RESEARCH & PUBLICATIONS   Dr. Aruni H.W. de Silva MBBS (Col), PG. Dip. (VENEREOLOGY) (Col), PG. DFM (Col), MRCGP (INT), MD (Family Med) (Col) Senior Lecturer Grade II Department of Family Medicine Telephone - Office : +94 11 2758000 Ext: 4200      E-mail : aruni.weerakoon@yahoo.com   EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS MD in Family Medicine examination by Clinical Training 2016 - Postgraduate Institute of Medicine, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka MRCGP [INT] September 2014 - Royal College of General Practitioners, UK(98727) Staff development Course for Probationary lecturers Conducted by the Staff development Unit of the University of Kelaniya. 2012 Postgraduate Diploma in Family Medicine November 2010 - Postgraduate Institute of Medicine, University of Colombo Postgraduate Diploma in Veneriology May 2008 - Postgraduate Institute of Medicine, University of Colombo Sri Lanka Medical Council Registration (Since 21st March 2005) - 19555 Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery July 2003 - University of Colombo. Cumulative MBBS: Second class (Upper) Honours Basic and applied Sciences stream: Second class (Upper) Honours Clinical Sciences Stream: Second class (Upper) Honours Community Stream: Second class (Lower) Honours Behavioural Sciences Stream: Pass End of Course Examination of the Clinical Sciences Stream: Second class (Lower) Honours     RECOGNITIONS Gold Medal for Best Performance in the Diploma in Venereology 2008 - Awarded by Dr. & Mrs. Lucian Jayasuriya Dr. T. Nagendra Gold Medal for Postgraduate Diploma in Family Medicine - 2010 Postgraduate institute of medicine Silver Medal for the Best Trainee of the Year 2010 A M Fernando Memorial Prize for the best Research Paper; 37th Annual Academic Sessions of the College of general Practitioners of Sri Lanka 2011 Titled "Structured essay questions: a tool to assess knowledge in different domains" A M Fernando Memorial Prize for the best Research Paper; 38th Annual Academic Sessions of the College of general Practitioners of Sri Lanka 2012 "Still waiting for a reply to your referral letter? - Introducing referral letters with attached structured reply forms"     PROFESSIONAL INVOLVEMENT/POSITIONS HELD Member - Sri Lanka Medical Council Associate - College of General Practitioners of Sri Lanka Royal College of General Practitioner - UK - International member Member - Palliative Care Association of Sri Lanka  National Secretary - The Spice Route Movement - Sri Lanka (the WONCA South Asia Region working group for new and future doctors) Visiting Lecturer for the Diploma in Family Medicine course, Post Graduate Institute of Medicine, Colombo 2011, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2019 Visiting lecturer for the MCGP(Member of College of General Practitioners) Diploma Programme in 2012 and 2016 Examiner - MRCGP(INT) South Asia - 2017, 2018, 2019 Assistant editor for Journal - "Sri lanka Family Physician": 2016 to date     PRIMARY CARE CLINICAL EXPERIENCE Work as family physician at the University family practice Centre, Facuty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya     ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE Undergraduate Teaching and Examination I am a lecturer in the Department of Family medicine since June 2009. My teaching experience includes delivery of lectures for undergraduate students in the 3rd and 4th years. I have experience in teaching medical students during sitting-in-sessions, conducting small group discussions and seminars, during the clinical attachment in Family Medicine. In addition to teaching I have contributed to preparation of multiple choice questions, structured essay questions and OSCEs in Family Medicine. I was also involved in conducting and coordination of OSCEs as well as being an examiner in all of these forms of assessment at the faculty of medicine, University of Kelaniya. I have also been an examiner for undergraduate family Medicine OSCEs at Faculty of Medical Sciences of the University of Sri Jayewardenepura.   