Dr.Nuwan Wickramasinghe. MBBS, MSc, (Community Medicine, MSc(Applied Epidemiology, MD (Community Medicine, will deliver the prestigious F A Wickramasinghe Oration of the Sri Lanka College of Community Physicians this year.

Dr. Nuwan Darshana Wickramasinghe is a Board Certified Specialist in Community Medicine and the current Head of the Department of Community Medicine. He joined the faculty in 2009 as a probationary lecturer and became a senior lecturer in 2014. He obtained his MBBS from the University of Peradeniya in 2008, followed by MSc in Community Medicine (PGIM, Colombo), MSc in Applied Epidemiology (PGIS, Peradeniya), MD (PGIM, Colombo).(Read the full profile)

Dr.Wickramasinghe is a prolific scholar and published numerous research papers in national and international, high impact journals. His leading work on burnout will be the topic for this years oration titled “Burnout: A Burning Issue among Sri Lankan Students”. (Read Dr.Wickramasinghe’s publication list)

Due to the prevailing COVID-19 situation in the country, this years oration will be conducted as a virtual event. DoCM invites to all readers to join with us to listen to Dr.nuwan’s oration on 23rd February 2021.

The Zoom link is as follows.
Topic: Dr F.A. Wickremasinghe Oration 2021 – CCPSLTime: Feb 23, 2021 06:00 PM Asia/Colombo
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