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Dr Angus Aranan

Senior Lecturer (Non Clinical)

  • Email: angus.aranan@newcastle.edu.my
  • Telephone: +607 555 3862
  • Fax: +607 555 8888
  • Address: Newcastle University Medicine Malaysia (NUMed Malaysia)
    No. 1 Jalan Sarjana 1
    79200 Iskandar Puteri (formerly Nusajaya)
    Johor
    Malaysia
Background

Qualifications           

  • Good Clinical Practice Certificate, Clinical Research Malaysia
  • Diplomate in Occupational Medicine, Philippine College of Occupational Medicine
  • Career Executive Officer VI (CEO VI), Civil Service Commission
  • Certified Family Physician, Philippine Academy of Family Physicians
  • Master in Public Health, Ateneo de Zamboanga University School of Medicine
  • Career Executive Service Eligibility (CESE), Career Executive Service Board
  • Career Service Executive Eligibility (CSEE), Civil Service Commission
  • Philippine Physician Licensure Examination
  • Russian State Medical Examination

 

Education Education
  • Master in Public Health, Ateneo de Zamboanga University
  • Doctor of Medicine, Rostov State Medical University
  • Certificate in Russian Pedagogy, Rostov State Medical University
  • Bachelor of Arts, University of the Philippines

 

Roles & Responsibilities
  • PDS 1 & 2 Unit Lead
  • Family Study Lead, Stage I
  • PDS 3,4 & 5 Tutor
  • Clinical Skills and Communication  1,2,3 & 4 Tutor
  • Life Cycle 1 Tutor
  • Phase I Teaching Learning Committee member
  • Phase I Staff Student Committee member
  • MBBS Student Personal Tutor
  • OSCE Examiner
  • Progress Exam Invigilator
  • Emergency Response Team member
  • Student Hostel Warden, previous

  

Impact and Awards

        March 2016 Teaching Excellence Awards Nominations

  • Contribution to Pastoral Support   

        April 2014 Teaching Excellence Awards Nominations

  • Innovative Teaching Methods; Support Staff of the Year; Contribution to Pastoral Support


Experience in Higher Education


2013 Jul - present                   Senior Lecturer

                                                Newcastle University Medicine Malaysia

                                                Johor, Malaysia

 

2011 Apr - 2013 Jun               Deputy Dean

                                                Allianze University College of Medical Sciences

                                                Penang, Malaysia

 

2012 Sept  - 2013 Jun            Associate Professor (Public Health)

                                                Allianze University College of Medical Sciences

                                                Penang, Malaysia

 

2010 Aug - 2011 Aug              Senior Lecturer

                                                Allianze University College of Medical Sciences

                                                Penang, Malaysia

 

1999 Jun – 2006 Dec              Faculty Member

                                                Ateneo de Zamboanga University School of Medicine

                                                Zamboanga City, Philippines


 

Other Work Experiences

 2004 Sept – 2011 Apr             Medical Specialist V (Head of Department) 

                                                 Medical Evaluation and Underwriting Department

                                                 Government Service Insurance System

                                                 Pasay City, Philippines

 

1999 Mar – 2004 Sept            Medical Specialist III 

                                                Government Service Insurance System

                                               Zamboanga City, Philippines

 

1997 Jan – 1998 Feb              Medical Officer III

                                                Department of Surgery

                                                Zamboanga City Medical Center

                                                Zamboanga City, Philippines

 

1996 Sept – 1996 Dec            General Medical Practitioner

                                                Zamboanga City, Philippines

 

1995 Sept – 1996 Aug            Post-graduate Medical Intern

                                                Zamboanga City Medical Center

                                                Zamboanga City, Philippines


Research

Research

 Medical Education 

  • Comparison of the Self-Directed Learning (SDL) Readiness of Four Cohorts of Medical Students at Newcastle University for AY 2014 (ongoing), research funding from Newcastle University UK 

Public Health/ Primary Health Care 

  • Integrating the Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable Diseases in Public Health and Primary Health Care Programs: Addressing the Emerging Public Health Challenges in the ASEAN Member Countries (ongoing)

 Disability Assessment Medicine

  • The Economics of the Leading Causes of Disability  Among Government Workers from 2005 to 2008 (2009)
  •  The Leading Causes of Disability among Government Employees in Region IX for a Ten Year Period (1989-1999): A Retrospective Study (2001)
Teaching

Unit Lead (MBBS)

  • Patients, Doctors and Society (PDS) 1
  • Patients, Doctors and Society (PDS) 2
  • Patients, Doctors and Society (PDS) 3 (2013 - 2015)
  • Patients, Doctors and Society (PDS) 4 (2013 - 2015)
  • Family Study Lead


Teaching (MBBS)

  • Patients, Doctors and Society (PDS) 1
  • Patients, Doctors and Society (PDS) 2
  • Patients, Doctors and Society (PDS) 3
  • Patients, Doctors and Society (PDS) 4
  • Patients, Doctors and Society (PDS) 5
  • Clinical Skills and Communication (CSC) 1
  • Clinical Skills and Communication (CSC) 2
  • Clinical Skills and Communication (CSC) 3
  • Clinical Skills and Communication (CSC) 4
  • Life Cycle 1




Publications
  • Aranan AE. The leading causes of disability among government employees in Region IX for a ten-year period (1989-1999): a retrospective study. 2001. 3rd Flr DOST Main Building, Gen. Santos Ave., Bicutan: Health Research and Development Information Network (HERDIN).