MBBS, MD, MSc, MMEd, FHEA
Senior Research Fellow
- About
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- Email Address
- m.i.omar@abdn.ac.uk
- Office Address
Academic Urology Unit, Health Sciences Building, Second Floor, University of Aberdeen Foresterhill, Aberdeen AB25 2ZD United Kingdom
- School/Department
- School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition
Biography
Dr. Muhammad Imran Omar is a qualified medical doctor with a particular interest in medical education and healthcare research. Dr Omar obtained his M.B.,B.S. degree from Dow Medical College (1993-1998). Dr Omar is certified as a Physician by the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG), USA, after clearing the United States Medical Licensing Exams (USMLE Step 1, USMLE Step 2 and Clinical Skills Assessment exam). Dr Omar is registered with the General Medical Council U.K. and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, U.K. Dr Omar obtained a Master's in Health Services and Public Health Research from the University of Aberdeen (2009) and a Master's in Medical Education from the University of Dundee (2012). His areas of research interest include systematic reviews, evidence-based medicine, clinical practice guideline development, real-world evidence and big data. We worked as Managing Editor for Cochrane Incontinence Group for almost five years and now works for the European Association of Urology (EAU) as Guidelines Office Methodology Supervisor, Vice-Chair of the Guidelines Office EAU Methods Committee, and a member of the EAU non-neurogenic female Lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) panel. Dr Omar is a member of the GRADE Working Group, Cochrane Bias Methods Group, Cochrane Trainers' Network, Cochrane Statistical Network, Cochrane Consumer Network, and an Editor of Cochrane Urology. Dr. Omar is based within the Academic Urology Unit of the University of Aberdeen.
Qualifications
- Fellow of the Higher Education Academy2016 - Higher Education Academy (Now Advance HE), United Kingdom
- Masters in Medical Education (MMEd)2012 - University of Dundee, United Kingdom
- Systematic Review course2012 - University of Oxford, United Kingdom
- Masters in Health Services and Public Health Research (MSc Epidemiology)2009 - University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom
- Cleared PLAB 1 in September 2004 and PLAB 2 in April 20052005 - General Medical Council (GMC), United Kingdom
- Cleared USMLE Step 1 in 2001, USMLE Step 2 in 1999 and CSA in 20022002 - United States Medical Licensing Examinations (USMLE), USA
- Bachelor of Medicine & Bachelor of Surgery (M.B.,B.S)1999 - Dow Medical College, Karachi, Pakistan
Memberships and Affiliations
- Internal Memberships
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Staff Development Committee
- External Memberships
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- General Medical Council (GMC) UK
- British Medical Association
- Pakistan Medical and Dental Council
- Scottish Medical Academic Staff Committee of BMA from 2011- 2017
- International Continence Society (Membership no. 9284) 2011 to 2015
- TheAssociation for the Study of Medical Education (ASME); 2013 to 2014
- International Urogynecological Association
- European Association of Urology since 2014
- Société Internationale d'Urologie
- International Society of Managing & Technical Editors since 2015
- Member EAU Methods Committee since September 2016 and Vice Chair since May 2020
- Research
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Research Overview
My areas of research interest include systematic reviews, evidence-based medicine, clinical practice guideline development, real world evidence and big data.
- Publications
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Assessing risk of bias in non-randomised studies and incorporating GRADE: Initial experience with a new Cochrane ‘risk of bias’ tool under development
Contributions to Conferences: PapersThe hazards of extracting hazard ratios from survival curves for meta-analyses in observational studies
Contributions to Conferences: PapersEvidence for partial nephrectomy
Contributions to Conferences: PapersUrological cancer care pathways: development and use in the context of systematic reviews and clinical practice guidelines
World Journal of Urology, vol. 29, no. 3, pp. 291-301Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00345-011-0660-9
Systematic review of the clinical effectiveness of surgical management for localised renal cell carcinoma
Commissioned by European Association of Urology. University of Aberdeen: Academic Urology UnitBooks and Reports: Commissioned ReportsTransurethral Resection of the Prostate (TURP): Gold standard in an uncertain environment
Urology News, pp. 6Contributions to Journals: ArticlesHow to spice up the curriculum?
Archives of Pharmacy Practice, vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 7-8Contributions to Journals: ArticlesManagement of HIV
Journal of Dow University of Health Sciences, vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 49-50Contributions to Journals: EditorialsThe silent killer
Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons, vol. 15, no. 12, pp. 749-750Contributions to Journals: ArticlesOutbreak of SARS
Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons, vol. 13, no. 5, pp. 240-241Contributions to Journals: Articles