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Dr Maha Pervaz Iqbal

Dr Maha Pervaz Iqbal

Adjunct Lecturer

PhD in Medical Education, University of New South Wales, Australia

Masters in Medical Education, University of Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom

Medicine Bachelor Bachelor Surgery (MBBS) Army Medical College, National University of Science and Technology, Pakistan

Medicine & Health
School of Population Health

 

Dr Maha Iqbal is an Associate Lecturer in Primary Care in the School of Population Health. She has a diverse repertoire of both learning and teaching experience in different countires including Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, United Kingdom, Australia and United States of America. This experience has ledher to understand education from global perspective. Maha has a MBBS from Army Medical College in Pakistan, Masters in Medical Education from the University of Dundee (Scotland, UK) and a PhD in Medical Education from the University of New South Wales (Sydney, Australia).She is a registered medical practitioner with the General Medical Council, United Kingdom and also registered with Saudi Commission for Health Specialities, Saudi Arabia. She is passionate educator and is involved in teaching and assessment since 2010. Her specific research interests are student learning, educational design research with an interest in developing educational innovations in teaching and learning. As part of her Doctoral research she has developed an educational intervention to promote the key collaborative learning competencies in medical students. The developed intervention is called the Collaborative Learning Develop Exercise (CLeD-EX) and has been recognized with the UNSW Faculty of Medicine Award for Innovation in Learning and Teaching 2017. Maha is continuing to build her research trajectory in the area of health services and is currently involved in projects exploring clinicans' experience of providing care, primary care models of effective health care delivery for refugees, asylum seekers and migrant population and clinicans' experience with error. 

 

Currently

  • Academic Board non-professorial member 2018-2021

  • Academic member on the Faculty of Medicine Faculty Board 2018-2021

  • Associate Fellow of the Australian and New Zealand Association for Health Professional Educators