Postgraduate Teaching Visiting lecturer at the Postgraduate Institute of Medicine, Colombo and have delivered lectures for postgraduate trainees in Diploma in Family Medicine since 2011. Online non- editing tutor for the Online Postgraduate Diploma In Family Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medicine, Sri Lanka - Batch 2010-2012 I revised the online lesson on Sexually Transmitted Infections for Postgraduate Diploma in Family Medicine - 2011 Visiting lecturer for the MCGP(Member of College of General Practitioners) Diploma Programme in 2012 and 2016 Visiting lecturer for master of public health in Epidemiology Degree programme batch 4 - 2081-2019     POSITIONS HELD Member, Registration Committee , WONCA-SAR Conference 2016 Visiting Lecturer for the Diploma in Family Medicine course, Post Graduate Institute of Medicine, Colombo 2011, 2012, 2014, 2016 Visiting lecturer for the MCGP(Member of College of General Practitioners) Diploma Programme in 2012 and 2016 Assistant editor for Journal - "Sri lanka Family Physician": WONCASAR 2016 conference issue( Vol 32 No. 1) and Vol 32 No. 2 Member, Steering Committee and Scientific Committee; 42nd Annual Academic Sessions of Sri Lanka College of 2016 Member, Women's' and Children's Health Sub Committee of Sri Lanka College of General Practitioners 2016-2017 Member, Editorial Sub Committee of Sri Lanka College of General Practitioners 2016-2017 Member, Continuing Professional Development Sub Committee of Sri Lanka College of General Practitioners 2016-2017 Member, Scientific Committee; 37th Annual Academic Sessions 2011 Member, library committee, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya. 2010 to 2016 Member, Steering Committee for Annual academic sessions of Colledge of general Practitioner of Sri Lanka 2019 National secretary, Spice Route Movement of young family doctors of Sri Lanka Head Department of family medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya - June 2019 to date Co-chair, Professional development and family medicine strand, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya - June 2019 to date Chief examiner Unit 5 Examination Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya - June 2019 to date     PUBLICATIONS IN PEER REVIEWED JOURNALS de Silva Aruni H. W., Samarawickrema Nirma, Kasturiratne Anuradhani, Skinner S. Rachel, Wickremasinghe Ananda Rajitha, Garland Suzanne M. (2019) Awareness of human papillomavirus, cervical cancer and its prevention among primigravid antenatal clinic attendees in a tertiary care hospital in Sri Lanka: a cross-sectional study. Sexual Health 16, 212-217 Ramanayake RPJC, De Silva AHW, Perera DP, Sumanasekera RDN, Athukorala LACL, Fernando KAT. Structured Referral Form; Is it a solution for problems of communication in Sri Lanka. European International journal of science and Technology 2014;3(6):10-18 Ramanayake RPJC, Perera DP, De Silva AHW, Sumanasekera RDN, Jayasinghe LR, Fernando KAT, Athukorala LACL. Views of specialists on referral communications-a qualitative study from Sri Lanka. Middle East Journal of Family Medicine 2014;12(5):34-38 Ramanayake RPJC, Perera DP, De Silva AHW, Sumanasekera RDN, Fernando KAT, Athukorala LACL. Training medical students in general practices; Patients' attitudes. Middle East Journal of Family Medicine 2014;12(6) Ramanayake RPJC, Perera DP, De Silva AHW, Sumanasekera RDN, Fernando KAT, Athukorala LACL. Training medical students in general practices: Students' perceptions. theHealth2014;5(2):9-15 Ramanayake RPJC, Perera DP, De Silva AHW, Sumanasekera RDN, Fernando KAT, Athukorala LACL. Referral communications in Sri Lanka; Views of General practitioners. Scientific Research Journal 2014;2(6):17-22 