| Dr. Asanka Tennegedara |
| Senior Lecturer |
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Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Peradeniya. |
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asankaalt@pdn.ac.lk, asankaalt@gmail.com |
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+94 81 238 4361 Ext 268 |
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+94 81 238 9106 |
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| Educational / Professional Qualifications |
- MBBS (Peradeniya, 2006)
- PG Dip and MD Medical Microbiology (Colombo 2013 & 2016)
- RCPath (Associate member)
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| Undergraduate Teaching |
- Conducts lectures, practicles and small group discussions for medical undergraduates
- Conducts lectures and practicles for undergraduates of medical laboratory sciences, Faculty of Allied Health Science
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| Postgraduate Teaching |
- Conducts lectures and practicles for MSc Medical Microbiology students and coordinator for bacteriology I module of MSc in Medical Microbiology, Postgraduate Institute of Science, Peradeniya
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| Service commitments |
- Serving as a Senior Registrar in Medical Microbiology at Teaching hospital Peradeniya
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| Research Interests |
- Hand hygiene, Infection control and prevention in hospitals
- Patient safety
- Public health microbiology
- Antibiotics pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics
- Antimicrobial resistance among common bacterial pathogens and Hospital acquired pathogens
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| Professional Affiliations and Memberships |
- Member of Sri Lankan Society for Microbiology (SSM)
- Member of Sri Lanka College of Microbiologists (SLCM)
- Member of Kandy Society of Medicine (KSM)
- Member of Peradeniya Medical School ALUMNI Association (PeMSAA)
- Member of Sri Lanka Medical Association (SLMA)
- Associate member of Royal collage of pathologist (UK)
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