Professor Arkendu Sen

Professor Arkendu Sen

  • Professor
Department of Medical Education
  • Jeffrey Cheah Sunway Medical School
Faculty of Medical and Life Sciences
SDGs Focus

Biography

Professor Arkendu Sen is a  ophthalmologist-turned-innovator, and international award-winner who has spent two decades transforming health professions education through technology earning recognition across three continents. A double winner of the Ron Harden Innovation in Medical Education Award and recipient of the Australian Government  OLT citation for University Teaching, and multiple ProVC/Dean  and ITEX awards he has pioneered technology-enhanced non dissection anatomy pedagogy, augmented reality, and AI-integrated medical education. His teaching excellence has been featured on Bloomberg TV, mentioned in Australian Parliament, and permanently archived in the National Library of Australia. He holds a Malaysian utility innovation patent for networked multi touch learning ecosystems), publishes and focusses on AI and digital health education and supervises multidisciplinary projects that translate educational research into learning technologies.

Academic & Professional Qualifications

  • Master of Surgery (MS) — Clinical Anatomy — Calcutta University, India (2000).
  • GradDiploma Ophthalmology (DO)- Regional Institute of Ophthalmology, India (2002)
  • Certificate in Essential Skills Medical Edu (ESME), AMEE,Dundee, UK (2009)
  • PhD (Technology Enhanced Learning) — Lancaster University, UK (2016)
  • Graduate Certificate in Higher Education (GCHE) — Monash University, Australia (2018)
  • Senior Fellowship, Advance Higher Education Academy (SFHEA) — UK (2022)

Research Interests

  • Technology-Enhanced Learning
  • Artificial Intelligence in Digital Health
  • Anatomy Education & Pedagogical Innovations
  • Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

Teaching Areas

  • Gross Anatomy, Clinical Anatomy, Surgical Anatomy, Microscopic Anatomy
  • Clinical Skills, Problem Based Learning, Medical Law and Medical Ethics
  • Generative AI for Healthcare
  • Medical education pedagogy: assessment, curriculum design, faculty development

Notable Publications

  1. Tan, H.X., Sen, A. (2026). Enhancing Medical Students’ Higher-Order Thinking Skills: A Brain-Based Learning Approach Integrated with Educational Technology. In: Wang, WS., Sandnes, F.E., Lai, CF., Sandtrø, T.A., Huang, YM. (eds) Innovative Technologies & Learning. Lecture Notes in Comp Sci, vol 15914. Springer, Cham. 
  2.  Anisha SA, Sen A, Ahmad,B.  et al. (2025).Exploring Acceptance of Digital Health Technologies for Managing Non-Communicable Diseases Among Older Adults: A Systematic Scoping Review.   J Med Syst 49, 35.   
  3. Anisha SA, Sen A, Bain C. (2024).Evaluating the Potential and Pitfalls of AI-powered conversational Agents as Humanlike Virtual Health Carers in the Remote Management of Noncommunicable Diseases: Scoping Review.  J Med Internet Res.;26:e56114.  
  4. Sen, A., Selvaratnam, L. (2023). Future-Proofing Healthcare Skills Education: Technology-Enhanced Collaborative Learning and Peer Teaching Strategies for Large Student Cohorts in Anatomy Practicals.  In: CC Teik, et al. (eds) Collaborative Active Learning.  Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore.   
  5. Amuthageetha. Nagarajan, Arkendu Sen (2022). Can Bloom’s Higher Order Thinking skills be achieved by Gamified Learning through Social Networking Sites (SNS) like Facebook?  Interaction Design & Architecture(s) Journal(IxD&A),53, pp. 144–160.   
  6. Wan, K. L.,  Sen, A., Selvaatnam, L., Khoo, J.J. & Rajadurai, P. (2022). Visual-spatial dimension integration in digital pathology education enhances anatomical pathology learning.  BMC Medical Education, Springer Nature.
  7. Sen, Arkendu, C.K.C., Leong (2020).Technology-Enhanced Learning.  In: Tatnall A. (eds) Encyclopedia of Education and Information Technology.  p.1719-1726.Springer, Cham ISBN 978-3-030-10575-4 ,  
  8. Sen A., Liew S.H. (2020) Augmented Reality and Its Use in Education.  In: Tatnall A. (eds) Encyclopedia of Education and Information Technologies.  Springer, Cham.    doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-10576-1_211 
  9. Sen A., Chuen C.L., Zay Hta A.C. (2018). Towards Smart Learning Environments: Affordances and Design Architecture of Augmented Reality (AR) Applications in Medical Education. In Somani, A. et al. (Eds.). Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies book series,  vol 79.Springer Nature Singapore. ISBN 978-981-10-5827-1.pp 843-861. 
  10. Arkendu Sen, Calvin L.K. Chuen, Shiang Harn Liew, Aye Chan Zay Hta (2018).  Augmented Reality as a Tool for Authentic Learning of Clinical Skills in the Early Years of Medical Training.  In : Arthur Tatnall, ‎Mary Webb (eds): Tomorrow’s Learning: Involving Everyone. Learning with and about Technologies & Computing pp.231-242.  Springer.   
  11. Lee, C.Y. Sen A. (2018).Students voice in their learning: Incorporating students’ expectations in learning design of e-learning of pharmacotherapy.  International Journal of Learning and Teaching 4, 203-208   
  12. Sen A., Richardson S. (2007). Computer Related Upper Limb Discomfort and Computer Vision. J Human Ergol. (highly cited).

