Asela M Olupeliyawa

Biographic Data

ID9557478
NAMEAsela M Olupeliyawa
GIVEN NAMESAsela M
FAMILY NAMEOlupeliyawa
SIGNATUREOLUPELIYAWA A M
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Colombo
ORCID0000-0002-7665-6458
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS2
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR2
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2017
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2021
H-INDEX0

  • Advancing careers in medical education

    Asela M Olupeliyawa, Wendy Hu et al.ARTICLEMedical Teacher2021

    INTRODUCTION: Advancement of careers in medical education remains a challenge around the world and is under-researched in resource-constrained contexts. Using the Theory of Practice Architectures (TPA) as a conceptual lens, we investigated the emergence and subsequent development of medical education careers in a resource-constrained country. METHODS: Qualitative semi-structured interviews were conducted with a purposive sample of 14 early-career…

  • Barriers to healthy dietary choice amongst students in Sri Lanka as perceived by school principals and staff

    Open AccessNick Townsend, Julianne Williams et al.ARTICLEHealth Promotion International2017

    Sri Lanka has experienced a massive demographic, environmental, economic and social transition in recent decades. Over this period of time the country has undergone rapid urbanization leading to accompanying shifts in lifestyle and it suffers a double burden of under- and over-nutrition. Current programmes in the country focus on improving the dietary behaviour of secondary school students. The purpose of this study was to investigate principal's…