 
Phone
+61 2 90651854
E-mail
m.pervaziqbal@unsw.edu.au
Location
School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Room 314 B, Level 3 Samuels Building | Gate 11, Botany Street, Randwick UNSW SYDNEY NSW 2052 AUSTRALIA
  • Journal articles | 2024
    Adams C; Walpola R; Iqbal MP; Schembri A; Harrison R, 2024, 'The three pillars of patient experience: identifying key drivers of patient experience to improve quality in healthcare', Journal of Public Health (Germany), http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10389-023-02158-y
    Journal articles | 2024
    Dinh HH; Uebel K; Iqbal MP; Grant A; Shulruf B; Nathan S; Vo K; Smith G; Carland JE, 2024, '“Excited When They See Their Name in Print”: Research Outputs from an Australian Medical Program', Medical Science Educator, 34, pp. 639 - 645, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40670-024-02029-5
    Journal articles | 2024
    Harrison R; Iqbal MP; Chitkara U; Adams C; Chauhan A; Mitchell R; Manias E; Alston M; Hadley AM, 2024, 'Approaches for enhancing patient-reported experience measurement with ethnically diverse communities: a rapid evidence synthesis', International Journal for Equity in Health, 23, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12939-024-02107-5
    Journal articles | 2024
    Uebel K; Carland JE; Iqbal MP; Smith G; Nathan S, 2024, 'Learning to Learn Independently: Guiding Students to Develop Self-Directed Learning Skills During Medical Student Independent Research Projects—Findings from an Australian University', Medical Science Educator, 34, pp. 883 - 890, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40670-024-02054-4
    Journal articles | 2023
    Adams C; Harrison R; Iqbal MP; Schembri A; Walpola R, 2023, 'From Detractors to Promoters: A comparative analysis of patient experience drivers across Net Promoter Score subcategories', International Journal of Nursing Practice, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ijn.13197
    Journal articles | 2023
    Iqbal MP; Newman B; Ellis LA; Mears S; Harrison R, 2023, 'Characterising consumer engagement in virtual models of care: A systematic review and narrative synthesis', Patient Education and Counseling, 115, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pec.2023.107922
    Journal articles | 2022
    Chughtai AA; Najmi H; Jamal SZ; Iqbal MP; Baig LA; Shahid F, 2022, 'SYMPTOMATIC INFECTIONS IN PATIENTS WITH ACUTE HEART FAILURE IN A LARGE TERTIARY CARE CARDIOLOGY HOSPITAL', Pakistan Heart Journal, 55, pp. 253 - 259, http://dx.doi.org/10.47144/phj.v55i3.2325
    Journal articles | 2022
    Harrison R; Johnson J; McMullan RD; Pervaz-Iqbal M; Chitkara U; Mears S; Shapiro J; Lawton R, 2022, 'Toward Constructive Change after Making a Medical Error: Recovery from Situations of Error Theory as a Psychosocial Model for Clinician Recovery', Journal of Patient Safety, 18, pp. 587 - 604, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/PTS.0000000000001038
    Journal articles | 2021
    Iqbal M; Walpola R; Harris-Roxas B; Lai J; Mears S; Hall J; Harrison R, 2021, 'Improving primary health care quality for refugees and asylum seekers: A systematic review of interventional approaches', Health Expectations, 25, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/hex.13365
    Journal articles | 2021
    Iqbal MP; Uebel K; Islam MS; Jabbour V; Hall J; Chughtai AA; Khan NUS, 2021, 'EXPLORING THE KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICES OF AUSTRALIAN MEDICAL STUDENTS REGARDING INFECTION PREVENTION AND CONTROL IN HOSPITALS: A PILOT STUDY', Pakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal, 71, pp. 2236 - 2241, http://dx.doi.org/10.51253/PAFMJ.V71I6.6086
    Journal articles | 2021
    Uebel K; Iqbal MP; Carland J; Smith G; Islam MS; Shulruf B; Nathan S, 2021, 'Factors Determining Medical Students’ Experience in an Independent Research Year During the Medical Program', Medical Science Educator, 31, pp. 1471 - 1478, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40670-021-01340-9
    Journal articles | 2020
    Iqbal MP; Manias E; Mimmo L; Mears S; Jack B; Hay L; Harrison R, 2020, 'Clinicians’ Experience of Providing Care: A Rapid Review', , http://dx.doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-26639/v2
    Journal articles | 2020
    Iqbal MP; Manias E; Mimmo L; Mears S; Jack B; Hay L; Harrison R, 2020, 'Clinicians’ Experience of Providing Care: A Rapid Review', , http://dx.doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-26639/v3
    Journal articles | 2020
    Pervaz Iqbal M; Manias E; Mimmo L; Mears S; Jack B; Hay L; Harrison R, 2020, 'Clinicians’ experience of providing care: a rapid review', BMC Health Services Research, 20, pp. 952, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12913-020-05812-3
    Journal articles | 2020
    Pervaz Iqbal M; Velan G; O'Sullivan A; Balasooriya C, 2020, 'The collaborative learning development exercise (CLeD-EX): an educational instrument to promote key collaborative learning behaviours in medical students', BMC Medical Education, 20, pp. 62, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12909-020-1977-0
    Journal articles | 2020
    Siddiqui MF; Iqbal MP; Ghayas S, 2020, 'DISEASE to EASE: Paradigm shift in clinical approach', Medical Teacher, 42, pp. 114 - 115, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0142159X.2019.1597259
    Journal articles | 2020
    Uebel K; Iqbal MP; Hall J, 2020, 'A retrospective review of primary care research projects completed by medical students at University of New South Wales Medicine', Australian Journal of General Practice, 49, pp. 848 - 852, http://dx.doi.org/10.31128/AJGP-03-20-5282
    Journal articles | 2020
    Uebel K; Pervaz Iqbal M; Adelstein BA, 2020, 'A pragmatic approach to promoting research skills in all medical students', Medical Education, 54, pp. 445 - 446, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/medu.14097
    Journal articles | 2019
    Hall JJ; Ambang T; Asante A; Mapira P; Craig A; Schuele E; Pervaz Iqbal M, 2019, 'Poliomyelitis outbreak in Papua New Guinea: health system and health security implications for PNG and Australia', Medical Journal of Australia, 211, pp. 161 - 162.e1, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/mja2.50283
    Journal articles | 2019
    Iqbal MP; Velan G; O'Sullivan AJ; Olupeliyawa AM; Balasooriya C, 2019, 'Developing the competency of ‘collaborative clinical practice’', MedEdPublish, 8, pp. 82, http://dx.doi.org/10.15694/mep.2019.000082.1
    Journal articles | 2018
    Iqbal M; Velan GM; O'Sullivan AJ; Balasooriya C, 2018, 'Prioritising the key behaviours that enhance the quality of collaborative learning by medical students: A modified Delphi study', Focus on Health Professional Education: A Multi-Professional Journal, 19, pp. 23 - 23, http://dx.doi.org/10.11157/fohpe.v19i2.236
    Journal articles | 2018
    Pervaz Iqbal M; Velan GM; O'Sullivan AJ; Balasooriya C, 2018, 'Prioritising the key behaviours that enhance the quality of collaborative learning by medical students: A modified Delphi study', FOCUS ON HEALTH PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION: A MULTI-PROFESSIONAL JOURNAL, 19, pp. 18 - 35
    Journal articles | 2016
    Balasooriya C; Olupeliyawa A; Iqbal MP, 2016, 'Innovative Assessment That Combines Collaborative and Self-Directed Learning With Integration and Application of Knowledge: Teamwork Group Projects.', MedEdPORTAL, 12, pp. 10452, http://dx.doi.org/10.15766/mep_2374-8265.10452
    Journal articles | 2016
    Iqbal M; Velan GM; O'Sullivan AJ; Balasooriya C, 2016, 'Differential impact of student behaviours on group interaction and collaborative learning: Medical students' and tutors' perspectives', BMC Medical Education, 16, pp. 217, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12909-016-0730-1
    Journal articles | 2014
    Pervaz Iqbal M; O'Sullivan AJ; Velan GM; Balasooriya C, 2014, 'Are we seeing the full picture of peer-assessment in medical education?', Medical Teacher, 36, pp. 1 - 1, http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/0142159X.2014.940880
    Journal articles | 2013
    Balasooriya C; Olupeliyawa A; Pervaz Iqbal M; Lawley C; Cohn A; Ma D; Luu Q, 2013, 'A student-led process to enhance the learning and teaching of teamwork skills in medicine', Education for Health: Change in Learning and Practice, 26, pp. 78 - 84, http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1357-6283.120698
  • Working Papers | 2020
    Iqbal MP; Manias E; Mimmo L; Mears S; Jack B; Hay L; Harrison R, 2020, Clinicians’ Experience of Providing Care: A Rapid Review, http://dx.doi.org10.21203/rs.3.rs-26639/v1
  • Conference Papers | 2020
    Pervaz Iqbal M; Manias E; Mimmo L; Stephen Mears S; Jack B; Hay L; Harrison R, 2020, 'Assessing Clinician’s Experiences of Providing care', Melbourne, presented at Australian and New Zealand Association of Health Professionals Education, Melbourne, 12 July 2020 - 15 July 2020
    Conference Papers | 2019
    Pervaz Iqbal M; Uebel K; Islam MS; Jabbour V; Chughtai A; Hall J, 2019, 'Explore the knowledge, attitude and practices of medical students regarding infection prevention and control in clinical settings', presented at Australian and New Zealand Association of Health Professionals Education, 01 July 2019 - 04 July 2020
    Conference Papers | 2018
    Pervaz Iqbal M; Balasooriya ; O'Sullivan, Anthony ; Velan, Gary M, 2018, 'The Collaborative Learning Development Exercise (CLeD-EX) tool: A Preliminary Investigation', in The Collaborative Learning Development Exercise (CLeD-EX) tool: A Preliminary Investigation, An International Association for Medical Education (AMEE), Glasgow, Scotland, presented at An International Association for Medical Education (AMEE), Glasgow, Scotland, 05 September 2018 - 09 September 2015
    Conference Papers | 2014
    Pervaz Iqbal M; Balasooriya C; O'Sullivan AJ; Velan GM, 2014, 'Identifying the critical and important collaborative competencies that relate to effective collaborative learning environments in medicine', in ANZAHPE 2014 CONFERENCE - CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS AND PROGRAMME. Gold Coast, Australia: ANZAHPE, ANZAHPE, Griffith University, pp. 275 - 275, presented at ANZAHPE 2014, Griffith University, 07 July 2014 - 10 July 2014, http://media.wix.com/ugd/363deb_f855cffe2d5243bb9012cf92abef7c7d.pdf

