AbstractThe Heritability of Somatic Symptoms in a Sri Lankan Twin Sample Ball H.A., Siribaddana S., Sumathipala A., McGuffin P., & Hotopf M. 07th – 10th June 2007 12th International Congress on Twin Studies (ICTS2007), Ghent, Belgium | International Society for Twin Studies Twin Research and Human Genetics, Volume 10, Issue S1, Page 23 doi:10.1375/twin.10.supp.23 Abstract Few twin…
Journal ArticleOphthalmology and trends in medical education Margery H. Davis & Gominda G. Ponnamperuma May 2007 Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology, Volume 35, Issue 4, Pages 301 – 302 doi:10.1111/j.1442-9071.2007.01507.x Excerpt When Tomorrow’s Doctors was published it signalled a massive change in undergraduate medical education in the UK. One of the most significant recommendations of this…
Journal ArticleRCT of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy in active suicidal ideation-as feasibility study in Sri Lanka Sudath Samaraweera, S. Sivayogan, Athula Sumathipala, Dinesh Bhugra & Sisira Siribaddana May 2007 The European Journal of Psychiatry, Volume 21, Issue 3, Pages 175 – 178 http://scielo.isciii.es/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0213-61632007000300001 Abstract Background and Objectives: With one of the highest rates of suicide in…
Journal ArticleDesign, implementation and evaluation of a medical education programme using the ambulatory diagnostic and treatment centre John Dent, Susan Skene, Dilip Nathwani, Martin Pippard, Gominda Ponnamperuma & Margery Davis 2007 Medical Teacher, Volume 29, Issue 4, Pages 341 – 345 doi:10.1080/01421590701509720 Abstract Background: In the UK a central government initiative is seeking to transfer…
Informed Consent in Sri Lanka: Review of Research Conducted in Sri Lanka Dr. Suwin Hewage, Research Assistant at the Institute for Research & Development in Health & Social Care, presents ‘Informed Consent in Sri Lanka: Review of Research Conducted in Sri Lanka to Understand the Progress of Informed Consent Process’. The 8th Asian Bioethics Conference…
Ethical Issues in Post-Disaster Clinical Interventions and Research Prof. Athula Sumathipala, Hon. Director of the Institute for Research & Development in Health & Social Care presents the work carried out by the Working Group on Disaster Research and Ethics (WGDRE) 2007 on ‘Ethical Issues in Post-Disaster Clinical Interventions and Research’. The 8th Asian Bioethics Conference…
ChapterCulture-bound syndromes: a re-evaluation Bhugra, D., Sumathipala, A., & Siribaddana, S. 2007. D. Bhugra & K. Bhui (Eds.), Textbook of cultural psychiatry (pp. 141-156). Cambridge University Press. ISBN: 978-0-511-54360-9 doi: 10.1017/CBO9780511543609.013 Summary Editors’ Introduction For over a century, cultures in traditional societies were seen as providing exotic and esoteric clinical conditions, which were not ‘seen’…
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Journal ArticleThe Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) as a Determinant of Veterinary Clinical Skills Margery H. Davis, Gominda G. Ponnamperuma, Sean McAleer & Vicki H.M. Dale December 2006 Journal of Veterinary Medical Education, Volume 33, Issue 4, Pages 578 – 587 doi:10.3138/jvme.33.4.578 Abstract The Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) has become an excellent tool to…
Journal ArticleUpdate From Sri Lankan Twin Registry: Establishment of a Population-Based Twin Register and Ongoing Project on Common Mental Disorders, Alcohol Abuse and Suicidal Ideations Sisira Hemananda Siribaddana, Waduthanthrige Danushki Siriwardane, Suwin Nilanga Hewage, Athukoralage Don Manjula Deshapriya Athukorale, Athula Sumathipala, & Matthew Hotopf December 2006 Twin Research and Human Genetics, Volume 9, Issue 6,…
Journal ArticleStandard setting for medical exams Gominda G. Ponnamperuma & M.H. Davis September 2006 Ceylon Medical Journal, Volume 51, Issue 3, Pages 83 – 88 doi:10.4038/cmj.v51i3.1248 Excerpt ‘Standard’ is defined as “any measure by which one judges a things as authentic, good, or adequate, or the degree to which it is…
Journal ArticleBioethics in Sri Lanka Athula Sumathipala July 2006 Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal, Volume 12, Issue Supplement 1, Pages 61 – 67 Excerpt Bioethics took off slowly in Sri Lanka, but now there are ethics review committees in many medical schools and national organizations. All medical schools teach some medical ethics but there are not…