Jamilah ABDUL JAMIL

Jamilah’s research focus is on the area of dietetics practice enhancement. Her main goal is to support the practice through cutting-edge research in the relevant area. Since her career started as an academician eleven years ago, her research is mainly on the Nutrition Care Process (NCP), a standardized process for the delivery of nutrition care, and recognition of the dietetics profession as part of multidisciplinary care. She has been involved with the training of NCP for the dietitians in Malaysia, as well as taking the lead in coordinating NCP for Dietetics Practice module for the dietetics program at International Medical University (IMU), Malaysia. Some of the work that she has done for dietetics education was on peer assessment in clinical teaching and training of the clinical instructors on the use of various clinical teaching models during clinical training. She hopes that with her research, the quality of nutrition care can be further improved for better patient outcomes and better recognition of the profession.

Malaysia