2019

  • Sax Institute Evidence Check: Clinicans' Experience of Providng Care (AUS 35000)
  • School of Public Health and Community Medicine- Grant Building Outcome (AUS 7348)

2018

  • School of Public Health and Community Medicine-Small Scale Research Support Scheme AUS 3250

          Project titled: Explore the Knowledge, attitude and practices of medical students regarding infection prevention and control in clinical settings

  • UNSW Career Advancement Fund   

2015

  • Postgraduate Research Support Scheme (PRSS) funding  

2014

  • Australian Postgraduate Award (APA) for PhD 
  • Postgraduate Research Support Scheme (PRSS) funding 

  • 2017 UNSW Faculty of Medicine Award for Innovation in Learning and Teaching
  • 2014 Australian Postgraduate Award (APA) - Scholarship for PhD in Medical Education, University of New South Wales, Australia
  • 2010 Deans Letter of Appreciation for Outstanding support in the National Accreditation, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia
  • 2005 Merit Scholarship for Outstanding Position in Fourth Professional MBBS Exam-Army Medical College Pakistan 
  • 2003 Merit Scholarship for Outstanding Position in Scond Professional MBBS Exam-Army Medical College Pakistan 

 

Professional Registrations:

  • General Medical Council, United Kingdom; GMC Reference no. 7012856; Registration Type:  Registered Medical Practitioner; Since, 23 March 2009
  • Saudi Commission for Health Specialities, Saudi Arabia; Registration No. 10-R-M-0313566; Since, March 2010

  • Member of The Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE)

  • Member and Associate Fellow of Australian & New Zealand Association for Health Professions Educators

 

 

My Teaching

Co-Convening Undergraduate Medicine- Phase 1 Society and Health - MFAC1527

Co-Convening Postgraduate Course in Masters in Health Leadership and Management PHCM9781 - Evidence-informed Decision-making