Azra Naseem

Azra Naseem
Aga Khan University Nairobi | AKU · Institute for Educational Development, Pakistan

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Background To provide access to primary care and universal health coverage, Pakistan requires 60,000 trained family physicians by 2030. At present, most primary care is provided by general practitioners (GPs) who do not have any post-graduate training. Empowering GPs through competency–based programs, that strengthen their knowledge and skills, may...
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There is a consensus that in a world impacted by COVID-19, the relationship between education and technology must be re-considered. Design Thinking has been an effective technique for fostering innovative thinking. Theis paper discusses the application of Design Thinking as a pedagogical innovation at the Aga Khan University Institute for Education...
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In 2020 Pakistan’s first-ever hackathon on school emergencies was organised, where schools and community stakeholders collaborated to deconstruct problems and develop solutions. The study aimed to investigate participants’ motivation for and experiences of the hackathon. Qualitative and quantitative data were collected from hackers, mentors, judges...
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Introduction The study aimed to test the effectiveness and the feasibility of a mobile just-in-time-learning (m-JiTL) approach for teaching bioethics at a university in Pakistan. Over four months, a mobile app (EthAKUL) was used to enhance ethical reasoning among practising nurses, trainee physicians, and medical and nursing students utilising the...
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As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, educational activities were disrupted globally. In Pakistan, schools were also closed, and though some schools had started teaching online, the staff (including principals and teachers) and students' readiness for education during the pandemic remained unexplored. An internet-based survey was conducted to explo...
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Background: The aim of the study was to test the effectiveness of a mobile application and feasibility of curriculum-wide adoption of a mobile just-in-time-learning (m-JiTL) approach for teaching bioethics at a university in Pakistan. Over the course of four months, the mobile app (EthAKUL) was used to enhance ethical reasoning among practising nur...
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During the COVID-19 pandemic, universities promptly shifted to online teaching and learning, which included shifting assessment to online modalities. For nursing education, online assessment posed challenges since clinical competencies were a requirement for the award of the degree and systems and processes were not readily available to rapidly ado...
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11th FMIC Annual International Scientific Conference and 11th Quality Convention, 2021 https://www.fmic.org.af/Documents/Abstract%20Book-2021.pdf
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Purpose The purpose of this research is to focus on work-based problems catalysed by the COVID-19 global pandemic, based on a case study of a multi-continental, multi-campus university distributed across Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Pakistan. Higher education institutions (HEIs) in developing countries lacked pre-existing infrastructure to support o...
Book
Self-learning manual available at https://www.aku.edu/qtl/resources/Pages/blended-digital-manual.aspx
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Afghanistan faces an acute shortage of trained healthcare providers. To build capacity of nurses and midwives, in 2014 a private hospital in Afghanistan initiated an eLearning programme to enhance their knowledge and skills. The study was conducted to identify facilitating and hindering factors for the successful implementation of eLearning. Data c...
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There is a significant shortage of qualified psychiatrists and related service providers in Pakistan; this occurs in the backdrop of burgeoning evidence of a high prevalence of mental health disorders in the country. At the Aga Khan University Medical College, Psychiatry has been taught to the undergraduates as a mandatory one-month clinical rotati...
Poster
Poster presented at the Virtual Conference September 16, 2020. Organised by UNESCO Chair in ICT4D Royal Holloway University of London Best poster award.
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Background The principle of workplace based assessment (WBA) is to assess trainees at work with feedback integrated into the program simultaneously. A student driven WBA model was introduced and perception evaluation of this teaching method was done subsequently by taking feedback from the faculty as well as the postgraduate trainees (PGs) of a res...
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Background We designed EthAKUL, a mobile JiTL environment for bioethics for medical/nursing students, trainees and practitioners at Aga Khan University Pakistan, as a three-phased R&D study using participatory design methods. EthAKUL includes modules on selected clinical ethics concepts and a discussion forum (“Let’s Talk”) for participant-identifi...
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Objective: To identify perceptions of key stakeholders in a private medical college for the adoption of technology enhanced learning at the undergraduate level. Methods: The mixed-method study was conducted at the Aga Khan University Medical College in Karachi from May 2014 to May 2015. Data was collected from students, faculty and academic prog...
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In developing countries such as Pakistan, bioethics has not been included in mainstream thinking in medical education. The authors’ experiences suggest that current methods of teaching bioethics are problematic as students are unable to translate theory to practice. Alternative pedagogies, such as just-in-time learning (JiTL) using mobile devices,...
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Blended learning (BL) is an e-learning approach that combines the strengths of both online and face-to-face learning, creating meaningful interactions between students, teachers, and resources. This paper explores students’ expectations and satisfaction with, and participation in, a basic science course offered through BL approaches in an undergrad...
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In developing countries such as Pakistan, bioethics has not been included in mainstream thinking in medical education. The authors’ experiences suggest that current methods of teaching bioethics are problematic as students are unable to translate theory to practice. Alternative pedagogies, such as just-in-time learning (JiTL) using mobile devices,...
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The use of Technology-Enhanced Learning (TEL) to support teaching, learning and assessment in medical education is well documented and is often used to augment and enhance existing curricula. Reliance on TEL has also increased because students of today are considered to be digital natives and therefore, learn differently. However, it is observed th...
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This study assessed the need and readiness of health care institutions in Kabul and Bamyan, Afghanistan for successful implementation of information and communication technology in health care (eHealth). A mixed methods design was adopted at 2 institutions in the Aga Khan Development Network in Afghanistan: the French Medical Institute for Children...
Technical Report
An evaluation study report submitted to the Aga Khan Foundation Pakistan
Technical Report
Report submitted to Canada Pakistan Basic Education Programme: A project of CIDA in Pakistan
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The paper presents work in progress and reports on the user needs analysis phase of the user-centered iterative design as applied to redesigning a website at a teacher education institution in Pakistan. The existing website was designed for student support by a team of IT experts with minimal input from the users. However, with expansion in the Ins...

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