Muhammad Zafar Iqbal
Biographic Data
| ID | 3716014 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Muhammad Zafar Iqbal |
| GIVEN NAMES | Muhammad Zafar |
| FAMILY NAME | Iqbal |
| SIGNATURE | IQBAL M Z |
| AFFILIATIONS | Allama Iqbal Open University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5605-8143 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 16 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1977 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Exploring the master adaptive learning process in undergraduate medical students
To address medical uncertainties and promote independent clinical practice, we need physicians with adaptive expertise. This requires developing medical students into master adaptive learners (MALs) right from the beginning. This study focused on the “planning phase” of adaptive learning, aiming to explore the key skills, behaviors, and strategies employed by undergraduate MALs. The research employed a mixed-methods approach. Phase 1 utilized a s…
Enhancing online reading experiences for scientific documents
Scholars need to keep up with an exponentially increasing flood of scientific papers. As a result, users' reading behaviour is rapidly evolving, making it crucial for online scientific documents to be modelled in a well-structured layout to support their reading behaviour. Scientific documents are well-structured, but researchers have identified problems in online reading due to the poor layout and complex structure. This paper addresses issues l…
The role of artificial intelligence in co-creation of health professions education
Co-creation has emerged as a transformative approach to meaningful collaboration among students, teachers, and other key stakeholders. Although co-creation aims to integrate all stakeholders' diverse perspectives and foster engagement, motivation, and ownership among them, some practical challenges can impact its implementation. The operationalization of co-creation needs a feasible, step-by-step plan to address interpersonal, practical, and inst…
Twelve tips to virtually operationalize co-creation of educational design
Co-creation is the active involvement of all stakeholders, including students, in educational design processes to improve the quality of education by embodying inclusivity, transparency and empowerment. Virtual co-creation has the potential to expand the utility of co-creation as an inclusive approach by overcoming challenges regarding the practicality and availability of stakeholders, typically experienced in face-to-face co-creation. Drawing fr…
“Anything you can do, I can do”
Revitalizing Ancient Tales
This study was conducted to explore the transformative potential of digital storytelling in reinterpreting ancient narratives for social-emotional learning (SEL) enhancement among aspiring teachers, specifically targeting self-awareness. We utilised a quasi-experimental research design in present quantitative study. The participants were 66 potential teachers, comprising both males and females, enrolled at the National University of Modern Langua…
Debunking the Learning-Styles Hypothesis in Medical Education
It is not about the destination but the journey
Student-staff partnership advocates the active involvement of students' voices in the design of education. Although the concept of student-staff partnership is rapidly gaining momentum in health professions education, the current practices are more outcome-focused and pay less attention to the partnership process itself. Students' involvement in most of the claimed partnerships has been viewed as input information to the educational design proces…
Relationship Between Secondary Students’ Critical Thinking and Academic Achievement
Purpose of the Study: The purpose of this research study was to study the relationship between critical thinking (CT) and academic achievement among secondary school students in a district of Gilgit-Baltistan. Methodology: Correlation design was applied to study the relationship between critical thinking and academic achievement. A sample of 400 students was selected through a convenient sampling technique to collect the data. Critical thinking w…
Investigating Secondary Students’ Critical Thinking
Purpose of the Study: The purpose of this research study was to measure and compare critical thinking among secondary school students in a district of Gilgit-Baltistan. Methodology: Quantitative research approach was applied to study critical thinking. A sample of 400 students was selected through a convenient sampling technique to collect the data. Critical thinking was measured by applying an adapted tool (Sarigoz, 2012). Descriptive and infere…
Perceptions of Residents on the Microlearning Environment in Postgraduate Clinical Training
Background. Teaching hospitals are the primary locus of training for residents, and the afforded microlearning environments can affect their level of satisfaction, competence, and learning processes. Since limited attention has been directed towards evaluating the microlearning environment, how Saudi postgraduate residents perceive it remains unknown. Objectives. This study evaluated the microlearning environments for major clinical specialties i…
A Study of Self Control and Deviant Behavior of Secondary School Students of Mirpur, Azad Kashmir
This study aimed at finding the effect of self control (SC) on deviant behavior (DB) of Students. The approach of the study was quantitative. Causal comparative research design was used to investigate the effect of self control on students’ deviance. Students (8940) of grade 9th and 10th of all public schools of Mirpur, Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) constituted the population of this study. Data were collected from 470 students of Mirpur, AJK. Out…
Development of an entrustable professional activities (EPAs) framework for small group facilitators through a participatory design approach
Background : Recent reports suggest that faculty development (FD) programs need a structured framework to design training and assess improvement in teaching performance of participants. Entrustable professional activities (EPAs) can serve as a novel framework to plan and conduct structured FD programs, and to assess the proficiency of small group facilitators after training. Objective : The researchers aimed to develop an EPAs framework for small…
Ethnoveterinary practices for the treatment of parasitic diseases in livestock in Cholistan desert (Pakistan)
Growth of some plants raised from polluted and unpolluted seeds
Growth of seedlings raised from polluted and unpolluted seeds was studied at the University Campus. Growth of Pongamia pinata and Albizia lebbeck was significantly decreased in seedlings raised from the polluted seeds as compared to control. Significant reduction was observed in shoot height of the polluted seedlings of P. pinnata (49.16%) and A. lebbeck (23.27%), as compared to controls. A similar decrease was also observed in the number of leav…