Achievements & Accolades

  1. IMU Ron Harden Innovation in Medical Education Award — WON TWICE (2011 & 2015): A rare feat in Malaysian medical education; recognised by the Asian Medical Education Association and reported in international media  
  2. OLT Australian Awards for University Teaching (2012): Citation from the Australian Government Office for Learning & Teaching — recognised by the Australian Parliament House of Representatives for global impact in technology-enhanced learning.
  3. Dean’s AWARD for Excellence in Teaching: innovations in Teaching, Faculty of Medicine, Monash University, 2014, 2010
  4. Best Paper Award, International Conference Smart Systems, Innovations and Computing (SSIC-2017)
    Ist Runner Up : Teaching Innovation in AI: TransforMED 2024  ( 2024)
  5. Silver Medal, 29th International Invention, Innovation & Technology Exhibition, ITEX 2018
  6. VICE CHANCELLORS’S CITATION for outstanding contribution to student engagement, Monash Univ’10 
  7. First Prize: National Anatomy MNEMO_MAGIC Challenge, Malaysia Association of Anatomy.
    Senior Fellowship, Advance Higher Education Academy, UK.
  8. Pro Vice Chancellors’s AWARD FOR PROFESSIONAL EXCELLENCE  2020, Monash University
  9. Highly Commended Prize: Putting the MAGIC in learning: Showcase Edu Tech Discovery (2018)
  10. FELLOW, Monash Education Academy
  11. Pro Vice Chancellors’s AWARD FOR TEACHING EXCELLENCE, 2016,2011, 2009, Monash University
  12. RESEARCH STUDENTSHIP from the INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH (ICMR): 
  13. JB NATIONAL SCIENCE TALENT SEARCH SCHOLARSHIP 
  14. Teaching permanently archived in the National Library of Australia and captured in the historical record of JCSMHS in a ten-year time capsule.
     

Professional Associations

  1. Senior Fellow, Higher Education Academy, UK.
  2. Fellow, Monash Education Academy, Monash Australia
  3. Member, Australian and New Zealand Association for Health Professional Educators (ANZAHPE)
  4. Member, Malaysian Anatomical Association (MAA)
  5. Life Member, Malaysia Medical Association (MMA)
  6. Professional Registration: Medical Council of India 
  7. Professional Registration: Malaysian Medical Council 
  8. Accredited HRD Corp Trainer
  9. Certified Microsoft Innovative Educator
  10. Academy of Medicine Malaysia — College of Surgeons: Facilitator & Chief Examiner