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University of Exeter Medical School

Dr Amad Al-Azzawi

Dr Amad Al-Azzawi

Senior Lecturer
Health and Community Sciences

University of Exeter
Smeall building
St Luke's Campus
Exeter EX1 2LU

About me:

Amad is an experienced and dedicated educator who is well-versed in innovative teaching pedagogies and teaching students at different levels and coming from highly diverse backgrounds. He has over 15 years of experience as a practicing pharmacist, a university educator, and a research scholar spanning three countries: Iraq, United Arab Emirates (UAE), and Canada.

 

In 2006, he obtained his first PhD in Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry from the University of Baghdad, then, he moved to Ras Al Khaimah in the UAE, and was appointed as a faculty member in the Pharmacy college at the Ras Al Khaimah Medical and Health Sciences University. Currently, he is completing a second PhD in Higher Education in the Health Professions Education at the University of Toronto, where his research focuses on the role of international accreditations play in clinical training practices.


Interests:

Pharmacists as public health professionals; quality standards in health and pharmaceutical education; approaches to clinical training; health care education and training; accreditation policies; international pharmacy accreditations; Pharmaceutical Chemistry Research.


Qualifications:

• M.Ed., Higher Education in the Health Professions, University of Toronto, 2019
• Ph.D., Pharmacognosy, College of Pharmacy, Baghdad University, 2006

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