Education and Islam in Britain ‐ a Muslim view
Education and Islam in Britain ‐ a Muslim view
Growth of some plants raised from polluted and unpolluted seeds
Growth of seedlings raised from polluted and unpolluted seeds was studied at the University Campus. Growth of Pongamia pinata and Albizia lebbeck was significantly decreased in seedlings raised from the polluted seeds as compared to control. Significant reduction was observed in shoot height of the polluted seedlings of P. pinnata (49.16%) and A. lebbeck (23.27%), as compared to controls. A similar decrease was also observed in the number of leav…
Ethnoveterinary practices for the treatment of parasitic diseases in livestock in Cholistan desert (Pakistan)
Development of an entrustable professional activities (EPAs) framework for small group facilitators through a participatory design approach
Background : Recent reports suggest that faculty development (FD) programs need a structured framework to design training and assess improvement in teaching performance of participants. Entrustable professional activities (EPAs) can serve as a novel framework to plan and conduct structured FD programs, and to assess the proficiency of small group facilitators after training. Objective : The researchers aimed to develop an EPAs framework for small…
A Study of Self Control and Deviant Behavior of Secondary School Students of Mirpur, Azad Kashmir
This study aimed at finding the effect of self control (SC) on deviant behavior (DB) of Students. The approach of the study was quantitative. Causal comparative research design was used to investigate the effect of self control on students’ deviance. Students (8940) of grade 9th and 10th of all public schools of Mirpur, Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) constituted the population of this study. Data were collected from 470 students of Mirpur, AJK. Out…
Relationship Between Secondary Students’ Critical Thinking and Academic Achievement
Purpose of the Study: The purpose of this research study was to study the relationship between critical thinking (CT) and academic achievement among secondary school students in a district of Gilgit-Baltistan. Methodology: Correlation design was applied to study the relationship between critical thinking and academic achievement. A sample of 400 students was selected through a convenient sampling technique to collect the data. Critical thinking w…
Investigating Secondary Students’ Critical Thinking
Purpose of the Study: The purpose of this research study was to measure and compare critical thinking among secondary school students in a district of Gilgit-Baltistan. Methodology: Quantitative research approach was applied to study critical thinking. A sample of 400 students was selected through a convenient sampling technique to collect the data. Critical thinking was measured by applying an adapted tool (Sarigoz, 2012). Descriptive and infere…
Perceptions of Residents on the Microlearning Environment in Postgraduate Clinical Training
Background. Teaching hospitals are the primary locus of training for residents, and the afforded microlearning environments can affect their level of satisfaction, competence, and learning processes. Since limited attention has been directed towards evaluating the microlearning environment, how Saudi postgraduate residents perceive it remains unknown. Objectives. This study evaluated the microlearning environments for major clinical specialties i…
Revitalizing Ancient Tales
This study was conducted to explore the transformative potential of digital storytelling in reinterpreting ancient narratives for social-emotional learning (SEL) enhancement among aspiring teachers, specifically targeting self-awareness. We utilised a quasi-experimental research design in present quantitative study. The participants were 66 potential teachers, comprising both males and females, enrolled at the National University of Modern Langua…
Debunking the Learning-Styles Hypothesis in Medical Education
It is not about the destination but the journey
Student-staff partnership advocates the active involvement of students' voices in the design of education. Although the concept of student-staff partnership is rapidly gaining momentum in health professions education, the current practices are more outcome-focused and pay less attention to the partnership process itself. Students' involvement in most of the claimed partnerships has been viewed as input information to the educational design proces…
Twelve tips to virtually operationalize co-creation of educational design
Co-creation is the active involvement of all stakeholders, including students, in educational design processes to improve the quality of education by embodying inclusivity, transparency and empowerment. Virtual co-creation has the potential to expand the utility of co-creation as an inclusive approach by overcoming challenges regarding the practicality and availability of stakeholders, typically experienced in face-to-face co-creation. Drawing fr…
“Anything you can do, I can do”
Exploring the master adaptive learning process in undergraduate medical students
To address medical uncertainties and promote independent clinical practice, we need physicians with adaptive expertise. This requires developing medical students into master adaptive learners (MALs) right from the beginning. This study focused on the “planning phase” of adaptive learning, aiming to explore the key skills, behaviors, and strategies employed by undergraduate MALs. The research employed a mixed-methods approach. Phase 1 utilized a s…
Enhancing online reading experiences for scientific documents
Scholars need to keep up with an exponentially increasing flood of scientific papers. As a result, users' reading behaviour is rapidly evolving, making it crucial for online scientific documents to be modelled in a well-structured layout to support their reading behaviour. Scientific documents are well-structured, but researchers have identified problems in online reading due to the poor layout and complex structure. This paper addresses issues l…
The role of artificial intelligence in co-creation of health professions education
Co-creation has emerged as a transformative approach to meaningful collaboration among students, teachers, and other key stakeholders. Although co-creation aims to integrate all stakeholders' diverse perspectives and foster engagement, motivation, and ownership among them, some practical challenges can impact its implementation. The operationalization of co-creation needs a feasible, step-by-step plan to address interpersonal, practical, and inst…
Psychology (10 works) · Mathematics education (6 works) · Medicine (6 works) · Medical education (5 works) · Pedagogy (5 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Higher Education Practises and Engagement (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works)