Rate My Professor Mahbub Sarkar

Dr. Mahbub Sarkar is a Senior Lecturer in education research at Monash University's Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, where he also holds positions as an Academic Development Specialist at the Monash Education Academy and Research Coordinator at the Monash Centre for Scholarship in Health Education. He earned his PhD in Education from Monash University in 2012, along with an MEd and BEd (Honours). With over 18 years of experience researching educational issues, Sarkar's career at Monash includes advancing professional learning for university educators and developing employability skills for healthcare and science students. His academic trajectory emphasizes contributions to health professions education through rigorous scholarship.

Sarkar's research specializations encompass pedagogical content knowledge in health professions education, teacher professional knowledge in higher education, mixed-methods research designs, graduate employability, generic and transferable skills development, scientific and environmental literacy, curriculum evaluation, and the evolution of health professions education research methodologies. He has received notable awards and fellowships, including Senior Fellow of Advance HE (SFHEA), Fellow of the Australian and New Zealand Association for Health Professional Educators (FANZAHPE) in 2024, Monash Graduate Scholarship in 2008, and Merit Award for Short Communication Presentation at the Asia Pacific Medical Education Conference in 2025. Sarkar contributes to the field as Associate Editor of Focus on Health Professional Education since 2025 and editorial board member for BMC Medical Education and Discover Education since 2024. Key publications include 'A review of trends in health professions education research at the turn of three decades (2000, 2010, and 2020)' in Nurse Education Today (2025), 'Narrative inquiry for beginners: A practical guide for health professions education researchers' in Anatomical Sciences Education (2026), 'Impact of Advance HE Fellowships on professional identity as an educator: an Australian study' in Higher Education Research & Development (2026), and 'Cultural influences on Asian health profession trainees seeking and receiving feedback: a scoping review' in BMC Medical Education (2026). His scholarship, cited over 1,700 times on Google Scholar, impacts teacher education, employability, and health professions pedagogy.