Nilesh Kumar Mitra Malaysia

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Professor Dr Nilesh Kumar Mitra has been teaching anatomy to medical and health science students since last 27 years. He has completed his medical degree and postgraduation from India and also earned postgraduation in education from Malaysia. He is presently a professor in Human Biology Division (Department of Anatomy) in Faculty of Medicine, International Medical University. He is also Associate Dean, Technology Enhanced Learning and Director, Learning Resources Centre in International Medical University. Professor Mitra has worked as curriculum coordinator of pre-clinical phase of IMU MBBS program for many years and played significant role in development of curriculum map and digitalization of the curriculum of Medical Program in IMU. He has been associated with coordination of integrated system-based courses for many years and worked as member of curriculum review committee of IMU. His biomedical research expertise involves animal model of multiple sclerosis. He has worked extensively on the evaluation of the effects of Vitamin E derivatives and mesenchymal stem cells in animal model of multiple sclerosis. Apart from his interest and several publications in experimental neurosciences, Professor Mitra has keen interest in technology-enhanced learning and online assessment in the field of anatomy. His publications include online assessment, item analysis, multimedia tools in PBL and e-learning tools in the teaching of anatomy. He has earned several national and international awards including Liza Chako memorial gold medal for best publication in Journal of Anatomical Society of India 2006, Best Poster Award in Asia-Pacific Congress of Anatomy 2016, Achievement award for elearning IMU 2017 and best oral presentation award in MAEMHS conference 2018.

Day 2 - 18 October 2022

Time Session
08:30
10:30
Addressing Talent Gaps in Digital Health Transformation
A key enabler for Digital Health is talent and workforce. Yet, we don’t have a clear sense of the human resource gap and its impact on industry development and evolution. This track is an open discussion and ideation on Digital Health workforce needs for a sustainable future as well as the talent barriers and skills-development critical for Digital Health adoption. Future workforce :Medical schools, New way of working teaching /training