Ramanayake RPJC, Sumanasekera RDN, Perera DP, De Silva AHW, Chandrasiri P, Gunasekara R, Jayasinghe LR, Rate of stunting among a sample of post war resettled families in the Vanni region: a study from the Mulathivu District. Ceylon Medical Journal 2013;58:82-83 Ramanayake RPJC, Perera DP, De Silva AHW, Sumanasekara RDN. Patient held medical record: solution to fragmented health care in Sri Lanka? theHealth 2013;4(3):14-19 Ramanayake Janaka, Perera Dinusha, De Silva Aruni, Sumanasekera Deepama, Jayasinghe Leela R, Gunasekara R, Chandrasiri P. Knowledge on location of organs in the body among patients attending a university family practice in Sri Lanka. Middle East Journal of Family Medicine 2013;11(3):29-33 Ramanayake RPJC, Perera DP, De Silva AHW, Sumanasekera RDN, Jayasinghe LR, Fernando KAT, Athukorala LACL. Referral letters from general practitioners to hospitals in Sri Lanka; Lack information and clarity. Middle East Journal of Family Medicine 2013;11(8):14-20 Ramanayake RPJC, Perera DP, De Silva AHW, Sumanasekera RDN, Jayasinghe LR, Fernando KAT, Athukorala LACL. Referral letter with an attached structured reply form: Is it a solution for not getting replies. Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care 2013;3:319-322 Ramanayake RPJC, Jayasinghe LR, De Silva AHW, Wijesinghe WATA, Kanaganayagam N. Knowledge and practices of paracetamol administration among caregivers of pediatric age group patients. Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care 2012;1(1):30-33. Perera Dinusha, Ramanayake RPJC, Sumanasekera RDN, De Silva AHW, Chandrasiri P, Gunasekara R, Jayasinghe LR. Domain specific learning among medical students. Journal of Research in Medical Education and Ethics. 2012;2(3):264-267 Ramanayake RPJC, Perera DP, De Silva AHW, Sumanasekera RDN, Jayasinghe LR, Fernando KAT, Athukorala LACL. Evaluation of teaching and learning in Family Medicine by students; A Sri Lankan Experience. J Family Med Prim Care. 2015 Jan-Mar; 4(1): 3-8. Ramanayake RPJC, Perera DP, De Silva AHW, Sumanasekera RDN, Jayasinghe LR, Fernando KAT, Athukorala LACL. Training medical students in general practices; a qualitative study among GP trainers in Sri Lanka. Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care 4, no. 2 (2015): 168-173 Ramanayake RPJC, Perera DP, De Silva AHW, Sumanasekera RDN, Jayasinghe LR, Fernando KAT, Athukorala LACL. Why are specialists reluctant to reply to referral letters - Exploring the views of specialists in Sri Lanka. theHealth 2014; 5(3-4): 44-48 Ramanayake RPJC, Perera DP, De Silva AHW, Sumanasekera RDN, Jayasinghe LR, Lakmini KMS, Ranasigha BLS. Referral communications: Bridging the gap between primary care doctors and specialists. Middle East Journal of Family Medicine 2014;12(7):10-16 Ramanayake RPJC, Perera DP, De Silva AHW, Sumanasekera RDN, Jayasinghe LR, Fernando KAT, Athukorala LACL. Training medical students in general practices; Factors affecting patients' attitudes. Middle East Journal of Family Medicine 2014;12(9):38-43 Ramanayake RPJC, Perera DP, De Silva AHW, Sumanasekera RDN, Jayasinghe LR, Gunasekara Rudarshi, Chandrasiri Pumika. Myths and beliefs among patients attending a Family Practice. Sri Lankan Family Physician Sri Lankan Family Physician 2012;31(1):44-47     RESOURCE PERSON IN SEMINARS AND WORKSHOPS Resource person for Symposium - The Spice Route Movement South Asian Regional Conference of the World Organization of Family Doctors February 2016 Resource person for Symposium on "HPV related diseases" at 127th Anniversary International Medical Congress of the Sri Lanka Medical association, July 2014 Resource person for Symposium on "Patient held record in family practice" at 37th Annual Academic Sessions of the College of general Practitioners of Sri Lanka 2011 Resource person for Workshop on Developing your Portfolio, 26th February 2019, faculty of medicine, University of Kelaniya