Sep 2003) Teaching postgraduates., Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons--pakistan : Jcpsp, 13 (9), 493-4 Abstract
  • Siddiqui ZS, Secombe MJ, Peterson R (July 2003) Continuous Professional Development: Development of a framework for medical doctors in Pakistan, Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association, 53, 290 - 93
  • Siddiqui ZS (Jan 2003) Lifelong learning in medical education: from CME to CPD., Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons--Pakistan : JCPSP, 13 (1), 44-7 Abstract
  • Siddiqui ZS (December 2002) The Jigsaw of Referals, Journal of the College of Physicians & Surgeons Pakistan, 12 (12), 759
  • Siddiqui ZS (December 2002) Continuous Professional Development among Psychiatrists in Pakistan, Journal of the College of Physicians & Surgeons Pakistan, 12 (12), 748-51
  • Siddiqui Zarrin Seema, CPD in Pakistan: ready to take off, ISRA Medical Journal, In Press

Qualifications

M.S., Adelaide University, Educational Studies, 2001.
MCPS, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Pakistan, Psychiatry, 1998.
M.D., University of Karachi, 1990.

Expertise and Research Interests

Assessment and Evaluation
Gender and Achievement
Faculty Development
Curriculum
Mental Health

Other Expertise

Development of a framework for Continuous Professional Development among medical doctors in Pakistan
Psycho-social aspects of mental health
Teaching bioethics in Pakistan: Development of a ten day module for capacity development
Planning, Development, Implementation and Evaluation of three month certificate program in university teaching in Pakistan
Development and Implementation of First Teaching Assistants Program at Aga Khan University Hospital

Future Research

Defining generic attributes for a Pakistani graduate
Career choices models using conjoint analysis.
Training medical teachers: From need analysis, planning, implementation and evaluation of a distance learning program

Keywords

COS Keywords:

Curriculum Development, Educational Evaluation Or Assessment, Faculty Development, Higher Education, Medical Education, Mental Health, Pakistan, Preventive Medicine, Psychiatry.

Additional Terms:

Pakistan.

Memberships

ANZAME: The Association for Health Professional Education
Adelaide Alumni
Association for Study of Medical Education in Pakistan
Australian Association for Research in Education
Pakistan Association of Scientists and Scientific Professions
Pakistan Education Research Network
Pakistan Psychiatric Society
Society for Medical Educationists
South East Asian Association for Institutional Research
World Association of Online Educators

Languages

(Reading, Writing, Speaking)

English: (Fluent, Fluent, Fluent)
Urdu: (Fluent, Fluent, Fluent)
French: (Basic, Basic, Basic)

Profile Details

Last Updated: 11/3/2009

COS Expertise ID #1048127
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