Medical Education Expert

National Institute for Health Specialties

Dr. Fouzia Shersad is currently the Medical Education Expert at National Institute for Health Specialties, of UAE. She is also a project advisor of International FAIMER Institute, Philadelphia. She has over 30 years of experience as clinician, quality assessor, administrator, advisor and medical educationist in UAE, Oman, India, USA and UK. In addition to FRCP(Glasgow), her qualifications include JMHPE, FAIMER fellowship and PhD in Medical Education. 

Dr. Fouzia has served as Director of Medical Education at Dubai Medical College and as honorary lecturer of Medical Education at Keele University UK. While being Director of Institutional Effectiveness at Dubai Medical College, Dr. Fouzia led the college to win the prestigious Dubai Quality Award (DQA) and Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Award (MRM) Awards in 2011.  Her special areas of research interest are quality in medical education, medical professionalism, instructional technology, competency-based assessment and Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs).