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Azril Shahreez Bin Abdul Ghani

Academic Qualifications

  • Ph.D of Medical Education - Doctor of Philosophy, Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM)
  • Master of Medical Sciences in Physiology - Masters Degree, International Islamic University Malaysia
  • Doctor of medicine (M.D) - Bachelor Degree, Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM)

Azril Shahreez Bin Abdul Ghani (Dr.)

Assistant Professor
IIUM Kuantan Campus

KULLIYYAH OF MEDICINE


azrilshahreez@iium.edu.my
4493


Expert Profile


Azril Shahreez bin Abdul Ghani obtained his MD and MMedSC (Physiology) from USM (2007) and IIUM (2015) respectively.
Presently Dr Azril is a trainee lecturer at the Department of Basic Medical Sciences and PBL coordinator for year 2 medical students.


Area of Specialisation


  • Medical And Health ~ Medical And Health Sciences ~ Physiology ~ Other Physiology n.e.c.


Teaching Responsibilities


BODY REACTION TO PHYSICAL, CHEMICAL & BIOLOGICAL AGENTS 2016/2017
BODY REACTIONS TO PHYSICAL, CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL AGENTS 2025/2026
CARDIOVASCULAR AND RESPIRATORY SYSTEMS 2025/2026
CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGY 2025/2026 2024/2025
CARDIOVASCULAR, RESPIRATORY AND HAEMOPOIETIC SYSTEMS 2025/2026 2024/2025
CARDIOVASCULAR, RESPIRATORY, BLOOD AND BLOOD FORMING ORGANS 2018/2019 2016/2017
CELL BIOLOGY AND BEHAVIOURAL SCIENCES 2026/2027 2025/2026
Endocrine Physiology 2025/2026 2024/2025
Gastrointestinal Tract Physiology 2025/2026 2024/2025
Introduction to Medical Physiology 2025/2026 2024/2025
MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY 2025/2026
NORMAL RESPONSE & PROCESS TO DISEASED STATE 2018/2019 2016/2017
NORMAL RESPONSE AND PROCESS TO DISEASED STATE 2025/2026
NORMAL STRUCTURE & FUNCTION OF HUMAN CELL, TISSUE & BODY SYSTEM 2016/2017
NORMAL STRUCTURE & FUNCTION OF THE HUMAN CELL, TISSUE & BODY SYSTEM 2018/2019
NORMAL STRUCTURE & FUNCTION OF THE HUMAN CELL, TISSUE & BODY SYSTEMS 2025/2026 2024/2025
Physiology of the Central Nervous System I 2025/2026 2024/2025
RENAL PHYSIOLOGY 2025/2026 2024/2025
Research Methodology 2024/2025
RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGY 2025/2026 2024/2025
RESPONSE TO DISEASED STATE AND EXOGENOUS AGENTS 2025/2026
STRUCTURE & FUNCTION IN NORMAL & DISEASED STATES & BEHAVIOURAL SCIENCE 2025/2026 2024/2025
THE ALIMENTARY AND HEPATOBILIARY SYSTEMS 2025/2026 2024/2025 2018/2019 2016/2017
THE ENDOCRINE, REPRODUCTIVE AND URINARY SYSTEMS 2025/2026 2024/2025
THE LOCOMOTOR AND NERVOUS SYSTEMS 2025/2026 2024/2025


Supervision


From Insight To Framework: Elucidating The Functional Elements Of Large Language Models In Problem-Based Learning Within The Medical Curriculum.
Master In Progress Main Supervisor
Elucidating Climate-Induced Morphophysiological Disruptions In Zebrafish Embryogenesis Through Temperature And Ph Stress Interactions.
Master In Progress Co-supervisor


Research Projects


Completed
2024 - 2025 IIUM History of Physiology Competition 2024
On-Going
2026 - Present From Contractile Tissue to Endocrine Organ: The Skeletal Muscle Physiology (1850?Present)
2024 - Present Navigating the Future of Malaysian Higher Education: Substantiating A Novel Theoretical Framework of Outcome-Based Education (OBE) Through Structural Equation Modelling


Publications


Articles

2026 AI di kampus: jangan sekadar ikut arus teknologi. Berita RTM, NA (NA) pp. 1-5
2026 Amanah jasad: mengapa kesan ubat berubah ketika berpuasa?. Sinar Harian, Pendapat (23 Februari 2026) pp. 1-6
2026 Anak 5 tahun: kenali 5 domain utama kesediaan ke sekolah rendah. Berita RTM, NA (NA) pp. 1-8
2026 Anak enam tahun dinilai: antara kebimbangan dan tanggungjawab. Berita RTM, NA (NA) pp. 1-5
2026 Apabila cemerlang jadi beban: realiti penyalahgunaan ‘ubat fokus’. Berita RTM, NA (NA) pp. 1-5
2026 Belajar dengan AI, jangan sampai hilang daya fikir. Berita RTM, NA (NA) pp. 1-6
2026 Bukan malas, cuma terlebih beban: mengapa ramai pelajar ‘burnout’. Berita RTM, NA (NA) pp. 1-9
2026 Cabaran doktor muda, peluang memperkukuh sistem kesihatan negara. Berita RTM, NA (NA) pp. 1-5
2026 Cemerlang SPM dan cita-cita ‘medic’: realiti sebenar menanti bakal pelajar perubatan. Berita RTM, NA (3/4/2026) pp. 1-5
2026 Dari prompt ke bukti: pustakawan sebagai rakan pendidikan perubatan era AI. Berita RTM, NA (NA) pp. 1-5
2026 Deretan A bukan tiket emas: realiti saringan menjadi doktor perubatan. Sinar Harian, NA (NA) pp. 1-4
2026 Exercise, GLUT4 and skeletal muscle glucose uptake: advances and emerging directions. IIUM Medical Journal Malaysia, Vol. 25 (No. 03) pp. 18-27
2026 Kitaran ganas kurang tidur dan dehidrasi: ancaman tersembunyi pemandu balik kampung. Berita RTM, NA (18/3/2026) pp. 1-4
2026 KPI minimum bukan zalim, ia garis perlindungan. Berita RTM, NA (NA) pp. 1-5
2026 Malaria belum ‘pergi’: ujian baharu pendidikan perubatan dan sistem kesihatan. Berita RTM, Perspektif (6/08/2026) pp. 1-5
2026 Malaysia menua 2030: kita perlu doktor yang memahami usia bukan sekadar rawatan. Berita RTM, Perspektif (16/02/2026) pp. 1-5
2026 Matematik bukan musuh: Strategi menakluki subjek paling digusari menjelang SPM. Berita RTM, Perspektif (NA) pp. 1-3
2026 Minda ‘plastik’ Eileen Gu: rahsia kental depani tekanan. Berita RTM, NA (NA) pp. 1-5
2026 Mukjizat al-Quran: rahsia ketenangan minda bulan Ramadan. Berita RTM, NA (7/3/2026) pp. 1-5
2026 Nurturing future doctors: pre-clinical medical student perspectives on holistic mentoring. The Asia Pacific Scholar, 11 (3) pp. 27-37
2026 Pandai di sekolah, terkejut di universiti: realiti senyap pelajar tahun pertama. Berita RTM, Kolum (14/01/2026) pp. 1-4
2026 Paradoks produktiviti AI: cabaran melahirkan ‘doktor manusia’ era digital. Berita RTM, NA (NA) pp. 1-5
2026 Penyakit dan ubat ada ‘waktu’ tersendiri: rahsia keberkesanan. Berita RTM, NA (NA) pp. 1-8
2026 Perpustakaan universiti nadi transformasi RPTM 2026–2035. Berita RTM, NA (NA) pp. 1-5
2026 PhD bukan perjalanan sendiri: mengapa peranan penyelia amat penting?. Berita RTM, Perspektif (10/07/2026) pp. 1-6
2026 Puasa: rahsia sains di sebalik ‘pembersihan’ sel dan fitrah manusia. Berita RTM, Perspektif (21/02/2026) pp. 1-5
