Dr. Sivapalan Sanchayan

Dr. Sivapalan Sanchayan

MD in Medical Education (PGIM, Colombo), MBBS (Jaffna), PG Cert in Medical Education (PGIM, Colombo), PG Diploma in Medical Education (PGIM, Colombo)

Lecturer (Probationary),
Medical Education Unit,
Faculty of Medicine,
University of Jaffna

 

sanchayan@univ.jfn.ac.lk
Positions
Qualifications
Publications
Research Interests

Positions Held

2012 to 2016 – Secretary of the Medical Education Cell, Faculty of Medicine, University of Jaffna

2012 to 2016 – Member of the IT Committee, Faculty of Medicine, University of Jaffna

2014 to 2016 – Course Manager of the Learning Management system, Faculty of Medicine, University of Jaffna

MD in Medical Education

2022

Post Graduate Institute of Medicine, University of Colombo

PG Diploma in Medical Education

2017

Post Graduate Institute of Medicine, University of Colombo

PG Certificate in Medical Education

2014

Post Graduate Institute of Medicine, University of Colombo

MBBS

2006

University of Jaffna

Publications

  1. Sanchayan, S., Sathaananthan, T., Olupeliyawa, A.M., 2020. Feedback in Medical Education. in 14 Topics in Medical Education: A guide to practical wisdom, Eds. Chandratilake, M.N., Olupeliyawa A.M. Ch. 4: College of Medical Educationists of Sri Lanka

  2. Karunathilake, I.M., de Abrew, A., Yenbutra, P., Sirisup, N., Jayawickramarajah, P., Abeykoon, P., Olupeliyawa, A., Srikiatkhachorn, A., Limpaphayom, K., Sanchayan, S., Aluwihare, A. and Chako, T.V., 2018. SEAJME: 12 years of Progress. South-East Asian Journal of Medical Education, 12(1).

  3. Sathees, S., Sanchayan, S., Thabotharan, D. and Kanagasabai, S., 2015. Students’ perception on learning environment of Allied Health Sciences, Jaffna. Anuradhapura Medical Journal9(2Supp).

Communications at scientific meetings published as abstracts

  1. Sanchayan S., Dharmaratne S., Pathirana S., Godamunne P, Chandratilake M., 2024. Psychometric properties of a cognitive aptitude test administered to first year medical students of two state universities in Sri Lanka. Proceedings of the Asia Pacific Medical Education Conference, January 2024, Page 238-239; (Awarded first runner up for best oral presenter)

  2. Sanchayan, S., Olupeliyawa A.M., Chandratilake, M. N. 2023. Factors associated with the feedback literacy of undergraduate clinical students of three medical faculties in Sri Lanka. Presented at the 136th Anniversary International Medical Congress of the SLMA 2023 from 25th to 28th July 2018, at BMICH, Colombo in Special Supplement of the Ceylon Medical Journal Volume 68, S, July 2023

  3. Sanchayan, S., Olupeliyawa A.M., Chandratilake, M.N., 2019. The impact of cultures on feedback: Perspectives of Sri Lankan clinical teachers. In Proceedings of the Colombo Conference in Medical Education, 2019

  4. Sanchayan, S., Olupeliyawa, A., Chandratilake, M. S., 2019, A video ethnographic study of feedback in undergraduate clinical teaching settings in Sri Lanka. 10th Asian Medical Education Association (AMEA) Symposium, International Medical University, Malaysia

  5. Sanchayan, S., Ambikaipakan, S., Udhayakumar, S. and Sivapalan, K., 2017. Students’ perception of integrating neuroanatomy and neurophysiology in the Faculty of Medicine, University of Jaffna. Scientific Session of the JSA, 2017

  6. Sanchayan, S., Sathiadas and M.G., Sivapalan, K., 2013. Correlation between student’s perception of achievement, student feedback and marks obtained at physiology end of course examination. Regional Sessions of the PSSL, 2013

  7. Sanchayan, S. and Sathiadas, M.G., 2013. Student’s perception of the educational environment in the Faculty of Medicine, University of Jaffna. Scientific Sessions of the JMA, 2013
  • Feedback
  • Clinical teaching