Shazia Babar

Assistant Professor
Department for Educational Development

Programme Coordinator, Master of Health Professions Education, Medical College, Pakistan

Joint appointment

Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Medical College, Pakistan

Telephone: 92 21 34864256

Education

MBBS( Sind Medical College)
MHPE(Dow University of Health Sciences)

Research interests

Assessment and Teaching and learning in Health Professions Education

Experience

  • Assistant Professor, Department for Educational Development and Obstetrics & Gynecology, Aga Khan University, 2013
  • Co-Director of Advanced Level Course on Assessment-I in Health Profession Education, 2020
  • Director of Advanced Level Course on Program Evaluation in Health Profession Education, 2017
  • Coordinator Medical Education and Senior lecturer Anatomy, Bahria University Medical and Dental College, Karachi, 2013
  • Lecturer in Anatomy, Ziauddin Medical University, Karachi, 2008
  • Lecturer in Anatomy, Sir Syed College of Medical Sciences, Karachi, 2007

Professional associations

Member Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists

Awards and honours

• Received Collaborative Awards for Teaching at Aga Khan University Convocation 2023 and 2024
• Received Membership of Haile T Debas Teachers Academy in 2023
• Received Fellowship of Higher Education Academy(FHEA) in January 2022 
• Received “Award for Excellence in Teaching” at First Global Aga Khan University Convocation held on 22nd May 2021
• Second Runner up in Oral presentation in 3rd DED Educational Research Day 2019
• Commendation received by Dean Medical College, for contribution as team member & DED focal person in 3rd External Review of the Undergraduate Medical Education (MBBS) Programme based on Liason Committee on Medical Education (LCME), USA held November 2-5, 2015

Publications

1. Non-academic challenges during anaesthesia training in a teaching hospital of a lower–middle income country: A qualitative analysis of resident interviews in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care 0(0) 1–3 The Author(s) 2025 
Durriya Raza, Shazia Babar and Fauzia A Khan
2. Transforming Education: Case- Based- Integrated Learning. Development and Implementation- a Mixed Methods Study at a Private Medical College in Journal Of Advances in Medical Education and Professionalism. January 2025;Vol 13 No 1
RAHILA ALI , AZAM AFZAL , SARA SHAKIL , AMBER SULTAN , SHAZIA BABAR , JAVERIA REHMAN , MARIB GHULAM RASOOL MALIK , MOHAMMAD SHAHZAIB QADIR , SADAF KHAN , SANA SAEED
Indexed in PubMed and Peer Reviewed 
3. ‘Evaluation of case based simulation teaching to improve the Family Medicine residents urgent care management skills at a teaching hospital’ in Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care(Jfpmc) Volume 13:Issue 8: August 2024
Swaleha. T. Bhombal, Shazia Babar et all
 Indexed in PubMed and Peer Reviewed 
4. ‘On-line Flipped Classroom(E-FCR): Way forward in COVID 19 era.’  in Journal of Ayub Medical College(JAMC). 
Shazia Babar, Mariyah Hidayat.
Indexed in PubMed and Peer Reviewed
5. ’Medical Students Research Mentoring Program at Central Park Medical College, Lahore, Pakistan’ 
Mariyah Hidayat, Shazia Babar 
J Ayub Med Coll Abbottabad 2021;33(4):635–40.
Indexed in PubMed and Peer Reviewed 
6. ‘The “new-normal” OSCE examination: Executing in the COVID-19 era’ 
 Shazia Babar, Azam Afzal 
Pak J Med Sci. 2021;37(7):2026-2028.
doi: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.37.7.4568
Indexed in PubMed and Peer Reviewed  
7. ‘Making Lectures Memorable: A Cognitive Perspective’
 Azam Afzal, Shazia Babar 
JPMA 66(8),1024-1025;2016
Indexed in PubMed and Peer Reviewed
8. ‘Study Guide Usability Survey: Perception of Students and Teachers of Undergraduate Medical College’: 
Shazia Babar, Lubna Baig
JPMA 64: 1114; 2014. 
Indexed in PubMed and Peer Reviewed
9. ‘Comparison of students and facilitators perception of implementing problem based learning’. Ambreen Usmani, Tipu Sultan, Sobia Ali, Nazish Fatima, Shazia Babar
J Pak Med Assoc 2011 Apr;61(4):332-5. 
Indexed in PubMed and Peer Reviewed
10. ‘Issues and Remedies related to learning environment of students during maternal, neonatal and child health clerkship’. 
Azra Amerjee, Rahat Qureshi, Amina Ahmad, Shazia Babar 
Pakistan Armed Forces Med J 2018; 68 (2): 412-19
Indexed in Pak Medinet and Peer Reviewed
11. ‘Student underperformance in Health Professions Education: A risk management perspective to help underperforming students ’AS Afzal, S Babar, SM Aly 
Advances in Health Professions Education (AHPE)1(2):78-81  2015
Indexed in Pak Medinet and Peer Reviewed
12. ‘Impact of structured meetings on the learning of faculty members’ 
Ambreen Usmani, Rehana Rehman, Shazia Babar, Azam Afzal 
Journal of Postgraduate Medical Institute 2012; 26(3): 283-90
Indexed in Pak Medinet and Peer Reviewed

Created on:04/26/2016 Last modified:02/26/2026

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