Mahrukh Mirza

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Dr Mahrukh Mirza

Associate Professor in Clinical Education
Peninsula Medical School (Faculty of Health)

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In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. Mahrukh's work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

Goal 03: SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-beingGoal 04: SDG 4 - Quality EducationGoal 05: SDG 5 - Gender EqualityGoal 09: SDG 9 - Industry, Innovation, and InfrastructureGoal 10: SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities

About Mahrukh

 

Dr Mahrukh Mirza is Associate Professor of Clinical Education and Deputy Programme Lead for the Master’s in Clinical Education (MClinEd) within Plymouth Peninsula Medical School. She contributes to postgraduate teaching, programme development, research supervision and educational innovation across Clinical Education and related postgraduate programmes.

Her research focuses on clinical education, digital health, artificial intelligence and digital transformation, with particular interests in technology-enhanced learning, digital inclusion, widening participation, co-design and healthy ageing.

Dr Mirza is a Core Researcher within the University of Plymouth’s Centre for Health Technology (CHT), where she contributes to interdisciplinary work in digital health, health technology and healthy ageing. Her involvement has included the eHealth Productivity and Innovation in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly (EPIC), Generating Older Active Lives Digitally (GOALD) and Healthy Ageing through Innovation in Rural Europe (HAIRE) projects. Through this work, she has contributed to research and innovation around digital inclusion, co-design, technology adoption, workforce development, social innovation and healthy ageing, with a particular interest in reducing inequalities in access to and engagement with digital health technologies and ensuring that innovation is responsive to the needs of diverse communities.

Dr Mirza also holds a number of leadership and governance roles across the University, including: 

Chair of the University Race Equality Charter,
Co-Chair of the Faculty of Health Research Ethics and Integrity Committee (Taught Masters), and
Member of the Faculty Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Committee (FEDIC).

Teaching

Module Lead:
CLE 713: Contemporary Issues in Clinical Education
CLE 723: Technology Enhanced Learning
CLE 733: Research Dissertation
Course Tutor:
CLE 711: Principles of Learning and Teaching in Clinical Education
CLE 712: Assessment, Feedback and Evaluation: Principles and Practices
Academic Tutor (BMBS)
Student Selected Component (SSC) Facilitator for the Module 'Medicine in Society'.

Contact Mahrukh

Postgraduate Office, Tamar Science Park, Drake Circus, Plymouth, PL4 8AA
+44 1752 437396