Fouzia Shersad Receives Ph.D. in Educational Studies from Jamia Millia Islamia University

Published on July 28, 2022

Fouzia Shersad, M.H.P.E., Ph.D.
Director, Institutional Effectiveness
Dubai Medical College
Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Congratulations to Fouzia Shersad (GSMC 2009), who recently received her Ph.D. in Educational Studies from Jamia Millia Islamia University in New Delhi, India. Her dissertation topic was “Quality in Medical Education: A Case-study of Dubai Medical College.” Dr. Shersad is currently the Director of Institutional Effectiveness at Dubai Medical College. She is a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, and has been the organizer of the Annual Dubai Medical Education Symposium for the last 10 years. Dr. Shersad’s FAIMER project was focused on professionalism and she has published articles on that subject in international journals and presented at various conferences. Her research interests are professionalism, assessment, and benchmarking in medical education.