Dr. Kalyani Premkumar is the Associate Director, Educational Support and Development Unit of the College of Medicine, and a Curriculum Consultant for the School of Physiotherapy, University of Saskatchewan. She is also an associate member of the Center for Distributed Learning and the Department of Physiology.

She earned her medical degree (MBBS) and a postgraduate degree specializing in Physiology (MD) from Christian Medical College, University of Madras, India. She has a Masters degree in Medical Education (MSc) and a doctoral degree in Educational Technology from the University of Calgary.  At the College, she is involved extensively with faculty development where she facilitates workshops and coaches faculty in medical education. In addition, she is the Coordinator of the Form and Function of the Human Body Course offered to first year undergraduate medical and dental students.

Her areas of research interest include evaluation of multimedia resources for health professionals, use of technology in medical teaching/learning and complementary and alternative medicine (CAM).

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