STEM Education Research Group

Dr. Azzam obtained his PhD in Curriculum Studies from Western University in July 2023. His research areas include interprofessional education and interprofessional collaborative practice in the health and social care professions, student learning modalities, working memory, memory lability, metacognition, and the implementation of retrieval practice in Anatomical/Medical Education.

Dissertation: Systemic, institutional, and teaching factors in the delivery of interprofessional education curriculum in Canada

He also has a Master of Science in Anatomical Sciences and an Honours Bachelor of Science in Life Sciences from Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario. He has gained experience as a lecturer of Anatomy, teaching assistant, and research assistant at both Western and Queen’s. He has co-authored a textbook that is used for Mammalian Embryonic Development at Queen’s, as well as developed several course materials and anatomical specimens that are used to facilitate undergraduate and graduate students’ learning of Anatomy. He is currently an Assistant Professor at the Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology at the Northeast Ohio Medical School (NEOMED).