Our Mission
To Produce scientifically trained, socially responsible, compassionate doctors and instill in them a spirit of inquiry and learning.
who would contribute to the body of knowledge in medicine and allied fields in a meaningful manner.
help serve the immediate and long term medical and social needs of our society.
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Recent Research and Publications
- Prof Vasanthi Pinto et al. Interdisciplinary aspects of workforce wellness in Anaesthesiology in the World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists, Updates in Anaesthesia Interdisciplinary aspects of workforce wellness in Anaesthesiology. Vasanthi Pinto, Kumudinee Ranathunga , Arunie Malwatta , Udaya Samaranayake .Updates in Anaesthesia;volume 39. Page 26-31
- Seneviratne T, Edirisingha W., Palpola W. Using peer assessment in teaching pharmacology for medical undergraduates. The Asia Pacific Scholar 2025. 10(3):10-14. DOI: 10.29060/TAPS.2025-10-3/GP3589
- Seneviratne, H.M.T.W, Manathunga, S. S. Artificial intelligence assisted automated short answer question scoring tool shows high correlation with human examiner markings. BMC Med Educ 25, 1146 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-025-07718
- Ranil Jayawardena, Kalani Weerasinghe, Indu Nanayakkara, Terrence Madhujith, Andrew P. Hills, Nishan Sudheera Kalupahana. The effects of a nutritional intervention on the sports nutrition knowledge and nutritional status of track and field athletes: protocol for a randomized controlled trial. BMC Trials, 2025, 26, 61. DOI: 10.1186/s13063-024-08683-9
- Chathurika SN, Rathnayake C, Nanayakkara DI, Thennakoon SUB, Rathnayake A. Perceptions, attitudes and beliefs on antenatal exercises among primiparous pregnant women: a qualitative study in Sri Lanka. BMJ Open 2024;14:e086105. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2024- 086105
- Malwanage KT, Liyanage E, Weerasinghe V, Antonypillai C, Nanayakkara I A novel proprioceptive rehabilitation program: A pilot randomized controlled trail as an approach to address proprioceptive deficits in patients with diabetic polyneuropathy. PLOS ONE 19(7): 2024, e0305055. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal. pone.0305055
- Nakandala P, Nanayakkara S & Nanayakkara I. Blinded randomized controlled study to evaluate the influence of positive verbal suggestions on the perception of pain during the use of myofascial trigger point dry needling technique. Sri Lanka Journal of Medicine, 31(2), 2022. pp 11-17. DOI: http://doi.org/10.4038/sljm.v31i2.326
- Kodithuwakku, P., Weerakoon, H., Silva, A., Wickramasinghe, S. and Weerakoon, K., 2025. Aetiopathogenesis, clinico-epidemiological and diagnostic aspects of human ocular trematode infections: a scoping review protocol. BMJ open, 15(2), p.e092600. doi:10.1136/ bmjopen-2024-092600.
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