Dr Eiman Abdel Meguid is a Reader (Education) within the Centre for Biomedical Sciences Education in the School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences, Senior Fellow of the Higher Education of Academy and Fellow of the Anatomical Society.  She is a key member of the Queen’s Racial Equity Champions Network, which supports the University in its efforts related to the Race Equality Charter (REC); she also serves as one of the Queen’s councillors for the African Scholars Research Network (AfSRN) and is on the Executive Committee of iRise (Queen’s BAME and International Staff Network). She is also a co-opted member at the Belfast City of Sanctuary. Her area of subject expertise is gross anatomy.  She is the Academic Lead for anatomy within year 1 of the dental curriculum, Academic lead for MSK Unit 2 within year 2 of the medical curriculum  and Module Coordinator for two MSc modules. She demonstrated leadership in module coordination across all disciplines. she contributed across the School to the teaching and coordination of 410 students (teaching 242hrs/yr). She has led the development of innovative strategies such as implementing self-created clinical cases to the interactive sessions. Her teaching delivery and assessment have embraced the use of the university's digital facilities. Supported by pedagogy and best professional practice, she strives to maintain excellence in teaching, continually reviewing to acheive alignment with the wider curriculum changes. Through effective leadership, informed by pedagogy and best practice, she enables the delivery of the curriculum, adhere to the requirements of the GDC and provide diverse learning opportunities.

Member of Committess that influence the strategic requirements:

• Member of the QUB PGCHET Teaching Team and Assessors for the Module
• Member of the Central Academic Offence Committee
• Member of the Central Student Appeal Committee
• Member of Queen's Merit Award
• Co- Lead for  QUB African Scholarship Network https://www.qub.ac.uk/Research/Our-people/african-scholars-research-network/
• Member of SVC Stage 1 & 2 Medical Students 
• QUB ACE-CSE -SMDBS Representative 
• Member of SMDBS International Working Group 
• School Staff Council Representative in the Gender Equality Committee 
• Former Chair of the Student Voice Committee (2017-2021)
• Former Member of the Research Ethics Committee
• Dental Centre Learning and Teaching Committees 
• Scholarship and Research Committee 
• Marketing and Recruitment Committee
• Dental Monitoring and Concerns Committee 
• International Student Champion/ Coordinator 
• International Student Mentor (2015- current)

National and International Leadership roles

• NI Regional Ambassador for BACA
• Member of the Education Affairs Committee AACA
• Member of the FRCS Part 1 Opthalmology Group for Quality Assurance
• Member of the Ethics and Medical Humanities Committee of the IFAA
• Sole Basic Scientist Rep for the Risk Management Group, Royal College of Surgeons
• Former Member of the Career Development Committee AACA
• Examiner for the Intercollegiate MRCS by The Royal College of Surgeons of Glasgow. 

National and International Achievements 

• Spotlight member for BACA 3rd issue Newsletter July 2022

• Senior Faculty Award for the Best Presentation at AACA Conference, Texas, 2022Visiting Professor and Guest Speaker at Weill Cornell University, NY, USA, Sept 2018 and 2019. 

• Member of the Editorial Board of Ulster Medical Journal and BMC Medical Education

• BACA Regional Ambassador 2018-current

• Reviewer for the MSc in Anatomical Sciences Program, Imam Abdulrahman bin Faisal University, Saudi Arabia, February 2019

• Reviewer for the Journal of Clinical Anatomy, BMC Medical Education and Journal of Anatomical Sciences Education.

• Expert Interview/Podcast: I was invited by Dr. James Pickering (University of Leeds) in 2018 to participate in an Interview as part of Anatomy Education Podcast series to talk to Anatomists around the world about my recent anatomy education publications. This podcast is at: http://anatomypodcast.libsyn.com/33-de-eiman-abdel-meguid?tdest_id=594840 and on the: anatomypodcast.co.uk, @iTunes, @Stitcher, @Spotify, #AnatEd and #SoTL

Eiman's research interest is in the anatomical pedagogy, motivation to learning and teaching strategies to enhance the anatomy education and the integration of novel technologies to enhance learning. She is a supervisor of  MSc Research Projects.

Books

• Biomedical Visualisation: Volume 15. Visualisation in Teaching of Biomedical and Clinical Subjects: Anatomy, Advanced Microscopy and Radiology. Springer, 2023.
• Book Chapter - Exploring Visualisation for Embryology Education: A Twenty-First-Century Perspective. Springer, 2022.

Recent Publication

• Transition to Effective Online Anatomical Sciences Teaching and Assessments in the Pandemic Era of Covid-19 should be Evidence-bases.
• Examining the Motivation of Health Profession Students to Study Human Anatomy

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. My work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

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Prizes/Recognition of Excellence as a Reflective Educator

• Senior Faculty Best Presentation at AACA, Texas, 2022.
• Fellow of Anatomical Society 2022
• SFHEA, 2019
• Excellence in Research from Taif University, Saudi Arabia, May 2014.