Rate My Professor Koshila Kumar

Kumar's research specializations include health professions education, faculty development, curriculum and pedagogy, and qualitative research. Her scholarly contributions are evidenced by publications such as "Establishing new medical schools in diverse contexts: A novel conceptual framework for success" (Kirubakaran et al., 2025, Medical Education), "How to establish a new medical school? A scoping review of the key considerations" (Kirubakaran et al., 2025, Advances in Health Sciences Education), "Professional judgement: A social practice perspective on a multiple mini-interview for specialty training selection" (Roberts et al., 2025, BMC Medical Education), and "Mixed methods research: The sum is greater than the parts" (Scarff et al., 2024, Starting research in clinical education). She has received major awards including Senior Fellowship of Advance HE (2022), Fellowship of the Australian and New Zealand Association for Health Professional Educators (FANZAHPE, 2019), Teaching Innovation & Scholarship Award from Flinders University College of Medicine and Public Health (2022), Vice Chancellor's Awards for Excellence in Teaching (team award, 2016), and Executive Dean's Award for Excellence in Teaching (team award, 2015). Kumar has held significant roles such as national board member and Vice President of ANZAHPE (2017-2023) and Associate Editor for BMC Medical Education (2017-2021). Her work has influenced health professions education through faculty capacity building, curriculum design, and educational leadership.