2026 Rahsia di sebalik secawan kopi: bukan sekadar penghilang mengantuk. Sinar Harian, NA (NA) pp. 1-5
2026 Rahsia sains di sebalik solat fardu dan sunat tarawih. Berita RTM, Perspektif (24/02/2026) pp. 1-5
2026 Sains jantina dan amanah pendidikan perubatan. Berita RTM, NA (17/3/2026) pp. 1-5
2026 Sains, fitrah dan amanah: bakal doktor perlu berani berkata benar. Berita RTM, Perspektif (12/02/2026) pp. 1-5
2026 Suhu tinggi melampau: tubuh manusia sukar menyejukkan diri. Berita RTM, NA (10/4/2026) pp. 1-3
2026 Tibi kembali meningkat: ujian kepada generasi petugas kesihatan baharu. Berita RTM, NA (NA) pp. 1-5
2026 Tualang honey ameliorates the cholesterol diet-induced non-alcoholic steatohepatitis in an animal model. IIUM Medical Journal Malaysia, 25 (2) pp. 116-123
2026 Tubuh ‘menjadi lebih muda’ selepas berhenti merokok. Berita RTM, NA (12/3/2026) pp. 1-5
2026 Tuisyen siang malam, kenapa masih tidak faham?. Berita RTM, NA (NA) pp. 1-5
2025 AI dalam pendidikan perubatan: ganti atau bantu pensyarah?. Berita RTM, NA (NA) pp. 1-4
2025 AI in medical training: how smarter learning creates safer doctors. Majalah SciTech, () pp.
2025 Co-teaching di sekolah diperkasa oleh AI. Berita RTM, NA (NA) pp. 1-4
2025 Co-teaching: dua guru, satu irama pembelajaran. Berita RTM, NA (NA) pp. 1-4
2025 Hapus persepsi berat sebelah hantar doktor ke Sabah, Sarawak. Berita Harian, Muka Sepuluh (3hb Ogos 2025) pp. 10
2025 Jadikan baucar buku asas bina perpustakaan peribadi. Berita Harian, NA (NA) pp. 1-2
2025 Komunikasi doktor-pesakit: bolehkah AI ajar empati?. Berita RTM, NA (NA) pp. 1-5
2025 Persediaan mental, fizikal bantu pelajar hadapi cabaran di universiti. Berita Harian, Muka Tiga Belas (4hb Julai 2025) pp. 13-13
2025 Silibus perubatan tidak patut tercicir teknologi AI. Berita Harian, Komentar (20hb Ogos 2025) pp. 11
2025 Strategi belajar: mengimbas rahsia ‘jerami’ Imam al-Syafi‘ie dalam era digital. Berita RTM, Kolum (26/12/2025) pp. 1-4
2024 Innovating real-time item analysis of assessment for competency-based biostatistics education using X-DAS cloud system. Medicine & Health, 19 (Suppl. 9) pp. 61-61
2024 Mentorship matters: a survey-based qualitative analysis of preclinical medical student perspectives on the mentor-mentee programme, International Islamic University Malaysia. Medicine & Health, 19 (Suppl. 5) pp. 45-45
2022 Developing an interactive PBL environment via persuasive gamify elements: a scoping review. Research and Practice in Technology Enhanced Learning, 17 () pp. 1-22
2022 Persuasive gamify problem-based learning in medical curriculum: a promising and engaging approach for learning clinical applied anatomy. Malaysian Journal of Medicine and Health Sciences, 18 (Suppl. 22) pp. 12-12
2021 Effective learning behavior in problem‑based learning: a scoping review. Medical Science Educator, 31 (3) pp. 1199-1211