Madawa Chandratilake
Biographic Data
| ID | 8910881 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Madawa Chandratilake |
| GIVEN NAMES | Madawa |
| FAMILY NAME | Chandratilake |
| SIGNATURE | CHANDRATILAKE M |
| AFFILIATIONS | International Medical University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5644-264X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Happy Village Plus
BACKGROUND: Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) account for over 80% of deaths in Sri Lanka. Addressing these diseases is challenging due to their complex social, behavioural, and environmental causes. Community-based health promotion programmes focused solely on single risk factors and education provision show limited effectiveness. This study describes Happy Village Plus (HVP), a grassroots, community-based intervention designed to select and impl…
Understanding cultural dynamics shaping clinical reasoning skills
Our study examined the influence of national cultural predispositions on training medical professionals and doctor–patient dynamics using a dialogical approach, guided by Hofstede's framework. This framework provided valuable insights into how cultural tendencies shape the learning and application of clinical reasoning skills in different cultural contexts. We found that dimensions such as power distance and individualism versus collectivism sign…
IMoCC – Measure of cultural competence among medical students in the Malaysian context
Cultural beliefs and practices impact heavily on health outcomes of patients. Doctors' ability to deal with such issues in clinical practice, i.e. cultural competence, is widely studied in the west. It has yet to be given due importance in non-western contexts. This study aimed to develop a valid and reliable measure of cultural competence in the Malaysian cultural context and to assess cultural competence among Malaysian medical students. Thirty…
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IMoCC – Measure of cultural competence among medical students in the Malaysian context
Cultural beliefs and practices impact heavily on health outcomes of patients. Doctors' ability to deal with such issues in clinical practice, i.e. cultural competence, is widely studied in the west. It has yet to be given due importance in non-western contexts. This study aimed to develop a valid and reliable measure of cultural competence in the Malaysian cultural context and to assess cultural competence among Malaysian medical students. Thirty…
Understanding cultural dynamics shaping clinical reasoning skills
Our study examined the influence of national cultural predispositions on training medical professionals and doctor–patient dynamics using a dialogical approach, guided by Hofstede's framework. This framework provided valuable insights into how cultural tendencies shape the learning and application of clinical reasoning skills in different cultural contexts. We found that dimensions such as power distance and individualism versus collectivism sign…
Happy Village Plus
BACKGROUND: Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) account for over 80% of deaths in Sri Lanka. Addressing these diseases is challenging due to their complex social, behavioural, and environmental causes. Community-based health promotion programmes focused solely on single risk factors and education provision show limited effectiveness. This study describes Happy Village Plus (HVP), a grassroots, community-based intervention designed to select and impl…
Cultural competence (2 works) · Cultural diversity (2 works) · Medical education (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Pedagogy (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Clinical Reasoning and Diagnostic Skills (1 work) · Collectivism (1 work)